00:00With his floating wooden Ferrari, Livio De Marchi is the only man who can drive a car in Venice.
00:10Made out of pine, the wooden Ferrari F50 took five months to carve and weighs 2,000 pounds.
00:38But where did Livio get his inspiration from to make a car that travels on water?
01:08When I was with my son, who was a little child, I said, Mattia, let's go back.
01:14Because this big car in Venice has become a car.
01:18And from that moment, several years ago, I always tried to make a car.
01:24Before he made the Ferrari, Livio has created several wooden vehicles, including a 1937 Jaguar, a Mercedes and a Volkswagen Beetle.
01:36They're all now in a museum in the USA.
01:39And he even made a fantastic Cinderella pumpkin carriage for his daughter's wedding day.
01:49But he's understandably proud of his Ferrari, which is powered by a Yamaha boat engine.
01:55And I said, I'll make a car in Italy, the Ferrari, because I couldn't buy it because it was too much for me.
02:05And at this point, I'll make it with wood.
02:07And again, I'll go to my new car, but we hope it's always the big car of once and for now.
02:17Over the course of his career, Livio has also worked in marble and bronze, but wood remains his favourite material.
02:26And his incredible wooden Ferrari is now in an American museum, where it was recently restored and made water worthy once more.
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