Everything from the bonnetto, the gearstick was carved in his garden workshop – with help from this wife. The couple also created wooden fittings for the pedals, wheel caps, bumpers, front turn signal lamps, tail-lights, wipers, side mirrors, steering wheel, parcel shelf, dashboard, glove box lid, clock and even the radio antenna.
The car features thousands of thumbnail-sized, finely sliced sections of oak designed to replace the commonly seen wooden tiled roofs in Bojic’s homeland.
Each tile involved 23 separate procedures, including cutting, chamfering, beveling, drilling and smoothing, before they could be applied to the vehicle.
Bosnian pensioner Momir Bojic cleans his wooden Volkswagen Beetle car in front of his home in Celinac near Banja Luka, April 2, 2014. Picture taken April 2, 2014. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
Bosnian pensioner Momir Bojic drives his wooden Volkswagen Beetle car in Celinac, near Banja Luka, April 2, 2014. Picture taken April 2, 2014. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
The indicator and brake light of a wooden Volkswagen Beetle car is seen in Celinac near Banja Luka April 2, 2014. Picture taken April 2, 2014. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
Bosnian pensioner Momir Bojic cleans his wooden Volkswagen Beetle car in front of his home in Celinac, near Banja Luka, April 2, 2014. Picture taken April 2, 2014. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
The logo of wooden Volkswagen Beetle car is seen in Celinac near Banja Luka April 2, 2014. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
The indicator light of a wooden Volkswagen Beetle car is seen in Celinac near Banja Luka April 2, 2014. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
An elderly couple in Bosnia have covered their VW Beetle in more than 20,000 handmade small oak pieces which were glued to the bodywork and then varnished. The car can be driven legally.