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With his floating wooden Ferrari, L'Ivio Damaki is the only man who can drive a car
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in Venice. Made out of pine, the wooden Ferrari, made out of pine, the wooden Ferrari
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F50 took five months to carve and weighs 2,000 pounds. But where did Livio get his inspiration from to make a car that travels on water
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At one of the time I was 100 years ago, 200 years ago when there were the motors
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so he could beaigier in a more beautiful and tranquil. And in this my barquette, vogue in Remy
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when I was going to Remi, I'd put a little in the c grande
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And a total of a trot, the on the motors that were in this c grande, I said that I was with my
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my child, I was a little, my father, I said, Mattia, we're going to be in-dietro
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because this canagrand in Venice has been a autostrad And from that moment divers years ago I always have always tried to make an automobile Before he made the Ferrari
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Livio has created several wooden vehicles, including a 1937 Jaguar, a Mercedes
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and a Volkswagen Beetle. They're all now in a museum in the USA
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and he even made a fantastic Cinderella Pumpkin carriage for his daughter's wedding day
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But he's understandably proud of his Ferrari, which is powered by a Yamaha boat engine
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I said, I do a machine a carer a Ferrari, and because I don't even even
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even to buy it, because it cost for me. So, at this point I'm doing a legion, and, again a
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I go in my no-autostrad, but in the calang, we're going to be the calangra, we're always the calangra grande
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of a new-volta and of now. Over the course of his career
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Livio has also worked in marble and bronze, but wood remains his favorite material
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And his incredible wooden Ferrari is now in an American museum, where it was recently restored
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and made water-worthy once more