Portuguese woodworker Carlos Alberto lays down the gauntlet for Lee Stoetzel, creator of the life-size wooden VW Bus with his WORKING wooden Vespa!
Holy Schnikies!
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Wait are those Grizzly tools in the background? Can’t be…
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The woodworker directing her father on making some fine adjustments ;)
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She’s purrrrty…
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In action! (I guess he could just be coasting down a hill, right?)
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Now he just needs to get himself an all-wood engine ;)
SEE ALL the Wooden Vespa Daniela pics >>
apparently the Vespa’s not his first two wheeler project out of wood though:
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See the artist’s website for more gorgeous carpentry work – he does some amazing stair cases too: Carpintaria Carlos Alberto >>
I discovered the project at Make: Wooden Vespa Rebuild.
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