00:03With his floating wooden Ferrari, Livio De Marchi is the only man who can drive a car in Venice.
00:27Made out of pine, the wooden Ferrari F50 took five months to carve and weighs 2,000 pounds.
00:39But where did Livio get his inspiration from to make a car that travels on water?
00:44At one point, I wanted to go to Venice like it 100 or 200 years ago when there were no
00:50engines,
00:51so I could travel in a way more beautiful and quiet.
00:55All right, this bike, walking to Remi, brought me a little bit to the Canal Grande.
01:03And suddenly, the engines, the engines that came in the Canal Grande,
01:08I was with my son who was a little child,
01:11I said, Mattia, let's go back.
01:13Because this Canal Grande, in Venice, became an autostrada.
01:25Before he made the Ferrari, Livio has created several wooden vehicles,
01:30including a 1937 Jaguar, a Mercedes and a Volkswagen Beetle.
01:35They'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.
01:54I said, I'll make a Ferrari car, because I couldn't buy it, because it costed too much for me.
02:05So, at this point, I'll make it with wood,
02:07and again, I'll go to my new car,
02:11but in the Canal Grande, we hope it's always the big car of once and for now.
02:18Over the course of his career, Livio has also worked in marble and bronze,
02:22but wood remains his favourite material.
02:26And his incredible wooden Ferrari is now in an American museum,
02:30where it was recently restored and made water-worthy once more.
