Faced with not being able to purchase their own defunct Formula 1 racer, two farmers from the northeastern city of Tangshan, China, set out to build their own, except, instead of using the usual carbon-fiber and aerospace-grade aluminum, they used junk they found strewn across their farm. And unlike F1 fabricators who can build a completely new car in a matter of days, the farmer's project took an astounding 20 years to complete.
The two brothers, Zhao Xiushun and Zhao Baoguo, wanted desperately to pay tribute to their late father who died in an earthquake 32 years prior. After some pondering of what best could honor their father, they came up with the idea to build their own pseudo racecar out of pots, pans, bikes, steel doors and anything else they could muster. Inspiration, of course, came from their father who always told them, "It's no big deal to drive, but it's quite something to build a car."
"We tried and used whatever we could get," Zhao Xiushun told the City Post. "All our knowledge about making a F1 racing car is from magazines and books."
Not only does the car -- appropriately nicknamed "Brother" -- almost look like a true F1 racer, it's also capable of hitting a top speed of 100 mph. In true F1 fashion, the car also constantly catches stares from passersby.
"It would be wonderful if our father could see this car," Zhao mentioned.
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