Carpenter’s Incredible 5-Year Project: Hand-Built Wooden Citroen 2CV Sells for €210,000 at Auction in Paris

The 74-year-old carpenter who built the car spent five years and approximately 5,000 hours on the work.

A replica of the vintage model of the Citroen 2CV made of wood was sold for 210,000 euros at an auction in Paris on Sunday. This corresponds to NOK 2.48 million.

The car was built by carpenter Michel Robillard (74), who spent over five years and 5,000 hours building the car replica.

Prior to the auction, the car had an estimated price of between 150,000 and 200,000 euros, according to AFP.

Driver museum

Although production of the Citroen 2CV stopped in 1990, the car model is still a great favorite with many.

Carpenter Robillard used wood from fruit trees to build the car. The main part is made of apple and pear trees, the front and back are made of walnut trees and the doors are made of cherry trees.

The buyer of the car, Jean-Paul Favand, drives accordingly CBS News a museum with curiosities and fairground objects. He is also a 2CV collector.

– I have difficulty speaking, says Favand to AFP.

Made from fruit trees

And despite an unusual material to build a car from: The car works.

It can drive at a maximum of 50 kilometers per hour with an engine taken from a similar car model. However, the car can only be used on private roads as it is not registered and approved as a vehicle.

According to the 74-year-old carpenter, CBS News big future plans. Now he will build a DS21 Cabriolet Coupé Chapron in wood in just 27 months. He wants it ready in time to mark the 70th anniversary of the Citroen DS in 2025.