Sports car enthusiast Driton Selmani always wanted some hot wheels but couldn’t afford them. What he did have, however, was a workshop and a talent for bending and welding metal. So he set out to build himself a “Lamborghini.”
Selmani, from the eastern Kosovo town of Gjilan, used a secondhand Mitsubishi Eclipse, the engine of 3.0-liter Mitsubishi Galant and other car parts to make his dream come true.
It took him over a year but the result is a white replica of a Lamborghini Reventon with a black and red stripe symbolizing the colors of the Albanian national flag.
Selmani said the car has been well accepted by friends and family and it turns heads when he takes it out for a spin.
This photo taken in Nov. 2015 by Kosovo car enthusiast Driton Selmani shows his Mitsubishi Eclipse as he converts it into a replica of a Lamborghini Reventon in the town of Gjilan, Kosovo. Selmani always wanted some hot wheels but could not afford them. What he had, however, was a workshop and talent for bending and welding metal, so he built himself a Lamborghini. (Driton Selmani via AP)
(Driton Selmani via AP)
(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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what incredible talent and skill. Unbelievably impressive. Just WOW !!!
That man is most talented and Lamborghini should give him a special award for paying such a high compliment in honoring their make of unique cars!
Doug, more than likely they will sue him for copying the Lambrogini body style.
It’s truly amazing what the right combination of brains, talent, dedication, and hard work can accomplish.
Cool, but boxy vs orig design, good concept DIY kit car.
It’d look better with a Hillary For Prison bumper sticker on it!
Very talented person. Lamborghini is most likely Frothing-at-the-Bit & can’t get into the United Nations Controlled International Court soon enough.