Bride builds her dream car

Brides usually have vast lists of tasks to complete in preparation for their wedding day.

However, not many women have added building a replica of a Porshe 356 (created by Ferdinand Porshe and manufactured between 1948 and 1956) onto their to-do list.

A 26-year-old Royal Navy engineering officer from Wiltshire did exactly that. Having spent £200 on the wreckage of an old VW Beetle she intended to convert it into the classic Porshe.

When her boyfriend proposed to her, she worked her socks off to complete the transformation so that she could have the car ready for her wedding day.

After six years of hard work, the car was finally finished and ready for the wedding day.

The finished vehicle features a white leather interior with a mahogany finish and can reach speeds of more than 100mph. Despite spending £4,000 building it, the newlywed certainly won’t have made a loss if she chooses to sell since the car is now worth an estimated £25,000!

However, it doesn’t seem as though she has any intentions to sell the replica at any point in the near future. Her father described the car to be her “pride and joy.”

A rather proud father drove her to the wedding ceremony in the car and her new husband later used the car to drive the two of them to their reception.

She said, “It was a close-run thing getting the car finished in the end, but after six years it was well worth it.”

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