It took 3,000 hours, 33,000 coins weighing 160kg and 10kg of glue to decorate a commemorative car, ‘Pride of the Emirates', to mark the 40th UAE National Day.
The total cost of the coins of all denominations — Dh1, 50 fils, 25 fils, 10 fils, 5 fils and 1 fils — is around Dh21,000, probably more than the value of the 1998 model Chevrolet Camaro, which has been completely plastered over with coins
"I conceived the idea of bringing the Pride of Emirates to reality some 20 years ago and I am very happy that my dream has come true with the help of my colleagues and friends," creator of the car Tarek Javaid told Gulf News. Javaid, a Pakistani, has been living in the UAE since 1999 and works in the automobile industry. He wanted to decorate a car in a unique way which has never been attempted before. Now he has done it and is ready to enter the Guinness World Records.
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