EMBEREK A NAGYVILÁGBAN: A homemade fairy tale car of a passionate truck driver

Living in the central town of Bodrogköz, József Jurtin’s life took a drastic turn a few years ago. He was working as a truck driver but had a bad accident while unloading abroad. His newfound passion for creating a real fairy tale car, however, only came about because, while behind the wheel of a truck, he saw cars on the road that inspired him to create his own fairy tale car. However, the car is now a work in progress, as illness from the accident has left him unable to work for just over a year. A few years ago, József Jurtin and I started work on a Mini Cooper. The handyman, in his fifties, started work in a garage in a secluded courtyard in the city centre a few years ago, when he was still working as a truck driver for a company in Luxembourg. The story really began when he spotted some cars with a unique livery while driving. “In fact, I was interested in drawing, painting, and art as such from a very early age, but even though I wanted to continue my studies at a high school for fine arts, my teachers didn’t see the skills […]