Engines don't have to be unusual to be fascinating, and this wonderful two-stroke engine is proof. Meticulously handmade to keep the inner workings visible and to just look freaking sweet all around, this work of art built by Huib Visser ofStirling Models will give you a new appreciation for internal combustion.

If you're into trying your hand a building a similar work of art, Visser has posted some plans online, although you'd probably be hard pressed to build a glass-and-metal machine of quite this quality on your first try. So here are a few more GIFs you can salivate over instead.

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