A car that combines great style and ingenuity. Photo: Melkbos.net

This car has captured the fancy of all of Melkbosstrand.

Melkbos.net photographed it whilst driving along Beach Road late yesterday afternoon. It was parked across the road from Maranello; all too briefly unfortunately, because when yours truly went back minutes later to photograph the distinguished vehicle from the front, it was gone.

The car seems to combine vintage and new, surfer style and that indefinable something else one can only call the X factor. Its photo and accompanying blurb has received so many likes that one can only conclude that a good news story – like seeing this car – can beat the bad news we’re inundated with daily.