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BUILT FROM SCRATCH!

WHAT do you get when you combine a kids’ bunk bed, a pile of scrap and a brainwave? An honest-to-goodness car, that’s what. Not a toy or a model car, but an actual four-wheel vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine.

The man behind the machine is Mnqweno Nomgca, a 56-year-old dad of four with a passion for things that go vroom and a will to make his idea a reality.

His blue car – which he called Zwane (his clan name) – isn’t actually all that new. He built his baby six years ago, but his wheels are enjoying new attention

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