Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the fictional vintage racing car which features in the book and musical film of the same name.
Writer Ian Fleming took his inspiration for the car from a series of aero-engined racing cars built by Count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s, christened "Chitty Bang Bang".
For the film version, six cars were created, including a fully functional road going car, GEN 11. It was designed by the film's production designer Ken ...
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the fictional vintage racing car which features in the book and musical film of the same name.
Writer Ian Fleming took his inspiration for the car from a series of aero-engined racing cars built by Count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s, christened "Chitty Bang Bang".
For the film version, six cars were created, including a fully functional road going car, GEN 11. It was designed by the film's production designer Ken Adam and built by Alan Mann Racing in Hertfordshire in 1967, and fitted with a Ford 3000 V6 engine and automatic transmission. It was allocated a genuine UK registration: GEN 11. This car has been in the private ownership of Pierre Picton of Stratford Upon Avon since the early 1970s. "
http://chittygen11.com/". Five other car props were built by the studio: a second, smaller road-going version; a transforming car; a hover-car; a flying car; and an engineless version for trailer work. Most had engines added after filming was complete and were...
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