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. long time since last saw it, but... worst with the movie, is all that singingstuff.... Did you know, the movbie have its own fansite too
, NO, im not a member... just was a quick inside too see some of the history about the movie.
It was made a racecar by a UK guy (small car, big motors), at the first one the judges didnt want the driver to get his wanted carname, and called it Chitty Bang Bang afterwards, and that was accepted, that was how that name was oriented to a car. After, he made a few more (3 variants all together) before (of course) died in a carcrash racing...
The guy was named Louis Zborowski, his racecars were so loud that Canterbury reportedly passed a by-law prohibiting them from entering within the city walls. The origin of the name "Chitty Bang Bang" is disputed, but may have been inspired by aeronautical engineer
Letitia Chitty, the sound of an idling aeroplane engine or from a salacious
World War I song.
Chitty 1 had a chain-driven customised
Mercedes chassis containing a 23-litre 6-cylinder
Maybach aero-engine .
Chitty 2, an 18.8-litre
Benz Bz.IV aero-engine
Chitty 3, modified Mercedes chassis with a 160 hp
Chitty 4 (also known as the Higham Special) was Louis Zborowski's largest car. Using a 450 hp (340 kW) V12
Liberty aero engine of 27 litres capacity, with a gearbox and chain-drive.
think on that... 450hp 27litre engine, and by chaindrive!!!! Think how fun it could be when the chain broke, with that powers.... it could wreck alot around....
