Since completion the car has been featured in the Sunday Express newspaper and also in Channel 4's 'Four in a Bed' as well as being used for weddings at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu where it has been a major attraction.Ĭhris Evans acquired the car directly from its creator circa January 2012, since when it has been made road legal by Joe Macari. The brass metalwork was entrusted to Propshop Modelmakers at Pinewood.
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The leather seats were made in the drapes department at Pinewood Film Studios in Buckinghamshire, where the film was made, while the basket rack and wings were made by NLS Film & TV Metalworks, another member of the Pinewood Group and also Royal Warrant holders. The polished aluminium bonnet and mudguards were recreated at AL Gordon Engineering in Falkirk, Scotland by a four-man team that included the vendor's father - an engineer and mechanic by trade - working in his spare time.
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New Pro Foundries of West Drayton, Middlesex, the company responsible for the original wheels, cast those of the replica. The wheels have been cast from Chitty's original wheels, and the original machinist, Roy Golding of Portsmouth, still keeps the pattern in his workshop at home. Terry provided the dimensions and details of how the rear bodywork was made, and the then owner had it recreated at Loch Lomond by veteran boat builder Angus MacFadzean, a family friend, who took just under three years to complete the task. The boat tail's woodwork was made with the help of Terry Dan, the original film car's boat builder, who worked on it in 1968 at Bates Boatyard in Surrey. Mr Whitehead kindly passed on the original plans to the vendor.
Painstakingly re-created, the ladder frame chassis was made with the assistance of Gomm Metal Developments and Lionel Whitehead, who was the chief mechanic at Alan Mann Racing, the company that built the original car for the film. The blueprints and notes from the film car were supplied by retired set decorator, Denise Exshaw, widow of Harry Pottle, art director on Chitty.
Help was provided by Bond film designer and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang assistant art director, Oscar winner Peter Lamont, who advised on techniques used in the car's construction and the various companies originally involved. It took the preceding owner just under ten years to recreate in his spare time. This Chitty replica was started in 1998 and has been totally constructed from scratch except for the Ford V6 engine and automatic gearbox, which were chosen because this combination was used in the original film car. The car's name is said to derive from the sound made by its engine. Played by Dick Van Dyke, eccentric professor Caractacus Potts transforms an old jalopy into a car possessing magical properties, which he and his two children then use to overthrow the tyrannical ruler of Vulgaria. Released in December 1968, 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' is one of the best-loved children's movies of all time.
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