![]() ![]() ![]() The “Blower” Bentley 4.5 litre that James Bond drove in both Moonraker and Dr No was fitted with a Villiers supercharger. Of the four cars, only the 27-litre Chitty 4 – aka The Higham Special and renamed Babs by JG Parry-Thomas, who was killed in it – survives, having been buried under the sand dunes at Pendine, Carmarthenshire, for four decades.įleming is also on record as having stated that he wanted the film version of the car to be designed and built by the tuning expert Amherst Villiers (1900-91), whom he rightly described as “a motor car and guided missile designer of absolutely top calibre”. Book enhanced with curriculum aligned questions and. The latter may of course very well tie in with Geraldine Blake’s explanation! Experience Chitty’s classic adventure with vibrant illustrations by Joe Berger and find out where Chitty goes next in the series by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, which sees her lead her new friends, the Tooting family, through time and space Or discover Chitty in a stunning new picture book, retold by Peter Bently and illustrated by Steve Antony. Read Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Fleming, Ian, lexile & reading level:, (ISBN: 9781551997919). The actual origin of the name Chitty-Bang-Bang is lost, but Zborowski is believed to have coined it either as an imitation of the sound low-revving aero-engines made when being started or in memory of a scurrilous (but also now lost) Royal Flying Corps drinking song. ![]()
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