All of us have heard of the children’s book and movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang written by Ian Fleming, famous for his James Bond novels. But did you know Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was based on a real life car and a real life character? Following is the story of the original Chitty Bang Bang, the story behind the story.
Ford was in dire need of a miracle to improve sales. With the upcoming release of the XP Falcon in 1965 Ford USA transferred Bill Bourke, an American who was Sales Manager at Ford Canada, to Australia. Bourke came up with the brilliant idea of running an 8 day reliability trial to prove just how good the new XP Falcon was.
The era of the 1930's offered some magnificent custom coach built cars both in Europe and USA. All the great car builders in USA, Cadillac, Duesenberg, Stutz, Marmon and Packard all offered hand crafted custom coach built cars to their customers.
