Was there a real racing car called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which was owned by a Polish Count in the 1920s?

Question

Was there a real racing car called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which was owned by a Polish Count in the 1920s?

Answer 1

No, the film was based on the novel by Ian (James Bond) Fleming.

Answer 2

Yes there was. Did some research and found the following:

Zborowski designed and built four of his own racing cars in the stables at Higham Park, assisted by his engineer and co-driver Captain Clive Gallop (one of the "Bentley Boys").

Three of the cars were called "Chitty Bang Bang", and used ex-World War I aero engines, achieving some success at Brooklands. Another car, also built at Higham Park with a huge 27 litre aero engine, was called the "Higham Special" and later "Babs" and was used in J.G. Parry-Thomas's fatal attempt for the land speed record at Pendine Sands in 1927.

Count Louis Zborowski (20 February 1895 – 19 October 1924) was a racing driver and automobile engineer of Polish-American descent.

He was born to an American mother, claimed his title of nobility from his Polish father, and lived at Higham Park, a country estate at Bridge near Canterbury in Kent.

His father, Count William Eliot Morris Zborowski (1858–1903) was also a racing driver, and died in La Turbie hillclimb at Nice. His mother was a wealthy heiress, born Margaret Laura Astor Carey (1853–1911), a granddaughter of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. of the prominent Astor family. She had been Baroness de Stuers before her divorce and marriage in 1880 to Count Eliot Zborowski.

Hope this answers your question, great Q, I learned something I never knew, have a great day, bye

Answer 3

Wrong section mate!

Answer 4

Was there a real MOTORCYCLE RACING question in all that type above?

NO, I did not think so.