# Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang...what kind of car?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-what-kind-of-car/219865
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 18, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-what-kind-of-car/219865 "2003-12-18T22:49:10Z")
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### Author: ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-what-kind-of-car/219865/1 "2003-12-18T22:49:10Z")

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Yes, I realize all of the “gizmos” were Hollywood hoopla…what I’m curious about is, was the base car itself a “real” car, or was it constructed entirely for the movie?

Mods, if this should be moved to GQ, go right ahead…

- Dirk

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### Author: ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-what-kind-of-car/219865/2 "2003-12-18T23:05:47Z")

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