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Flying car sells for $505kPlenty of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for your bucksPublished Monday 4th June 2007 11:31 GMT One of the cars built for 1968 kids' fave Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has sold for a cool $505,000 (£255,000), the BBC reports. Florida resident Ralph Spencer, who already owns a Batmobile, snapped up the vehicle at an auction in Indiana. It had previously been displayed in a Chicago restaurant and subsequently kept in storage. Spencer admitted: "I've always liked this car. I was a fan of the movie." Two other film veteran Chitty Chitty Bang Bangs live at the Cars of the Stars motor museum in Keswick, UK. Blighty also boasts a third example, albeit a replica, built on a Land Rover chassis by Nick Pointing. The Daily Mail has some nice snaps of the project here. ® 2 comments posted — Comment period finished Flying car?Posted: 12:41 4th June 2007 Child Catcher....Posted: 04:54 5th June 2007
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