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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (car)
A replica car , built by retired NYPD police Sergeant , Tony Garofalo , of Long Island , New York , was completed in June 2015 after a 5 - year project build at a cost of over $100,000 . The car is modelled in exacting detail to the original motion picture car , after Garofalo conducted a personal inspection of two original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang cars . Built on a vintage , road legal , 1914 Overland car , and a vintage Ford Model A Engine , the car features automated opening retractable wings and vintage brass adornments . All of the bright work featured is brass , aluminum , stainless steel and copper to prevent any corrosion over time . It is reported that over 90 % of the car has been fabricated , although the original vintage chassis , drivetrain and rear axle have been retained , with an additional conversion to 12 volts . The car is finely detailed with all of the iconic brass features of the original movie car , including a vintage serpent snake horn from an antique Mercedes vehicle . Garofalo also owns the original Broadway Stage Production Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car featured in the U.S. Stage tour , as well as a costume worn by Dick Van Dyke in the film .
A replica car , built by retired NYPD police Sergeant , Tony Garofalo , of Long Island , New York , was completed in June 2015 after a 5 - year project build at a cost of over $100,000 . The car is modelled in exacting detail to the original motion picture car , after Garofalo conducted a personal inspection of two original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang cars . Built on a vintage , road legal , 1914 Overland car , and a vintage Ford Model A Engine , the car features automated opening retractable wings and vintage brass adornments . All of the bright work featured is brass , aluminum , stainless steel and copper to prevent any corrosion over time . It is reported that over 90 % of the car has been fabricated , although the original vintage chassis , drivetrain and rear axle have been retained , with an additional conversion to 12 volts . The car is finely detailed with all of the iconic brass features of the original movie car , including a vintage serpent snake horn from an antique Mercedes vehicle . Garofalo also owns the original Broadway Stage Production Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car featured in the U.S. Stage tour , as well as a costume worn by Dick Van Dyke in the film .