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Chitty 1 ''Chitty 1'' was a chain-driven customised Mercedes chassis containing a 23 litre 6 cylinder Maybach aero-engine. It won two races at its debut at Brooklands in 1921 , coming second to another Zborowski car in a sprint race at the same event. ''Chitty 1'' was fitted with four seats and a crude, over-sized exhaust pipe, in order to misguide the handicappers and spectators. Its top speed on the day was 100.75 miles per hour. For its next outing, ''Chitty 1'' was refitted, as a two-seater with a cowled radiator and a properly plumbed exhaust. It attained nearly 120mph on one occasion, and had its race handicap consistently reappraised. It subsequently crashed, removing three fingers from a timing official. The car was rebuilt, and passed into the ownership of the sons of Arthur Conan Doyle , but was quickly retired as a race car, and was later butchered for spare parts. Chitty 2 ''Chitty 2'' had a shorter wheelbase, and an 18.8 litre Benz BZ IV aero-engine. It was never as successful as its predecessor, but took part in several road races, including a Sahara Desert expedition in 1922 . It later became the property of the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum , of Cleveland, Ohio and is currently displayed at the National Motor Museum in England . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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