Details
Plaque Number
Member Only / 1
VIN
Gold Member Only
Chassis
Member Only
Model Year
1921
Plate
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Color
Black
Interior
Black Leather
Original Market Specification
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Transmission
Manual
Drive
RHD
Last known km/miles
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MSRP
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Status
Totaled
Datasource
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Sale Link
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Information
The first Chitty was a chain driven modifed Mercedes chassis with a 23 litre, six cylinder Maybach engine. It was the first amateur machine to achieve celebrity at the Brooklands race track in 1921. Chitty 1 won two races in her first appearance at Brookland, reaching speeds of 100.75 miles an hour in the Brooklands Short Handicap.
Chitty 1 was later turned into a two-seater. It attained nearly 120 mph (190 km/h) on one occasion. The car was crashed at one point and was rebuilt, and passed into the ownership of the sons of Arthur Conan Doyle, and retired from racing, it was later bought for spare parts by John Morris. The engine was offered by Bill Boddy, editor of Motor Sport magazine at one point.
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