Zborowski Mercedes Special 'Chitty 3'
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Zborowski and Gallop purchased a 28/95HP chassis and fitted a 14.7 litre Mercedes engine and the transmission from the Burman Blitzen Benz. Referred to as the White Mercedes. It was based on a modified Mercedes chassis with a 160 hp (120 kW) Mercedes single-overhead-camshaft six-cylinder aero engine, tuned to produce 180 hp (130 kW). The car achieved some success and recorded a lap of 112.68 mph (181.34 km/h) at Brooklands.
The first time out at Brooklands Chitty-Bang-Bang Ills transmission blew spectacularly and Gallop was sent to Mannheim to buy the last complete Blitzen Benz transmission.
Zborowski appears to have refitted Chitty-Bang-Bang III with a 17.8 litre engine and used her as a road car, supposedly driving to Stuttgart in 1924 to sign with the Mercedes works team. After his passing this car was sold and scrapped when its transmission gave up the ghost.
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