Reply With Quote...Now the couple plan to take a 12-month career break and tour the world with the car raising money for charity...
Every time someone wants to do something stupid, they raise money for charity to justify their stupidity.
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Briton Turns His Land Rover To Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
April 4, 2007 9:25 p.m. EST
Nidhi Sharma - All Headline News Staff Writer
London, England (AHN) - In an attempt to prove his love for his wife, a British man from Isle of Wright turned his Land Rover to "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", an all time favorite car model from the 1960's film that goes by the same name.
Retail store manager Nick Pointing spent thousands of dollars and four years to make his car into the same model as shown in the movie. Now the couple plan to take a 12-month career break and tour the world with the car raising money for charity.
This is London quotes his wife Carolyn as saying, "It's like a dream come true." However it wasn't an easy dream for the couple as husband Nick puts, "I went to various firms for help, but when they heard I wanted to build a replica of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang they looked at me as if I was a nut. So I've done it all myself."
While the vehicle cannot fly like its movie counterpart, it taught Pointing to weld and do a lot of technical stuff. The project has dominated their lives since 2003.
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Supporter...Now the couple plan to take a 12-month career break and tour the world with the car raising money for charity...
Every time someone wants to do something stupid, they raise money for charity to justify their stupidity.
ForumSage
What is stupid about that?Originally Posted by Michael2
TopicToaster
mmm He is from the Isle of white enough said
That was across the water from where i used to live in Southampton.
All i am going to say is it is the south of the Uk's, Tasmania. Know what i mean
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Hey BigJon, It's a Land Rover, the body may be a bit different tho'....
I'm now waiting for the Toyota copy of Land Rovers new 'convertible'
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TopicToaster
as it started
LOOK ITS COMING DOWN HERE
This week the finished car passed its MoT and the couple are ready for the trip of a lifetime as they drive 12,000 miles to Australia - via India - to raise money for the Earl Mountbatten Hospice, Multiple Sclerosis Society and the World Wildlife Fund.
The drive is expected to take four months.
Mrs Pointing has collected a huge array of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang memorabilia, including some of the original 1960s merchandise such as pop-up books and board games.
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Nothing silly about raising money for charity good on em
YarnMaster
Good on them and Land Rover should sponsor it, given its a Land Rover!
Spare tyre/wheel looks a bit sus
Love it! and they can teach me how to make one....
AULRO may like to greet them when they eventually get here, the most unusual 'series' ever rebuilt!
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LordRover
SubscriberNice job, at least he started with a decent car and not some jap heap.
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I thought you were from "The Shyre" Numptys Missus
Isle of Whyte, I think the Monty Python crew made a short film about it
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