Zborowski began building Chitty 2 in the summer of 1921. This model was similar to the first Chitty but had a shorter wheelbase, an early Mercedes chassis and an 18.8 litre Benz BZ series aero-engine. This car was never as successful, It failed to make its mark at Brooklands but took part in several races. In January 1922, Zborowski, his wife Vi Zborowski, Pixi Marix (who was identified the young girl cited in Zborowski’s divorce case) and Colonel Clive Gallop together with a couple of mechanics drove Chitty Bang Bang 2 and 3 through France and then across the Mediterranean into the Sahara Desert. Chitty Bang Bang 3 followed as a “cargo waggon”. Colonel Reginald Clive Gallop was an engineer, racing driver and First World War pilot. He was one of the team which developed their first engine for Bentley Motors. (Born: February 4, 1892, Cairo, Egypt. Died: September 7, 1960, Leatherhead, United Kingdom)
Chitty Bang Bang 2 is the only one of the three original ‘Chitty Bang Bang’ remaining. Chitty 2 was sold to a private party. It remained in their care until being purchased by the English motor trader ‘Bunty’ Scott-Moncrief who found another buyer for the vehicle. Years later the car was sold to the Ellenville Motor Museum in Ellenville, NY, which has since closed. The vehicles next owner was the Crawford Auto Collection of Cleveland, Ohio. It is now in the collection of a private individual.
