Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car is a children's story written by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John Burningham, and was first published in 1964 by Jonathan Cape in London and Random House in New York.

Story

Caractacus Potts is an inventor who renovates an old car (named back then as the Paragon Panther) which was previously a three-time Grand Prix winner, but had fallen in to disrepair.

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After repairing the car, the Potts family, along with Truly Scrumptious, (in the original story, Professor Potts is married; Truly Scrumptious is added as a love interest in the movie and Potts is assumed to be a widower) head off to the beach for a picnic. There, Caractacus confabulates upon a story of pirates who are trying to steal Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which becomes the central plot.

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The pirates are headed by Baron Bomburst of Vulgaria, who captures Grandfather Potts, takes him as hostage and is chased by the Potts family.

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