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The car that was built for the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is up for auction at eBay.

Built on a custom ladder frame chassis, many old world forms of car building were employed, and modern technology stepped in to create a vehicle which was both accurate enough to fool veteran and classic car experts, when held under the scrutiny of 70mm cinema cameras, and durable enough to withstand everything from driving in sand, cobbled streets and down staircases. The bonnet is crafted of polished aluminum; the boat deck is hand-crafted of red and white cedar built by boat builders in Buckinghamshire, and the array of brass fittings were obtained from Edwardian cars. Even the alloy dashboard plate is from a British World War I fighter plane! The car weighs approximately 2 tons and measures 17 1/2 feet in length and is powered by a Ford 3 litre V-6 engine mated to an automatic transmission.

Other vehicles were built for the film to be used for special effects, but this particular car was the only one that actually worked. And it only has 44 miles on it. However, bidding has started at a million dollars. Link -via the Presurfer

I always thought tornados were cool, until I saw them ripping parts of Alabama to shreds. Storm chaser Steve Green’s armored Tornado Attack Vehicle — a car capable of being driven into a tornado without killing you is now up for auction on eBay.

What will the Tornado Attack Vehicle’s $100,000 "Buy it Now" price get you? Actually, quite a value. You’ll be receiving a Jeep with a 700-horsepower V8 engine, 16-gauge steel panels coated with impact-resistant polyurethane, bulletproof M10 Lexan windows and wheel wells, windshield with three coats of DuPont Mylar film and a hydraulic system that keeps the car from being blown over. It’s almost like owning a mini-tank.

The estimated value of the car and its five years worth of upgrades is pegged at over $500,000, so getting a freak machine like this for one fifth of the price could be considered cheap.

Green is selling the Tornado Attack Machine to "draw attention to his plan for harnessing geothermal energy from Yellowstone National Park’s caldera." Looks like a good car for a good cause. Head on over to eBay if you want to check out the full details on the auction. You never know when you might need a car for when a tornado strikes out of nowhere.

eBay, via Gizmag

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