Husband Nick, 41, a manager for Marks & Spencer, spent every spare minute building his creation using the chassis of an old Land Rover.
Now the couple, from Sandown, Isle of Wight, plan to take a 12-month career break and tour the world with the car raising money for charity.
Mr Pointing said: "I had already taken Carolyn to the London stage show, bought the DVD and a toy model so in a way this was the logical next step.
"Early one Sunday morning as we sat up in bed discussing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I said, 'All right, I'll build you one then!'"
Mr Pointing taught himself how to weld and started work on the car in 2003. The project has dominated their lives ever since.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -Bang.html
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Around the world in a chitty
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Teleportation.
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Chezzie;915541 wrote: Husband Nick, 41, a manager for Marks & Spencer, spent every spare minute building his creation using the chassis of an old Land Rover.
Now the couple, from Sandown, Isle of Wight, plan to take a 12-month career break and tour the world with the car raising money for charity.
Mr Pointing said: "I had already taken Carolyn to the London stage show, bought the DVD and a toy model so in a way this was the logical next step.
"Early one Sunday morning as we sat up in bed discussing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I said, 'All right, I'll build you one then!'"
Mr Pointing taught himself how to weld and started work on the car in 2003. The project has dominated their lives ever since.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -Bang.html
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Hey Chezzie wezzie, that landrover could be the long wheelbased one we used to have in the middle 70's, it's a pity we can't see the reg. plate. Ours was the same blue and white. I even used it sometimes, to go to my gigs with all my gear in ! I never got any hassle at roundabouts - they'd see this dirty great big LWB landrover with two tow balls at the front (for winching boats down slipways) and a tow ball at the back, being driven by this female ! They always gave way to me !!
Even if it was their right of way :yh_rotfl Had a lot of fun driving that tank !!
Now the couple, from Sandown, Isle of Wight, plan to take a 12-month career break and tour the world with the car raising money for charity.
Mr Pointing said: "I had already taken Carolyn to the London stage show, bought the DVD and a toy model so in a way this was the logical next step.
"Early one Sunday morning as we sat up in bed discussing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I said, 'All right, I'll build you one then!'"
Mr Pointing taught himself how to weld and started work on the car in 2003. The project has dominated their lives ever since.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -Bang.html
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What unconventional method of transport would you like to travel around the world by?
Hey Chezzie wezzie, that landrover could be the long wheelbased one we used to have in the middle 70's, it's a pity we can't see the reg. plate. Ours was the same blue and white. I even used it sometimes, to go to my gigs with all my gear in ! I never got any hassle at roundabouts - they'd see this dirty great big LWB landrover with two tow balls at the front (for winching boats down slipways) and a tow ball at the back, being driven by this female ! They always gave way to me !!
Even if it was their right of way :yh_rotfl Had a lot of fun driving that tank !!
I'm a Saga-lout, growing old disgracefully
Around the world in a chitty
Does it fly? That will be useful when I go down the shore in a few weeks. Yah, avoid the traffic:wah: