Caractacus Pott Caractacus Pott Caractacus Potts is one of the main characters in Ian Fleming's novel "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang" and its film adaptation. The film version of the story makes several changes to Pott's character. In the original 1964 book, "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car", Pott is a Royal Navy Commander and eccentric inventor who lives with his wife Mimsy and their twin eight-year-old children, Jeremy and Jemima, on their hilltop farm. The filmmakers, including screenwriter Roald Dahl, altered a good deal of the book's details when crafting the 1968 film musical version of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", in which Caractacus is portrayed by Dick
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang range from the celebrated Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Railway to the demented thingamabobs that made the 1968 movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" a minuscule classic." Six "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang" cars were created for the film, only one of which was fully functional. At a 1973 auction in Florida, one of them sold for $37,000, equal to $ today. The original "hero" car, in a condition described as fully functional and road-going, was offered at auction on 15 May 2011 by a California-based auction house. The car sold for $805,000, less than the $1–2 million it was expected to reach. It