Count Louis Zborowski
(1895-1924)

Died aged c. 29

Louis Vorow Zborowski (20 February 1895 – 19 October 1924) was an English racing driver and automobile engineer, best known for creating a series of aero-engined racing cars known as the "Chitty-Bang-Bangs", which provided the inspiration for Ian Fleming's children's story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and culminated in the "Higham Special" which, much modified in the hands of John Godfrey Parry Thomas, broke the World Land Speed Record 18 months after the death of its creator.

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Count Louis Zborowski 1895 –1924 Constructed two Chitty Chitty Bang Bang racing cars here at the former Bligh Brothers Coachworks 1921-1922

16, St Radigund’s Street, Canterbury, United Kingdom where they constructed two Chitty Chitty Bang Bang racing cars (1921-1922)