We fail in bid for Chitty !
16 Jul 2020
We miss out on Chitty , we were outbid by a famous comedian when we tried to buy Chitty the car used for the stage show at a recent auction , but we did buy two items , more on them later. The car which cost 180k to build was the star of the show at an auction held last week , at one stage we were winning the race to buy Chitty , then the bidding exploded and we were left behind .
Our intention was to use the car for charity events and of course to promote our business .
BUT WE DID BUY TWO AUCTION ITEMS FROM THE SHOW ! <MORE DETAILS LATER !!!!!
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