Dick Van Dyke 'blown away' by special birthday gift Dick Van Dyke was "blown away" to receive a replica of the car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for his recent 100th birthday. 10 February 2026 Dick Van Dyke received a replica of the car featured in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for his 100th birthday. Dick Van Dyke received a replica of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car The legendary actor - who played widowed inventor Caractacus Potts in the 1968 family favourite - was "blown away" by the special gift, a "stage replica" which came to him via a "friend of a friend", Michael Mulligan.