 The order (and the project) was continued by Capt Howey alone, following the Count's death.The children's book by Ian Fleming, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", and the subsequent musical film, were inspired by the romance of Zborowski's exploits.Fleming had watched Zborowski race at Brooklands as a school boy, and later visited Higham Park (then known as Highland Court) as a friend of its later owner, Walter Whigham the chairman of Robert Fleming & Co. merchant bank founded by Ian's grandfather.