I had forgotten this, the last book of 007 James Bond creator was, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
I submit to you all that this may well have been the start of the SteamPunk genre.
The car aside from looking damn cool, was also a hovercraft, and a flying car. It does have all the late Victorian vibes to it.
To screw with your brain however, Imagine if you dare, Sean Connery, doing the song.
For those of you not familiar with the car here is the only one I could find with no small humans.