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Beaches are getting crowded...: BABS is returning as well
Less than two weeks ago we reported about the Sunbeam Tiger returning to the beach. Today we present you another returning beach visitor.
In April 1926, John Godfrey Parry Thomas drove BABS ( this LSR an evolution of the ex count Zborowski Higham Special, also known as Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang. Ooops! Correction - see comment section - it should be Chitty Bang Bang !) on Pendine Sands to set the World Land Speed Record at 169mph. The following day he raised it further to 171mph for the flying mile. To celebrate the 90th anniversary of this achievement BABS is set to return to drive on the sands once again on Thursday 28th April
Parry Thomas bought BABS in 1925 and following some small changes made an unsuccessful attempt on the record. Further modifications were made to the 27 litre chain drive car prior to the successful attempts in 1926. Tragically, Thomas was killed at Pendine in 1927 whilst undertaking a further record attempt. Following the crash, the car was buried in the dunes, where it remained for 42 years before being dug up and restored by Owen Wyn Owen (check this early post-1969 footage !) . The car is now owned by a charitable trust and spends much of the summer in a Museum of Speed in Pendine, as well as attending various car events.
On the 28th April, the aim is to run on the sands again between 2.30pm and 4pm. Spectators are welcome. There is no admission charge, although there may be a small charge to park on the beach. Up to date information, especially if there is adverse weather, will be posted timely.
editor: we still keep finding vivid memories of the time when the BABS was wearing her deeply patinated coachwork remainders. Some of those to be seen in this seventies footage featuring Owen with the freshly revived Babs.
addition by Robin Batchelor:
There is a wonderful cut-away drawing of BABS by Vic Berris in a 1974 article from Thoroughbred and Classic Cars. (See here) where the editor explores this car's fascinating history.
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Mittwoch März 9th, 2016
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David Haywood
10 März 2016, 15:38
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10 März 2016, 10:55
please, please, its not chitty chitty bang bang, that's the film. the correct name is chitty bang bang. this is because it was the army slang name for the note of absence from the war front line for officers leave. a chit is a piece of paper, the bang bang is obvious to those of you with imagination. Count Zborowski, his father and brother are buried in Burton Lazars near Melton Mowbray England.
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Robin Batchelor
10 März 2016, 10:15
There is a wonderful [url=http://bit.ly/1phSuSy]cut-away drawing[/url] of BABS by Vic Berris in a 1974 article from Thoroughbred and Classic Cars. [url=http://bit.ly/1Le6TJc](See here)[/url] where the editor explores this car's fascinating history.
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10 März 2016, 02:02
Owen Owen was a lecturer at Bangor University in North Wales UK. I grew up there. My pal was at RAF Valley in the mountain rescue and Owen's daughter along with a few other friends would regularly hang out with them (and me on occasion). The 1970's was a less sophisticated time and Owen Owen was of its era. A humble chap with a mission in life to restore the wreck long forgotten. And, by that it's story and theirs live on. Thanks for sharing.
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When asked what was the meaning of the name, Zborowski said it was the sound of the drive chains, and the back-fire of the engine, when in fact it referred to a 'lady' whose generous paid favours were to be enjoyed on site during the war, by the RFC lads at their leisure at Brooklands.