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2. Babs (land speed record car) - Wikipedia

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   Babs was the land speed record car built and driven by John Parry-Thomas. It was powered by a 27-litre Liberty L-12 aero-engine. Babs began as 'Chitty 4', one of Count Louis Zborowski's series of aero-engined cars named 'Chitty Bang Bang'. As it was built at Zborowski's estate of Higham Park near Canterbury, it was also known as the Higham Special.

3. Owen Wyn Owen - Wikipedia

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   Babs, in 2005. His most famous restoration project, which received worldwide attention, was to excavate and restore Babs, after 40 years buried on a tidal beach. [2] " Babs" was the car that in 1927, driven by J. G. Parry-Thomas, whilst attempting the land speed record at the time (180 mph or 290 km/h), crashed and killed the driver. [3]

4. J. G. Parry-Thomas - Wikipedia

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   Babs at Pendine in 1926. By 1925 Parry-Thomas realised that commercial success required a higher profile than Brooklands could offer, and switched his attention to the land speed record. He acquired the Higham Special from the estate of the deceased Louis Zborowski and rebuilt the car with

5. Chitty Bang Bang - Wikipedia

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   Babs (land speed record car), Higham Special: Production: 1926: Designer: J. G. Parry-Thomas, originally Clive Gallop & Count Louis Zborowski: Body and chassis; Body style: Open-wheel car: Layout: Front Engine, RWD: Powertrain; Engine: 27,020 cubic centimetres (1,649 cu in) Liberty L-12 V12: Power output: 450 brake horsepower (340 kW) 2,000 ...

6. Louis Zborowski - Wikipedia

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   Louis Vorow Zborowski (20 February 1895 – 19 October 1924) was a British racing driver and automobile engineer, best known for creating a series of aero-engined racing cars known as the "Chitty-Bang-Bangs", which provided the inspiration for Ian Fleming's children's story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and culminated in the "Higham Special" which, much modified in the hands of John Godfrey Parry ...

7. British land speed record - Wikipedia

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   [3] The car suffered supercharger failure during the record run and did not break the mile record. On 27 April 1926, at Pendine Sands J. G. Parry-Thomas in the Higham-Thomas Special Babs set the Flying Mile record at 168.07 m.p.h. and the Flying Kilometre at 169.29 m.p