Babs

Today is the 90th Anniversary of the day that the World Land Speed Record was established by J.G. Parry Thomas on Pendine Sands at a speed of 171.02 mph.
Only one year later he was killed in the same car,in the same place whilst trying to regain the record which had been exceeded by Henry Seagrave at Southport.
The car was buried in the sand at Pendine until 1969 when it was excavated and restored by Owen Wyn Owen from North Wales.
Thomas designed the streamlined aluminium body in 1925-1926. Babs is painted in blue and white,Thomas' racing colours. She weighs 1 ton 14.5 cwt and runs on 60% Shell Aviation spirit and 40% Benzole.
Today it was thrilling to hear the roar of the engine and smell the fuel as Babs was driven on Pendine Sands once more.