Babs after the accident in 1927 | Babs during the digup | Babs restored |
British Car Week 2004 gave us all the unique opportunity to see the legendary racingcar Babs for the first time outside the UK! Babs is the car that John Parry-Thomas used for setting the land speed record to 171.02 m.p.h. in 1926. A year later Parry-Thomas made another go for the record, but this time the car skidded and then turned over and over again. Parry-Thomas died immediately. After the accident the car was buried in the sand on the shore.
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In 1969, 42 years after the accident, Owen Wyn-Owen got the permission to dig up the car and restore it, a work that took him 15 years to complete. Babs is now in a small museum by the shore in Pendine and only rarely shown at other places.
One of these rare occasions was British Car Week in Gothenburg 2004!
Babs was a main attraction at the Tjolöholm Classic Motor and the car was also the main attraction at a show at Eklunds Bil during the week that followed. At this occasion Owen Wyn-Owen also showed pictures from the digup, and told us the full story about the restoration.