abit of Retro ....
French racer & ....
BABS
Formerly the Higham Special fitted with a 27,059 cc Liberty aero engine, Benz gearbox and chain final-drive, Thomas Parry bought the car from Count Zorowski's estate & christened the car 'Babs'. After carrying out considerable amount of work he took it to Pendine Sands in October 1925 for a crack at the land speed record. Bad conditions slowed them but they returned in April 1926. Parry-Thomas achieved a speed of 169.30 and next day pushed the record over the 170 mph mark, holding the World Land Speed record until January 1927 when Segrave reached 174.883 mph.
In March 1927 they had another go but the car overturned, crashed & bust into flames, killing Parry-Thomas - he was extracted and the wreck buried in the beach. It was excavated in March 1969 & is now fully restored & races at vintage meets.