J.G. Parry-Thomas. Wales and the History of the World BBC programme with archive footage of Babs. Short Biopic' made by Tom Tremayne regarding Parry Thomas's...

Parry Thomas is the name of: J. G. Parry-Thomas (1884–1927), racecar driver E. Parry Thomas (1921–2016), Las Vegas banker This disambiguation page lists...

death in 1924, it was purchased from his estate by J.G. Parry-Thomas for the sum of £125. Parry-Thomas rechristened the car Babs and rebuilt it with four...

1923. The car was designed by the chief engineer of Leyland Motors, J.G. Parry-Thomas and his assistant Reid Railton, and was intended to be the finest...

15 km/h). This record lasted for just over a month, until broken by J.G. Parry-Thomas. Southport elected their first ever Labour MP in the 2024 general...

it was purchased from his estate by J.G. Parry-Thomas for the sum of £125, equal to £9,005 today. Parry-Thomas rechristened the car Babs and rebuilt...

J.G. Parry-Thomas to make bids on the land speed record. Designer/driver Thomas improved the car and christened her "Babs". In April 1926 J.G. Parry-Thomas...

Tiger on Ainsdale beach. This record was broken a month later by J.G. Parry-Thomas driving Babs, a custom-built car with a 27-litre 450 hp (340 kW) V12...

luxury touring car, a development of which was driven by J.G. Parry-Thomas at Brooklands. Parry-Thomas was later killed in an attempt on the land speed record...

'specials' for sporting purposes. One such was engineer and driver J.G. Parry-Thomas, who conceived the Riley 'Brooklands' (at first called the '9' Speed...

Babs, and in 1927 broke the world land speed record whilst driven by J.G. Parry-Thomas, but was wrecked in a fatal subsequent attempt to regain the title...

"J.G." Parry-Thomas from Wrexham, it set the land speed record of 171 miles per hour (275 km/h) in Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire in April 1926. Parry-Thomas...

was called the "Higham Special" and later "Babs" and was used in J.G. Parry-Thomas's fatal attempt for the land speed record at Pendine Sands in 1927...

Thomas Gambier Parry, J.P., D.L., (22 February 1816 – 28 September 1888) was a British artist and art collector. He is best remembered for his development...

By 1819, a partnership firm named "Parry and Dare" Company was founded by Thomas Parry and John William Dare. Parry's Corner, one of the most prominent...

University. He joined Leyland Motors in 1917 where he worked with J.G. Parry-Thomas on the Leyland Eight luxury car. He left in 1922 to set up the Arab...

Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 2013-07-22. "J G Parry-Thomas 1884 - 1927 Land speed record holder 1926". Parry-thomas.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-07-22. "Franco Patria"...

Parry P. Gripp (born September 22, 1967) is an American songwriter, singer and musician. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the pop punk band Nerf...

between 1923 and 1924. It was a joint venture between T.B. André and J. G. Parry-Thomas from Wales, but only a handful of cars were made. The 1493 cc four-cylinder...

2001. Malcolm Campbell and J. G. Parry-Thomas set the world land speed record five times between 1924 and 1927. Parry-Thomas was killed while making a...

breaking cars of the day. The firm was founded as Thomas Inventions Development Co. Ltd. by J. G. Parry-Thomas & Major Ken Thomson. Their workshops were based...

by Welshman J. G. Parry-Thomas in his car Babs. Firstly the 150 mph (240 km/h) barrier was broken by Campbell. In April 1926, Parry-Thomas added approximately...

Phoenix car company. The car came about following discussions between J. G. Parry-Thomas, design engineer at Leyland Motors, Reid Railton, his assistant and...

car development, working with the chief engineer at Leyland Motors, J.G. Parry-Thomas and with his assistant Reid Railton. They produced a luxury touring...

chains. Only weeks before the record attempt, it was speculated that J. G. Parry-Thomas had been decapitated when a similar chain in his car Babs had broken...

l'Anglais J. P. Thomas a atteint la formidable vitesse de 277 kil. à l'heure!". L'Auto: 1. April 28, 1926 – via BnF/Gallica. "A nouveau, J. P. Thomas a battu...

Edward Parry FRS (19 December 1790 – 8 July 1855) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his 1819–1820 expedition through the Parry Channel...

buried on a tidal beach. "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)...

The first vehicle to use torsion bars was Leyland Eight designed by J. G. Parry-Thomas and produced from 1920 to 1923, however its rear suspension, patented...

final entrants were two Thomas Specials driven by Harold Purdy and William “Bomber” Scott. They were built by J.G. Parry-Thomas, based on the Leyland Eight...