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...
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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...
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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...
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Leyland Eight (section Leyland-Thomas)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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'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...
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15 km/h). This record lasted for just over a month, until broken by J.G. Parry-Thomas. In 2024 Southport elected its first ever Labour MP since the creation...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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"...
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Thomas Parry (1768 – 14 August 1824) was a Welsh merchant based in India. He was instrumental in establishing a trading company in Madras, India. Parry...
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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...
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Parry P. Gripp (born September 22, 1967) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the pop punk band Nerf...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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based on an Aston Martin chassis), two Thomas "Flat Iron" Specials (an unsupercharged version for J. G. Parry-Thomas and a supercharged model for Clive Gallop)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Phoenix car company. The car came about following discussions between J. G. Parry-Thomas, design engineer at Leyland Motors, Reid Railton, his assistant and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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