{"id":497915,"date":"2018-11-13T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T19:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=67713"},"modified":"2023-11-25T00:50:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T00:50:28","slug":"record-breaking-babs-joins-chitty-exhibition-at-beaulieu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/record-breaking-babs-joins-chitty-exhibition-at-beaulieu\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking Babs Joins Chitty Exhibition at Beaulieu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The iconic Land Speed Record breaker <strong><em>Babs\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>that inspired <em>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\u00a0<\/em>has joined the <em>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 50 years\u00a0<\/em>exhibition at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaulieu.co.uk\/attractions\/national-motor-museum\/\">National Motor Museum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaulieu.co.uk\/\">Beaulieu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The incredible machine, known as <em>Chitty Bang Bang IV<\/em>, was the creation of racing driver Count Louis Zborowski and inspired Ian Fleming\u2019s <em>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\u00a0<\/em>story.<\/p>\n<p>Babs joins an\u00a0original screen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, theHumber 8hp driven by Truly Scrumptious, the\u00a0original Child Catcher carriage, Coggins Garage recreated in the museum to house the inventive machines of Rowland Emett and a\u00a0replica of Grandpa Potts\u2019 hut in Beaulieu\u2019s <em>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 50 years <\/em>which celebrates the film\u2019s golden anniversary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_662150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662150\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641211_BABS-having-wheel-change-at-Pendine.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-662150 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641211_BABS-having-wheel-change-at-Pendine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641211_BABS-having-wheel-change-at-Pendine.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641211_BABS-having-wheel-change-at-Pendine-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641211_BABS-having-wheel-change-at-Pendine-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641211_BABS-having-wheel-change-at-Pendine-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641211_BABS-having-wheel-change-at-Pendine-770x577.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641211_BABS-having-wheel-change-at-Pendine-293x219.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-662150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BABS having a wheel changed at Pendine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Babs started life in 1923 as the <em>Higham Special\u00a0<\/em>and was even more extreme in its design than the Count\u2019s previous three Chittys. When he died a year later, it was bought for \u00a3125 by talented racing driver John Godfrey Parry-Thomas who re-christened it <em>Babs<\/em>. After boosting power to 500 bhp by adding new pistons to its American Liberty V12 aeroplane engine, Parry-Thomas beat the Land Speed Record by more than 20 mph by reaching 171 mph.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_662152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662152\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641200_BABS-driven-by-Parry-Thomas-at-Pendine.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-662152 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641200_BABS-driven-by-Parry-Thomas-at-Pendine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641200_BABS-driven-by-Parry-Thomas-at-Pendine.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641200_BABS-driven-by-Parry-Thomas-at-Pendine-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641200_BABS-driven-by-Parry-Thomas-at-Pendine-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641200_BABS-driven-by-Parry-Thomas-at-Pendine-100x62.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641200_BABS-driven-by-Parry-Thomas-at-Pendine-770x475.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641200_BABS-driven-by-Parry-Thomas-at-Pendine-293x181.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-662152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Babs being driven by Parry-Thomas at Pendine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Sir Malcolm Campbell raised the record again the following year, Parry-Thomas made an attempt to regain the title, which ended in disaster and he was killed. The wrecked car was buried at Pendine Sands, where it remained for more than 40 years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Mr. Parry Thomas (1927)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HlenXEysfZ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Mr. Parry Thomas (1927)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HlenXEysfZ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In 1969, <em>Babs\u00a0<\/em>was excavated by university lecturer and car restorer Owen Wyn Owen, who discovered that the car was not as badly decayed as expected and embarked on bringing it back to its former glory. Today, the fully-restored Babs is a fitting tribute to the aeroplane-engine racing cars and their fearless drivers whose exploits inspired Ian Fleming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641189_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-662153 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641189_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641189_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641189_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641189_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641189_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition-100x67.jpg 100w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641188_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition-3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641188_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641188_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641188_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition-3-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641188_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition-3-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641188_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition-3-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641188_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition-3-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641188_BABS-in-Beaulieu-exhibition-3-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n            <\/div><\/figure>\n<p>Other Chitty memorabilia on show at Beaulieu includes the leather bonnet strapfrom the Count\u2019s original Mercedes Chitty, a solid silver Chitty model bought for producer Cubby Broccoli by his wife Dana andoriginal film concept art by Sir Ken Adam, storyboard watercolor artwork by Robert Laing and technical drawings by Peter Lamont which have never been previously exhibited.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 50 years<\/em>can be seen as part of the general admission to Beaulieu, which includes entrance to the National Motor Museum, <em>World of Top Gear<\/em>, <em>On Screen Cars<\/em>, the ancestral Montagu family home of Palace House, 13<sup>th<\/sup>century Beaulieu Abbey and the grounds and gardens. To buy tickets in advance online or for more information see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beaulieu.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.beaulieu.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iconic Land Speed Record breaker Babs\u00a0that inspired Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\u00a0has joined the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 50 years\u00a0exhibition at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu. The incredible machine, known as Chitty Bang Bang IV, was the creation of racing driver Count Louis Zborowski and inspired Ian Fleming\u2019s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\u00a0story. Babs joins an\u00a0original screen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, theHumber 8hp driven by Truly Scrumptious, the\u00a0original Child Catcher carriage, Coggins Garage recreated in the museum to house the inventive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":662149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,16932],"tags":[16939,432,16936],"class_list":["post-497915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-festivals-shows","tag-event-beaulieu","tag-events","tag-festivals-shows"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Record-breaking Babs Joins Chitty Exhibition at Beaulieu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The iconic Land Speed Record breaker Babs\u00a0that inspired Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\u00a0has joined the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 50 years\u00a0exhibition at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/record-breaking-babs-joins-chitty-exhibition-at-beaulieu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Record-breaking Babs Joins Chitty Exhibition at Beaulieu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The iconic Land Speed Record breaker Babs\u00a0that inspired Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\u00a0has joined the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 50 years\u00a0exhibition at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/record-breaking-babs-joins-chitty-exhibition-at-beaulieu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-13T19:52:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-25T00:50:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1641199_BABS-with-Parry-Thomas-1926-at-Brooklands-e1542138318148.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"526\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casey Annis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casey Annis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/record-breaking-babs-joins-chitty-exhibition-at-beaulieu\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/record-breaking-babs-joins-chitty-exhibition-at-beaulieu\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Casey Annis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f\"},\"headline\":\"Record-breaking Babs Joins Chitty Exhibition at Beaulieu\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-13T19:52:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-25T00:50:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/record-breaking-babs-joins-chitty-exhibition-at-beaulieu\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":452,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/record-breaking-babs-joins-chitty-exhibition-at-beaulieu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/1641199_BABS-with-Parry-Thomas-1926-at-Brooklands-e1542138318148.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Event (Beaulieu)\",\"Event (Car Events &amp; 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