Dedication’s what you need: JG Parry’s Land Speed Record car

Parting Shot: April 23, 1926 Brooklands, Surrey

In a bid to smash the Land Speed Record, racing driver JG Parry Thomas purchased Count Louis Zborowski’s 1923-built 27-litre Higham Special. Here’s Parry Thomas with that car, which he re-named ‘Babs’, at Brooklands – his base and home. With Babs, he broke the record at Pendine Sands (171mph) days after this photo was taken. He’d die during another attempt in March 1927.