2024 Pendine Sands Beach Race

Rare Costin Composites car - powered by a DKW 2 stroke 3 cylinder engine (Frank Costin was a renowned car designer / builder and worked with a number of vehicle / race car builders) 



Still waiting for the mist to lift I gave the Museum of Land Speed a quick tour 





But the main exhibit 'Babs' as raced by JGP Thomas was out of the museum at the time 



The car was buried in the sands at Pendine in 1927 after Perry Thomas's death whilst attempting another land speed record in the car - some 40 years later in 1967 the car was dug up and extracted from the beach - amazingly much of the mechanical drive train was restorable including the Liberty V12 aero engine that powered the car - a new body was built to the original patterns - The car appears on occasions at various classic events throughout the UK    



Back down on the beach then 

















So this pesky sea mist stuff then 


 
It never lifted all morning and faced against an incoming tide by lunchtime the organisers very reluctantly had to cancel the run 



So we loaded up and went home 



Off loaded at Andy's and I've got another hour to go to arrive at home - In conclusion a great experience but a awful long way to trailer a vehicle for one run down the beach but we cant dictate the weather - Many thanks to Andy for the drive