A ‘SUPERCAR’ built with engineering expertise from East Lancashire is set to smash the world land speed record by travelling at more than 1,000mph.

The Bloodhound Super Sonic Car (SSC), a replica of which has just gone on display in London, will include parts made by PDS Engineering,in Cliffe Street, Nelson.

It is one of 220 UK companies producing key components for the supercar which will be put together by a specialist team, the Bloodhound Project, which is behind the record breaking attempt.

Staff at PDS, one of the leading specialists in high-precision detail machining, are providing parts including fixtures and a rapid-filling fuel pump for the car, which will attempt to enter the record books in 2012.

PDS has also been instrumental in other world-record-related projects, including the restoration of Donald Campbell’s boat, Bluebird, and Thrust SSC, the car which set the land speed record in 1997.

A show version of Bloodhound is on display for two weeks in The Strand, London. PDS Chairman John Getty said: “It’s worth seeing.

“We have plans to send someone down to have a look at it.

“We were involved in the early days and are now on standby for when they decide to run it in the desert.”

The car has been designed by Richard Noble and will be driven by Andy Green, a Royal Air Force pilot. Work to construct the chassis of the final version is to start in January and is expected to last around 12 months.

The bloodhound team is aiming to be on the Hakskeen Pan, Northern Cape in South Africa, to begin high speed runs by summer 2012.

The car is also being used to inspire young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The replica, which made its world debut earlier this summer at the Farnborough International Air Show, will be on display at Coutts & Co bank, London, until October 30.