The website for  lovers of  fine
 Teal Sports and Touring Cars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
" Teals Have Soul "           Captain Sensible
 
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Our Club magazine Teal Spiel arrived with me today, bang on time and stuffed with good articles on Teals, Tealers, past rallies, planned trips with our Teals coming up, and lots of good humour and photos; thanks Suzi and Andy... to join the Teal Owners' Club and get your copy email dot.massey@btinternet.com
 
 
 
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TEAL OF THE WEEK - No 41
 
 
 
 
This elegant Teal Type 35 four-seater has been owned by Neil Bridges in Yorkshire  and by Danilo Beltrami in Belgium.  The stylish Bob Jones-designed bodywork, neat hood and cream leather seats lift this 1.8 litre Teal  into a rather special quality  catergory.   But is she still in Belgium?  Can you help?   Here are some more photos...
 
 
 
 
 
 
STOP PRESS  It seems likely that this lovely Teal ( called 'Myrtle' by Neil  when in his ownership ) has been sold to a Classic Car collector also in Belgium, who has  looked after it in a sealed air bubble  as part of his collection of fine cars.  Let's hope she's  taken on the roads sometimes too - where all classics were built to be... 
 
 
 
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NOTE: Previous Teals of the Week are shown on the new Teals of the Week 1-20 website page and Teals of the Week  21-40 page(see index left) - the aim is to build up week by week, in no particular order,   a data base of photos of all of  our lovely Teals...
 
 
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Keith's Funeral
 
 
 
 
This image was at the centre of the Teal Owners' Club wreath for Keith
 
 
Tealer Keith Lidgerwood's funeral was held in Chester on Wednesday 12th June, with nine Tealers and a Teal (Bob Mills') in attendance. Here's a personal memory of the day:
 
"Keith's funeral yesterday in Chester: 10 am, bright and sunny with a light wind rustling the leaves, modern crematorium/church set in beautiful tree-lined park-like setting, methodist minister, light wood coffin with wreath on top, dignified music, Eva, Kristine and Annette and families, little Matt, dozens of friends, nine Tealers, and a Teal car; half an hour service, with Kristine giving the address, including the wonderful Australian Poem 'The Old Australian ways' by Banjo Paterson, about Clancy and the wide, wild country, Kristine gulping back the tears, not a dry eye.  Then as the curtains closed round Keith for the last time, there's a blast on the trumpet and on comes a bouncy jazzy tune by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - much laughter.  He went out in style, our  Tealer friend.
 
Then back to The Mount for coffee and cake and reminiscing - 50+ people, in all the rooms and spilling onto the lawns and smokers up back alleys.   Lots of stories told, about happy days gone by, oil pipelines, old cars, the warm and wicked spirit of our Keith, here and back in Australia.  Buffet lunch for dozens,  hugs and tears, time to go, last look at Keith's garage where he kept so many fine cars, promises to keep in touch, then drive away.... smiling at ridiculous moments with Keith."
 
 
 
 
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ENFIELD CLASSIC CAR SHOW 
The Stig Meets Tealers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Enfield classic car show was a sunlit success on the late May Bank Holiday weekend.   Above, Tealers Angelo and Antonio looking cool in leathers, and below David Ward and Sharon's Teal At Angelo and Antonio's before the run to the show, and Sharon enjoying her picnic in David's delightful supercharged 6C/1600 boat tail...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
During the show the  Top Gear   simulator  was in action, and the Stig was, of course,  delighted to pose with Tealers Angelo, David and Antonio... 
 
 
 
 
The Teals and Tealers were well received and  admired by the large crowd at Enfield, and lined up with other classy machinery.  A good day was enjoyed showing the Teal flag...
 
 
 
 
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OOPS
 
Send for Dicky Dawes!
 
 
 
 
 
Damaged Bugatti Type 35; the worst fear I have on a Teal rally is that I will run into the Teal in front's boat-tail  (or that someone will run into mine!)
 
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For details of our Teal Touring events, locations, dates and contacts, please see our Club magazine  Teal Spiel 
 
 
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Can't find your favourite photo or Teal news item?  Have a look at Teal News pages 1 to 6  towards the end of this website, where I transfer items  previously on Page 1...
 
 
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Want to buy or sell a Teal? Tealers may like to browse 

 

 www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk

(Type Teal Bugatti into their search box)

 
 
 
 
 
   
  
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CAPTAIN SENSIBLE:  See his terrific Teal tales at page 39,  one page from the end of this website
  
           
  
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And now , at last, a little bit about this website, its contents and why it was set up .
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 

Welcome to SKYBLUETEAL, the website for lovers of Teal cars, fine British sports cars full of character, lovely to look  at, and a delight to drive.

 

There are many photos of owners' cars on the website, and   we explain  a little of the history of  Ettore Bugatti, the legendary designer and manufacturer  whose  delightful  and highly successful racing and touring cars of the 1920s and 1930s inspired Teal cars. The history of Teal cars is detailed with many historic photos, there are pages showing the building of Teal T35,T43, T44  and T59 cars in the 'factory' , and  there is  also   a links section to other Bugatti and similar classic carwebsites which may interest you. 

 

Just for fun, there is a   tour of a fine  Continental Teal T35 (Dutch Treat) and of  a lovely Teal from Dorset (Black Beauty).    Features include a  page of Tealing in the  pioneer years of the 1980s, photos of Teals and Tealers in the Lake District and Scottish Borders on the June 2009 Rally,  illustrations of  the building of  Teal cars at home,   and picture reviews of the wonderful variety of Teal  cockpits, dashboards and tails.   There's a special page on the Teal Owners' Club (TOC),  detailing  how to  join the Club, and the many Club benefits.    The exciting  annual   Circuit des Remparts at Angouleme is covered, and  Teals in Action 2009  shows our Teal cars where they are meant to be:  on the road;  there's full coverage of The Teal 2010 Backbone of England Rally, and there are stirring Teal Tales of Captain  Sensible campaigning  in Britain, France,  Spain, Germany and Switzerland,  and also new Teal News pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, with dozens of snippets of the latest information about Teals and Tealers, and reports of our Teal adventures and rallies in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013  in Sussex and Hampshire, Lancashire, The Peak District, Shropshire and Herefordshire, Wales, and Oxfordshire, and unusual adventures in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.   We hope you enjoy these tales which are an excuse to enjoy our lovely Teals, and eachothers' company... Do join us at The Teal Owners' Club (you don't have to own a Teal) - email our Club Membership Secretary at dot.massey@btinternet.com

- you'll be most welcome. 

 

 Perhaps you already own a Teal, or maybe you might be considering buying and  driving a Teal one day; either way, it's a rewarding and exciting experience ..... we welcome you to the vivid world of Teal cars.  

 

 

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To contact the Webmaster use the Contact  Page of this website, or  leave a comment on The Discussion Forum page,  or e-mail mail@skyblueteal.co.uk or info@skyblueteal.co.uk  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

  TEAL CARS   -   HOME PAGE   

 

 

 

WHAT IS A TEAL?

 

To purchase an original vintage 1920s Bugatti such as the legendary Types 35 or 37 would cost  between £250,000 and £500,000; with an authentic racing pedigree, the price of such a car would be well above a million pounds. Bugatti cars of the 1920s and 1930s command such a high premium because of their rarity, the engineering skill of their designer, Ettore Bugatti (see page 3),  the beauty of their lines and their outstandingly successful record as racing cars over  the two decades before World War 2.

The Teal Type 35 was designed in 1983, and much  refined in the late  80s and 90s, to provide a car with the Bugatti's beauty and performance at an affordable price.  To drive  a Teal behind the twin racing aero screens is an exhilarating (and windy!)  experience, since suspension, steering, handling and exhaust note are all successfully optimised  to replicate as far as possible the exciting sensations of 1920s open-air  motoring.   More details of  Teal history, design, construction, engines, suspension,  and some  estimated  prices   are given at page 2.  

 
  
 
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Original Teal - 1984 - Ian and Maggie Foster's Type 35 
(Photo Maggie Foster - thank you)
 See Page 2
 
The same early Teal, 26 years later  (below)
 Now aluminium-bodied with 18-inch wire wheels,substantial headlights  and windscreen, restored by Keith Lidgerwood, on the Backbone of England Run in June 2010, photographed with Keith,  and Guy and Mark Foster, Ian and Maggie Foster's twin sons, who helped dad Ian build the Teal in 1984. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Early  Teal.   Kit Car Magazine, July 1984
 
Outside the Hatchet Inn, Lower Chute, Near Andover, Hampshire;
This excellent pub is still there 29 years later,  looking much the same.
See Teal origins  (page two) for the story behind the launch of  the first   Teals.
 
 ( Thanks to Andy/Kit Car Magazine for photo )
 
 
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Teal Type 35 two-seaters

Oxford and Cambridge?  These aluminium Teal Type 35 two-seaters with 18" wire wheels are photographed  at Laycock:  Peter Haywood's dark blue beauty was driven by him and Neil from their  Isle of Wight homes, where Peter is restoring a Riley Kestrel when he's not motoring in his Morgan Plus Four or Teal, and  Neil fettles and drives his pre-war MG J2 - for more see Teal News page one, Item 31.  The pretty sky blue Teal is now owned by Andrew Smith from Buckinghamshire ( see Teal News page one, Items 2 and 17).

 

 

 

Teal Type 35 Four - Seater  Tourer

Glen and Maggie Ibbotson's fine dark blue four-seater at the Knowsley show;  for more about Glen and Maggie and their Teal  [Captain Sensible] see the Teal News page one, Item 13, and Captain Sensible's amazing and delightful Teal Tales, one page from the end of this website.

   

 

 A very pretty Teal Type 43 Four Seat Tourer, designed and built by Bob Jones

(photo -  Bob Jones - thank you)

 

the handsome Teal Type 44 Four Seater grand tourer, designed and built by Bob Jones

(photo -  Bob Jones - thank you)

 

 

the delightful Teal Type 52s  ('Bugattini') 

(photo -  Bob Jones - thank you)

 

 

                               Teal Type 59 - high performance sports car (with admirers) 

    (photo  -  Bob Jones - thank you)

Below: Teal Type 59 at Speed

 

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Teal Owners' Club  Lakes and Borders Run,  Scotland
 
"The sun on your back, the wind in your hair, the winding road ahead, and good company at the long  day's end -  all's well with the world." 
 
 
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THINKING ABOUT AN INSURANCE QUOTE FOR YOUR TEAL?
 
Adrian Flux Insurance support our Teal Owners' Club magazine Teal Spiel.  They   specialize in sports car and kit car insurance, and offer up to 15% off  for Teal Owners' Club members, limited mileage discounts of 1500, 3000 and 5000 miles per annum,  and can also offer an  agreed valuation on your Teal.  If you are thinking of getting an insurance quote for your Teal, one option is to call 0800 089 0035, or  log onto www.adrianflux.co.uk/kits for their specialist department.
 
 
 
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Footnote

This is not the official website of Teal Cars, or of Bugatti, or of any organisation or club whatsoever;  the Skyblueteal.co.uk website has simply been created to share information and images with fellow Teal and Bugatti classic car enthusiasts.  We hope that you enjoy the website in the spirit of fun in which it has been created.  Happy Tealing.....

 

 

 

Your not always well-balanced webmaster on the Long Mynd during the Shrewsbury Run

Photo: Dot (thanks, I think)

 

Please enjoy the website - and the Teals...