COMING TO AUCTION
Brought to you by: Classic Chatter
Classic Chatter is an independent website for owners & enthusiasts of all types of historic vehicles.
As well as our main website we post regularly on our sites related to Showroom Classics, Auctions & Events News
Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Hall, Vincent Square
Westminster, London,
SW1P 2PE
Viewing: Tuesday 11th April 2017 12Noon to 8:00pm
On the day from 10am until start of sale
============================================
1980 TEAL TYPE 35 BUGATTI
At the Pack Horse Inn, Affetside, Alan Hunter showed his two friends Ian Foster and Tony Rogers a brochure of a Volkswagen, rear engined fibreglass replica of a Bugatti Type 35 he had picked up on a business trip to America. Ian Foster, once a chassis designer for Daimler, demonstrated on the back of a cigarette packet, how a strong chassis could be produced using the American body moulds to end up with a front engined version. In short the Worsley Bugatti was born. However, Ian remembered from his days at Daimler, Worsley was the nickname for a Friday car – a duff one – so a search was made for a new name. In the end Trafford Engineering Automotive Limited (TEAL) was decided upon. In 1986, Bob Jones purchased TEAL Cars from Ian Foster. Bob developed (with chassis builder Peter Farrell) the early T35 to accept a more authentic aluminium coachwork.
On the 5th October 1986 the first all-aluminium Teal was born. Public reaction was highly positive with the company selling 16 cars in the first six months. The TEAL was further developed with the Types 43, 44, 52 and 59 versions also being manufactured. TEAL Cars finally ceased production in 1998. Today, there is a thriving club to cater for all types of the TEAL.
This Teal Type 35, fitted with aluminium coachwork is not to be confused with the lesser GRP production models. Fitted with a genuine Bugatti steering wheel , the interior and trim look and feel very authentic, and the fiat 2000 twin cam engine with straight through exhaust offers a huge amount of power to such a light weight model. Sounding and driving beautifully the previous owner owned a Bentley Blower and we are reliably informed preferred to drive this Teal Bugatti. Simply wonderful.
SELECTED BY: CLASSIC CHATTER
KEEPING IT CLASSIC
2010-2017
UNDERSTANDING SEPSIS
Sepsis is a life threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs. Sepsis leads to shock, multiple organ failure and death especially if not recognized early and treated promptly.
FOR INFORMATUIN ON SEPSIS: CLICK HERE
No comments:
Post a Comment