Teal Cars

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Teal Cars Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1984
resolution 1998
Seat Bisley , Surrey
management Norman Durban
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Teal Type 35
Teal Type 59

Teal Cars Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Ian Foster, who earlier in the Daimler Motor Company was active, founded in 1983, the company in Burscough in the county of Lancashire . He began producing automobiles and kits with the help of Alan Hunter and Tony Rogers . The brand name was initially Worsley and from 1984 Teal . Bob Jones took over the company in March 1986 and relocated to Timperley near Altrincham in Greater Manchester . Norman Durban continued production of a model from 1996 in Bisley , Surrey . Production ended in 1998. A total of over 200 copies were made.

Caburn Engineering tried to continue production of a model in 2009. However, the project is not mentioned on their website.

vehicles

The first and best-selling model was the Type 35 . This was the replica of the Bugatti Type 35 . The basis was a self-developed chassis . The front suspension and rear axle came from the Morris Marina . The vehicles were powered by a six-cylinder Triumph engine with a displacement of 1800 cc . The open two-seater body was made of fiberglass . The model was revised in 1986 under new management. The revision of the original chassis resulted in a semi-spaceframe. The body was now made of aluminum . The vehicles got 18-inch tires. Many parts came from the Vauxhall Viva . The previous Triumph six-cylinder engine was retained in many cases. Alternatively, other engines were available. Jaguar Cars engines were also used under the direction of Norman Durban . Around 200 vehicles were built before the company was dissolved.

The Teal Owners's Club has owned the types for the Type 35 , the brand name Teal and the building rights for all models except the Type 59 since December 2010 .

The Type 35 Tourer was based on the first model. This was an open touring car with four seats. Between 1988 and 1997 there were about three buyers.

The Type 44 as a replica of the Bugatti Type 44 from 1988 to 1989 remained a one-off.

The Type 59 was the successor to the GPB Type 59 , which Projects of Distinction offered between 1989 and 1991 under the GPB brand . It was similar to the Bugatti Type 59 . A steel monocoque in connection with the front and rear subframes made of tubes formed the basis in the center of the vehicle . The six-cylinder engine came from the Jaguar XK . About three or about 13 copies were made between 1991 and 1997. Caburn Engineering tried the new edition in 2009.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Teal.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1578. (English)
  • Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 250 (English).

Web links

Commons : Teal Cars  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Teal.
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1578. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e website about Teal Cars (English, accessed on March 1, 2015)
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 250 (English).