THE TEAL REGISTER
Car history
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| Reg No | OSC789P |
| Car type | type35 |
| Colour | red |
| Current engine | BLMC1800 |
| Current owner | Roger Thomas, Guildford. TOC Member |
| Previous owner | David Wilson, Dalgety Bay |
| Orig owner | Built by DW |
| Further info | see below See Teal of the Week 76 (again) |
| See “Teals in the 80’s” skyblueteal.com |
Currently (Feb 2023) Roger Thomas is engaged in a lengthy and total rebuild of this car.
Dave Wilson built his Teal Type 35 four-seater himself, He also had a spectacular moustache, as the following cartoon of Dave and his late wife Maureen illustrates…
Cartoon of Dave and Maureen Wilson by Lindsay Crichton
TEAL OF THE WEEK NO 76
OSC789P and later 7454BZ
David Wilson and his wife Maureen from Fife were early and dedicated Tealers, David having started building his red 4-seater Oscar in 1985, and being involved in many Teal events for the next 21 years in Denmark and UK, including the famous Ian Foster Birthday Bash at Lakeside on 4th/5th July 1998 (photo below). This was perhaps the biggest ever gathering of Teals in one place; David Wilson’s Oscar is right in the centre, the red four-seater with a boot rack.
David’s B-series engine shown below was bored out to 1998cc, and a high lift cam, special distributor and electronic ignition fitted, so she went rather well at home and abroad ….
Here’s Oscar at a famous local landmark, and below is the neatly-instrumented cockpit.
David was well known throughout the Teal club for his splendid moustache, which features in several photos and cartoons on this website’s page 9: ‘Teals in the 80s- New Images’, the photos being provided jointly by Dave and his friend and Teal colleague Lindsay Crighton, another Teal pioneer of ‘Bluebottle’ fame, which is also shown on Page 9…
In 2006, after David’s 21 years of Tealing, a London dealer came up to Scotland to buy Oscar, and then sold it on to its current British owner….
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TEAL OF THE WEEK No 76 (AGAIN) *
7454BZ
David Thomas from Wadebridge, Cornwall bought this Teal Type 35 four-seater in 2007; for the next three years he made improvements, including stripping down to chassis level, rewiring and respraying, fitting a new petrol tank, boring out the engine from 1800 to 2000cc, fitting electronic ignition and also a high-lift camshaft. Sadly in August 2010 David had to sell his handsome Teal since he was no longer physically able to drive it…
This good-looking Teal Type 35 is now owned by Teal Owners’ Club member Gordon White… a classic Teal with rich history (see below).
*FOOTNOTE: This Teal had originally been put on the website as Teal Of The Week No 109; but as I considered it furthe, the car looked somewhat familiar. It is, I believe Teal of the Week No 76 (David Wilson’s OSC 789P “Oscar”), rebuilt, renumbered, rewheeled, sprayed blue rather than red and looking good. The key was the engine: here’s Oscar’s – compare with above).
Last Updated on 3 years by David Brown
