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TEAL OF THE WEEK No. 102

 

The Brillo Pad Special

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Roger Butcher poses for the camera as  Colin Andrews admires Roger’s Teal, usually  called The Brillo Pad Special.  Why?   A Tealer writes:

 

 

” Roger took delivery of his Teal in early 1989 in unpainted condition. He preferred to call it ‘The Spirit of Self Indulgence’ and as far as we could see he never did a thing to it and the unpainted finish was ghastly, thus it became known as the Brillo Pad Special.

 

He went on a few trips at home and abroad and these occasions were the only times the car had any form of service. It broke down so many times that the effort put in by the others touring with him somehow meant that the car ended up in a far better state after a trip than before it – very rare in Teal circles.  He always maintained that he preferred the distressed look. He was a blacksmith by trade and a hammer was his favourite tool!

 

Roger was certainly larger than life in all respects and was once referred to by Ben Trumble as a human object of God-like proportions. He has written amusingly in Teal Spiel with the best, and very difficult,  article being when he outlined his trouble with the tax man, vat and going broke.”  This is when the Teal had to go. (This moving and amusing  article by Roger Butcher in 1991  is reprinted in Teal Spiel special  Teal Owners’ Club 21st Anniversary Edition of 2009, page 24).  If you don’t have the magazine you can find it at skyblueteal.com/Tealmags along with all the others.

 

 

 

 

 

Roger also had an impressive collection of badges on his Teal – though on closer inspection most of them appear to be of British and foreign beers….  Where is this unique Teal today?  

 

 

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