1954 Reliant Regal, Mk 1 Size:L: 100 x 80cm September 1947

September 1947

Lord Brougham stands on the left

I'll be bound to say a figure such as this you'll see there every day'

with cattle in the foreground

1954 Reliant Regal, Mk 1 Size:L: 100 x 80cm September 19471954 Reliant Regal, Mk 1. Tom Lawrence Williams founded the Reliant Engineering Company in 1935, taking over manufacture of the three wheeled Raleigh delivery van. The Regal was Reliant's first passenger car. Exported from 1952, and available on the home market the following year, it had an Austin 7 based engine, which Reliant used until the early 1960s! The Regal was advertised as 'Family Motoring on Three Wheels. Less tax. Less insurance. Less