1954 Reliant Regal, Mk 1 Édouard Manet 12th May 1963

12th May 1963

presumably in the Strand

View of the carriage front and kitchen entrance

A large ship moored at the quay of the East India Docks

1954 Reliant Regal, Mk 1 Édouard Manet 12th May 19631954 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