1952 Reliant Regal MkI

1952 Reliant Regal MkI in Making The Most Of It, Documentary, 1957

Class: Others, Three-wheeler — Model origin:

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Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2015-06-13 01:41	Tricycle for very poorly people. It's apparently Banbury, Oxfordshire.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2015-06-13 07:46	Austin A70 van behind it?
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2015-06-13 07:51	http://www.3wheelers.com/gordon.html I think this is it. It isn't an invalid carriage, it was a tricycle for very poor people. Given the choice at the time, I think I'd have bought a prewar Austin Seven or Morris Eight, the only reasons for buying one of these things, or similar, were if you only had a motorbike license, or if you must have a brand new car. Even then, it would have been no more reliable than a well looked after used car, and a Reliant tricycle was a much better vehicle. -- Last edit: 2015-06-13 08:53:14
Bob Dieck ◊ 2015-06-13 09:21	The Austin van is A-40.
dsl ◊ 2015-06-13 13:47	I think I'm going for Reliant Regal Mk1 - http://www.3wheelers.com/regal.html . Gordon would have been good match except door here has no sign of the big bulge.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2015-06-13 15:04	I looked at that as a possibility, but the motorcycle conceals the place where the engine bulge is, and there is no Reliant bonnet mascot, hence I thought Gordon.
dsl ◊ 2015-06-13 15:32	Swithering slightly, but still more convinced of Reliant.