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19 August 2003, 10:03 PM
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The Reliant Motor Company was formed in 1935 when T. L. Williams built the first prototype vehicle in his garden at Kettlebrook, Tamworth (UK). A former Works Manager at Raleigh who had worked on their Raleigh Safety Seven T. L . Williams left the company to build his own 3-wheeler. He completed and licensed the vehicle on the 1st January 1935. This vehicle, "The Reliant", was a 3 wheeled 7 cwt van powered by a 600cc Jap engine. It is believed Williams called the company Reliant as some of the old Raleigh parts he used had the initial R on them and so he needed a company name starting with the same letter.
20 August 2003, 07:34 AM
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My Grandfather owned a Reliant Scimitar, soft top, what a lovely car, wire wheels 
in a turquoise green, its hard to believe the same company made the robin!! and my uncle always had the three wheeled reliant vans from which the exhausts had a habit of just falling off!! usually everytime we visited them on the Isle of Wight, I believe the Scimitar is still in the family somewhere, its 40 years old now!!
in a turquoise green, its hard to believe the same company made the robin!! and my uncle always had the three wheeled reliant vans from which the exhausts had a habit of just falling off!! usually everytime we visited them on the Isle of Wight, I believe the Scimitar is still in the family somewhere, its 40 years old now!!
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