Welcome to the 3-wheelers.com “Reliant Archives”

Living in Tamworth (UK) just 5 minutes away where the Reliant factory used to be until 1999 when it moved to Burntwood means that I have access to a treasure trove of information about Reliant and its past. Indeed it can be traced year by year back to 1935 in my local newspaper “The Tamworth Herald” of which all copies are stored at Tamworth Library.

Reliant are most famous for the Reliant Robin they produced from 1973. Everyone knows what a Reliant Robin is and images of Reliants in TV programs like “Only Fools and Horses” and Rowan Atkinson’s “Mr Bean” spring to mind supplemented with jokes about wheel barrows from comedians like Jasper Carrot  Ironically these programs actually use a Reliant Regal 3/25 and a Regal Supervan III but people tend to think of all Reliant 3-wheelers as “Reliant Robins” or “Robin Reliants.

National Rallies

Owning a Reliant, I have been a member of the Reliant Owners Club (ROC) for many years. Whilst I do not always attend the regional rallies organised by ROC I have always tried to get to the National rally that is held around May time each year. With the creation of this site in June 2000, from June 2001 I documented all these rallies with the exception of 2008 when my car was destroyed travelling to the rally.  In this instance my brother documented it for me. 

The 7th Reliant Gathering is now being planned  and this year will be in the car park opposite the Tamworth Informaton Centre in the tow centre..  Camping will agimn be available to those who wish to stay the weekend.  All Reliants are welcome.  Further details will be released nearer the date,

To see all the Reliant vehicles that turned up from 2006 - 2011, please click here.