A Reliant Fox Custom Van

Ely’s Garage, Dover in Kent, was a motorcycle and motor scooter dealer who also sold Reliants. As riders progressed from two wheels to three; dealers followed suite by widening their stocks. The association between the two-wheel, three-wheel and the four-wheeled Reliants, is in the driving licence grouping. Class G covered motorcycles and tricycles (if the latter weighed less than 8cwt and had no working reverse gear). A provisional licence allowed the rider/driver to take to the road without having to be accompanied by a qualified driver! Also, provisional licences lasted just three months but could be renewed indefinitely without ever having to submit to a driving test – many took advantage of these loopholes.

Reliants and bubble cars had a reverse gear in the