Reliant Motor Club

90th Anniversary

1935 - 2025

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Welcome to RELIANT, the Reliant website that is called just that (reliant.website) and is the official web site for the Reliant Motor Club.� The RMC is a club for Reliant enthusiasts that offers members not only the usual benefits of club memberships but also access to the largest on-line Reliant archive in the world. Each year, members also receive 4 newsletters and 2 information packed magazines delivered straight into their e-mail Inbox so that they can be enjoyed across multiple electronic platforms and on the go.The RMC was founded in June 2016 by Elvis Payne and Mark Cropper whose combined personal Reliant archives contain over 2,500 items including photographs, plans, brochures, factory documents, press releases, Reliant newspapers, handbooks and much more.� The archives mainly consist of paper based items although they do also include a few rare items such as Reliant Founder Tom Williams’ personal set of wood chisels and the original bronze Reliant sign from the old Reliant building in Tamworh, Staffs.


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	Reliant History Reliant Motor Club Archives Reliant Brochure Catalog 1936 - 2002 Reliant Aerial Views 1990s Reliant Review 1963 - 1977 Reliant Owner's Handbook Catalog Royal and Celebrity Reliant owners

The on-line Reliant Motor Club Archives
Reliant Brochure catalog
	An ongoing resource to build up a catalog (and indeed collection) of every Reliant brochure issued for all models from 1935 - 2002. The RMC Reliant brochure catalog is the largest on-line collection of Reliant brochures.
Number of brochures currently listed: 378		Total brochures available to open 342

Reliant Review catalog
	From 1963 to 1977 Reliant issued its own newspaper which offers an invaluable insight into Reliant during those years. The name was then revived in 1997 - 1998 for an internal newsletter. For the first time every copy is now available on-line.
All 98 copies available to read.

Reliant Owners Handbook catalog
	An ongoing collection to build up a catalog of every handbook that was issued by Reliant with their vehicles.� Handbooks will continue to be added as they become available and get scanned.
Number of handbooks currently listed: 45	Total handbooks available to open 32

RMC Reliant Document Library
	An ongoing collection to build up a Library of miscellaneous Reliant documents from all areas of Reliant (Employees, Dealers and Customers) that includes Press Releases, Notices, Letters, Building Plans and News items etc.
�	Total documents available to open 182

Reliant Engineering Drawings
	An ongoing collection of Reliant Engineering Drawings dating from 1949 - the late 1980s.� These are picked randomly from a collection of around 22,000 drawings.
Total drawings to open 178

Reliant Price List catalog
	An ongoing collection to build up a catalog of as many Price List as we can that were issued by Reliant for all of its models. Price List will continue to be added as they become available and get scanned.
�	Total price lists available to open 84

Reliant Magazine Articles Library
	The RMC has sought permission to bring you this collection of Reliant related articles from various magazines over the years. Articles will continue to be added as they become available.
�	Total articles to open 36

Reliant Motor Club Magazines & Newsletters
	View past and present club magazines and newsletters issued by the RMC. The RMC issues 2 magazines a year and 2 newsletters a year.
RMC Magazines to open:� 17	RMC Newsletters to open: 33

Reliant Photograph Archive
	A small selection of just some of the hundreds of period photographs from the Reliant Motor Club Archives.
Total archive photos to view: 76
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	RMC Awards


		2025 Leading British Car Club of the Year - UK Enterprise Awards 2025

	2024 Specialist Car Club of the Year - UK by Corporate Vision Global Awards

2023 Local Automobile Club of the Year - UK by The Business Concept Awards.


		View our latest newsletter; the Reliant Motor Club Newsletter

	No 33 - Mar 2025� Now Available


		View our latest magazine; the Reliant Motor Club Review

	No 17 June 2025 Now Available


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HRH The Princess Royal


	We are delighted that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is an Honorary Member of the Reliant Motor Club.� The Princess sends her best wishes to all within the club.� Her Royal Highness has owned a number of Reliants including Scimitars, Robins and Kittens and still owns a 1989 Middlebridge Scimitar.


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	News: 90th Reliant Anniversary


	To celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Reliant we have created 2 videos and a special 90th Anniversary edition of our cub magazine that will be released to both members and none members on 3rd June 2025� exactly 90 years to the day the first Reliant was delivered to its customer.


	These are the things we have planned:

		Website updated to 1,000 documents Special 90th Anniversary Club magazine available to everyone Reliant video featuring MIRA crash test footage from 1970 - 1974 Reliant video enhancing photos from our archive to videos with A.I Adding a weatherproof QR code to Reliant founder, Tom Williams’ grave �150 donation to Tamworth Heritage Centre

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	News: New Reliant Book

Released in March 2023 a new book called A Robin called Gwen by Elvis Payne. A humourous account of owning a Relia

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	News: Tamworth’s new AR Reliant Robin

On Dec 13th 2021 a new Augmented Reliant Robin was unveiled in Tamworth (UK) as part of the town's new AR Historical trail.

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	News: New Reliant Book

Released in March 2021 a new Buyers Guide fr the Reliant Scimitar GTE by Elvis Payne.

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	News: Scimitar� GT Heritage Certificates

Thanks to a recent by the RMC, we are now delighted to be able to offer Heritage Certificates for the Reliant Scimitar GT from 1965 to 1966.

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	News: Letter from HRH The Princess Royal

The RMC has received the following letter from HRH The Princess Royal relating to the Coronavirus Corvid-19

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	News: Reliant Robin for the 2020s!

What would Reliant being manufacturing if they were still in business in 2020?� Automotive� Designer Eddie Pepall has created these wonderful concept drawings for us of an electric Reliant Robin for the 2020s.

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	News: Reliant Scimitar Beer

As part the Reliant Scimitar GTE’s 50th Anniversary in October 2018, the Reliant Motor Club teamed with with Tamworth Brewring Co. to unveil a new celebratory beer called Scimitar.� Brewed onsite in Tamworth, Scimitar was a one off ale created by George Greenaway,

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	News: Reliant Blue Plaque unveiled

Ever since the Reliant Motor Club joned the Tamworth Heritage Trust in 2016, we� placed a blue plaque on the former home of Reliant’s co-founder T.L.Williams in Tamworth.

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The RMC is proud to be working with the Tamworth and District Civic Society

The RMC is proud to be working with Staffordshire County Council's Archives & Heritage Service


	News: New Reliant books published

The Reliant Scimitar

by Elvis Payne

Foreword by HRH The Princess Royal

The Reliant Motor Company

�by Elvis Payne

Foreword by HRH The Princess Royal

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