Reliant regal700 21E Saloon 1971
One of only a handfull left on the rd ,rebuilt using mainly new old stock parts all new brakes tyres,electrics ect ,a super rare threewheeler with full mot ,service and tax exemption.
paint could be bit better,you can drive her away as is, or if wanted Phill can put a nice top coat on.
£3000
Yellow painted vintage Reliant Regal three-wheeled van (1972)
A tragicomic reflection on postmodern morality, cannibalism and voracity characterises the work of Jess Flood-Paddock. Inspired by archaic symbols (a huge stone statue of the Aztec goddess Coatlicue), weird stories (the trade of giant grey rabbits from Germany to North Korea) or luxury food icons (lobsters tortured and killed in boiling water) she has realised absurd sculptures and installations exploring the excesses of consumerism from an original point of view. Treading the boundary between hyperrealism and conceptual art, and using several materials and techniques (from ready-mades to printing), Jess Flood-Paddock drags us to ambiguous dimensions where she questions our archetypal values and objects of desire.
On the roof Jess Flood-Paddock presents New York – Paris – Peckham, her latest ready-made: a vintage yellow Reliant Regal three-wheeled van – the car owned by Del Boy in the iconic British sitcom Only Fools and Horses, set in Peckham. With this piece, Flood-Paddock sets up an interplay between a place and its fictional portrayal. Indeed, as the artist declared, New York – Paris – Peckham ‘considers the complex relationship a community may develop with its reputation and representation. The sitcom achieved mass appeal that generated a generalised affection for Peckham. A comedy of errors, the icons from the show become shorthand for expressing struggle and farce familiar in contemporary life.’
Jess Flood-Paddock was born in 1977 in London. After studying at The School at the Art Institute of Chicago, she went on to graduate from the BA Fine Art programme at the Slade School of Fine Art and from the MA Sculpture programme at the Royal College of Art. She was the recipient of the Henry Moore Foundation Sculpture Award (2004) and of the Dazed and Confused Emerging Artist Award (2010). She lives and works in London.
Pixar have used one of our Reliant Regals as the base for new charecter in latest Cars movie. “Tomber is a dubious little French(!) car with an unusual, and very unstable, three-wheeled design. By trade he deals car parts from a stall in a Parisian market-though his questionable merchandise sources.”
We’re not quite sure how we feel about the implication that Tomber (‘to fall’ in French!) is unsteady on his wheels but all publicity is good publicity, right?
Catch Tomber in action in Cars 2 at all major cinemas from 22nd July.
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