Delboy's Reliant is a kushtie earner

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

Del Boy's Reliant makes a killing

A Reliant Regal three-wheeler used in the hit TV comedy Only Fools and Horses has sold for more than £40,000. The battered van, emblazoned with the sign Trotters Independent Trading Co, went for £44,227 - more than double its original estimate. The 1972 model, the second made for the show starring David Jason as Del Boy, was used from series six onwards. It was sold at the Coys of Kensington specialist car auction at the Royal Horticultural Hall in London.

The Reliant, one of three used in the series, featured in the classic episode where characters Del Boy and Rodney dressed as Batman and Robin. Created by John Sullivan, seven Only Fools and Horses series were broadcast between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003.

Also under the hammer at the car auction was a 1960s Batmobile which sold for almost £120,000. The vehicle, which had been estimated at £75,000, attracted overseas telephone bids but eventually sold to a bidder at the auction. It was built in 1966 to tour the USA, promoting the TV series starring Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as his sidekick, Robin.

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Skylace · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

A fool and their money! Laughing

Marcella-FL · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:42 am Post subject:

Iso would have bid on this if I knew!!!

Sheffman · Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Location: Sheffield via London

... South London barrow boys, we can sell anything! high5

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

Del Boy's Reliant Regal goes up for sale
Lovely jubbly! Del Boy is finally set to make a proper killing when his Robin Reliant goes on sale.
By Patrick Sawer
23 Nov 2008

The Peckham trader's yellow Robin Reliant from the TV comedy "Only Fools and Horses" is set to sell for what the man himself would regard as a cushty price when it goes under the hammer this week. The rusting 600cc three-wheeler featured in a 2002 Christmas Special of the cult television programme and it is expected to fetch up to £30,000 when it's auctioned at Bonhams on Tuesday.

The sought-after item bears the now legendary logo 'Trotters Independent Trading Co. New York, Paris, Peckham' and comes complete with furry dice and a pair of leopard skin knickers. It even has a smoke machine to belch out the famous clouds of smoke which billowed from the exhaust when Del, played by David Jason, made a quick get away. A set of blow-up dolls can be found in the boot - although these are not set to explode as they did with the show.

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so it's lost about £15000 in value over 18 months... I hope it was a speculator rather than a fan who bought it!