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Originally posted by Camera Collector:
Joining rather late (as usual) in the discussion about Reliants (known popularly as Plastic Pigs)

Believe me, there is a US connection! The engine that powered these was derived from the Austin engine that was also used to power the pre-war Pennsylvanian Bantam.
!Web Site devoted to the Bantam).

Even later! The Austin Seven was also used under licence as the first BMW car (the Dixi) and was copied by messrs Den, Aoyama and Takahichi (sp?) that became DATsun.
When the Seven ceased to be made in 1939, the Reliant copied many of the ideas from the engine and used it up to the 1960s.
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