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The Riley Motor Club
The Riley Motor Club

The first Riley car was a small single-cylinder, belt-driven light car which did not go into production. Motor tricycles followed in 1900, and a handlebar steered tricar with two forward speeds driven by a 517cc engine with mechanically operated inlet valves in 1903.

Tricars were made until 1907, later examples being twins with drivers’ seats in place of saddles, water cooling and wheel steering.

The 1034cc V-Twin engine was also fitted to the company’s first 4-wheelers, which had amidships mounted engines with gearboxes alongside and chain drive. Bigger V-Twins of 2 litre capacity, more conventional layout and round radiators were made from 1908 onwards.
The Riley Kestrel	The Riley Elf
The BMC Riley Kestrel was a badge engineered version of the highly successful Morris 1100, code named the ADO16, which was launched in August 1962. The Riley Elf, a version of the Mini with larger boot and 948 cc engine, was also produced. After 70 years Rileys finally ceased to be produced by British Leyland towards the end of 1969.