Greetings from NZ

[NZ BELLETT]

Hi all. First post on here( first forum ever actually..)
Glad to find somewhere with so many other Bellett enthusiasts!!

To give a brief history, i bought the matte red car pictured about 7 years ago, loved it the moment i first saw it. Had never seen one before
Just picked up shiny red one last week. Its quite a little gem with no rust, webber carb, gt disc brake and afew other goodies fitted
Im still pretty young (26) and i hope to own the whole Bellett/ isuzu range if i can, coupe, Wasp and an Express!!

Have also collected a TONNE of parts over the years, including a full disc brake conversion, gt hubcaps, brand new door trims, a whole nother car(!!) etc etc etc. Infact theres a whole 20ft container full of stuff!

Ill be pulling all my Belletts and all the parts out of storage hopefully within next couple weeks to organise everything and record what I've actually got, Will get some better pics to share along the way

Haven't quite figured out how to use this site yet, but im looking forward to figuring it out, meeting some interesting people, and seeing some cool Belletts

[Stickman]

Welcome NZ Bellett

LOVE the rat style matte red sedan, it would look right at home parked next to my Donkey (65 teardrop sedan)
Plenty of enthusiasts here and plenty of stories too.
Can't wait to see and hear some of yours.
Age doesn't matter here.... it's all about loving our cars and keeping them on the road

This is one of mine "Donkey"

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[Asroc66]

Check it out!
Donkey's 'brutha from a nutha mutha'

J

[Asroc66]

Welcome to our Kiwi brothers and sisters
Used to be happy hunting ground for spare parts
Cheers
J

[PR95]

Welcome, I have a nice GT that I imported from Kiwi Land around 3 years ago.j

[Farmer]

Welcome from me too mate. The forum has been going since 2008, so theres plenty on here to read about. Until its creation, I wasnt a computer user. This gave me a reason to start and its been so good to be able to make friends, source parts, organise runs, and just talk to people all over the world. The Australian Bellett Nationals are something I look forward to from one to the next. It has become an extended family gathering.
So yeah, tell us all you can please. Everything ever contributed is still on here, on each category's index there is a page list along the bottom, fom most recent to oldest. There is plenty of more room.
Thanks for showing, your cars look great!
Cheers, Matt.

[redback]

Gday NZ,

Welcome to our little part of the internet.

Cheers,
Neil

[Gunna]

Welcome to the forum. Good to see another overly obsessive addicted isuzu person join the mob.

[pa_man]

Welcome to the forum and great to see Donkeys NZ cousin!!

Josh

[BULLITT]

kia ora ..and welcome ..to the forum I mentoined on facebook about adrians little gem he restored at his warehouse then there was the gtr (supposed) from hawkes bay about 2 years was up for sale then we believe a convertible somewhere around the trapps ..and also another deluxe sedan in southland with 80.000 ks a real original minter was after a fair bit 3 years ago did the sums by the time to aussie would have been way too much ...your red sedan looks excellent.... it appears they didn't have the teardrop model only the later taillights and grille and all being deluxes (lucky ) they were as you know assembled in thames at the then became Campbell industries Toyota there is a guy in huntly also with some cars as well as another clollector in Whangarei ..you have a great souce over there ours are a bit harder to find and probably more neglected ...keep posting we love to hear from new belletters cheers davo

[dave]

Heya mate,

Nice pair of Belletts; great to have the 'pigeon pair'; that is, the nice one and the ratty one!

I, too have a Ratter on par with Donkey, although MUCH less heroic in the exploits.

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Myself (username: Dave), Ross (2ldohc) and Antus (Antus) set this up in 2008 for the exact reason you've joined; to connect like-minded enthusiasts from across the globe!

Although the majority of guys are from Australia, we've had some guys from NZ as well as a couple of users from the UK, USA, Japan, South Africa, Venezuela and even a guy from Russia!

I met one of the UK guys a couple of years ago; he's Scottish and was travelling around NZ and saw a Bellett and just fell in love with it, so he bought it and got it sent back to Scotland! His was the same year as mine pictured above, although it was bench-seat with a floor shift (as was the one he wrecked for parts as well), which is a combo we never saw here in Australia and one I don't think was available in Japan either.

NZ Belletts were assembled there; there's a forum thread about it if you use the 'search' function.

Unsure if you've noticed, but your two sedans are 1970-spec, so they get the rear quarter vents and the 'short' bonnet, whereas vast majority of cars in Australia are earlier models; even the ones you see with the same grille and headlights as yours are generally '69-models and don't have the vents nor the shorter bonnet (the difference in the length is at the trailing edge; on older cars, the bonnet goes to the bottom end of the windscreen; your cars will have two small filler panels instead to work around the relocated wiper arms).

I'm probably getting all a bit train-spotty here, but just to confuse things, there are a few 1970+ models here; around 5 were sold here (all in Tasmania) and the rest have come in from elsewhere; my GTR is from Japan, Tom Amos' GTR is from PNG, while PR95 above there schemed his GT from NZ, although I dare say it was a JDM-sold car first.

Anyway, that's enough for today!

Glad you joined the forum and make sure you connect with people...says me...who doesn't always find time to get on here...even tho I founded it....


Sorry!


Cheers!



Dave

[Glenn]

Heya mate,


Unsure if you've noticed, but your two sedans are 1970-spec, so they get the rear quarter vents and the 'short' bonnet, whereas vast majority of cars in Australia are earlier models; even the ones you see with the same grille and headlights as yours are generally '69-models and don't have the vents nor the shorter bonnet (the difference in the length is at the trailing edge; on older cars, the bonnet goes to the bottom end of the windscreen; your cars will have two small filler panels instead to work around the relocated wiper arms).

I'm probably getting all a bit train-spotty here, but just to confuse things, there are a few 1970+ models here; around 5 were sold here (all in Tasmania) and the rest have come in from elsewhere; my GTR is from Japan, Tom Amos' GTR is from PNG, while PR95 above there schemed his GT from NZ, although I dare say it was a JDM-sold car first.

Anyway, that's enough for today!

Glad you joined the forum and make sure you connect with people...says me...who doesn't always find time to get on here...even tho I founded it....


Sorry!


Cheers!



Dave

plus a 72 Sport imported from Japan 2 years ago. 2 door sedan, GT doors, GT mechanicals, sedan roofline (Glenn)

[dave]

Sorry Glenn! Knew I would forget someone...

[Glenn]

Sorry Glenn! Knew I would forget someone...

forgiven

[NZ BELLETT]

Hey all. Finally got all my Belletts all together to show you guys
So stoaked to see so many other enthusiasts
I take photos of everything so will post up as much as i can of all the modifacations, journeys etc etc i do with the cars
I aquired the green one when i purchased the bright red one. Have slowly been putting it back together from spares that i have( apart from removing the springs, cos everythings cooler when its low!!). Sadly ill be selling it once all together due to lack of slace. My hope is that someone buys it to spread the bellett love, i think itd make an awesome classic racecar!
If anyone has details of other bellett owners/ enthusiasts in NZ id love to get in touch with them. Im in Whangarei so might be the person Bullitt mentioned

[mrflibbles]

i like the ride height of the green one, not too sure about the ride without springs!

[Asroc66]

Did someone say Race Car
Check out this little Beauty
Cheers
J

[BULLITT]

hi kiwi there was a guy in huntly his name was jim also had some Hondas this is 5 years ago then the guy in the Waikato had 3 for sale 2 years or so agond the latest in Masterton/wellington onnthe old schoolco nz posted march this year 68 mosel wants $3000 going overseas good luck cheers davo you have a nice set there

[BULLITT]

also different badge on the green bonnet and a couple or 3 nice jacks sneaking round the corner .cheers davo

[Farmer]

That.......is a beautiful line-up mate!
Please show us all the detail you can, its good to see so many 70 models, with their high GT style front bumpers.
Thanks, Matt.