Left Handle Bellett GT in Japan?

[JT191]

This is from a general blog. This guy writes about music and motorcycles, and apparently stumbled across a Bellett GT one morning while out on the street. He comments about remembering many sedans when he was small, but not remembering many GTs.

The owner happens by and they talk. He notices the steering wheel is on the left side. The owner states as a question "It is from America?", then adds that the car came from Okinawa, they deduce it was from an American service man.
Then he compliments the Nardi steering wheel which he has in his Mini.











I think it is supposed to be a standard GT with a good black hood (cowl and windshield base, tailgate, and racing stripe paint scheme, vented hood, and fog light front bumper. The trunk hinges are body color, but the roof antenna base and wing mirror backs are chrome instead of black. The grille shows just the GT badge, and no badges on the tailgate at all.
It has a Isuzu Sports sticker below each rear quarter panel vent.

There are a few problems with this.
Belletts weren't sold between the Canadian and Mexican borders.
GTs weren't sold in Canada.
Yellow turn signals might have been illegal until 1972, because that is when VW started using them on the Beetle, and the most popular exterior item for 1971 and earlier Beetles is "European Tail Lights" with yellow turn signals.

Is this an escapee from Northern Europe?

The also tail lights look wrong for a GT. The surface looks flat, without any indent between the white,red, and yellow, and wouldn't the yellow be the same size rectangle as the red? They are trapezoidal!?!?

[PR91]

defintly one that should have gone to, or was in and has returned from, europe.
most likely finland.
there is a GT-R still in japan that was factory left hand drive that was meant for finland, but was never shipped. this car was viewed by one of us in japan only last year.

those tailights are from a 69-70 Bellett sedan. same overall shape, different frame and lenses.

looks like a very nice car.
good find mate.

[GTtoo]

Who cares about originallity, just another tough little mite thats found it's way back to the home country. Thankyou for sharing JT191.

B.

[dave]

That's a beauty; the dull pastel colour kinda belies the fact that it's a little monster.

I love 60s and 70s colours!

[JT191]

This is video of someone following the LHD Bellett GT in another Bellett GT. The description indicates a G180W engine, but it is not clear if he is saying that engine is in the LHD car or his own, and he follows up with another video of a G180W engine in his own Bellett GT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA5vJVOFn5E