the life of rolie

[BULLITT]

TOP PHOTOS POM THESE ARE HORN MATERIAL EXCUSE THE PUN ...LOVE YOUR JOURNEY .. THANS FOR SHARING IT ..CHEERS DAVO

[GerryBellettGT]

Always an awesome read,to think this Tear Drop left OZ for a GREAT adventure across the sea to show Bellett's still live on,GREAT photo's love your work,keep up the posts Gerry

[Glenn]

awesome pictures, Mark

I was wondering about the steering wheel? do you find it a bit of a pain compared to smaller thicker rim type? Is it within rules to chnage the wheel?

glenn

[BULLITT]

funny you posted that glenn I have a few autotechnica wheels that need a boss(Geoff tells me rx7 early fit teardrop )spline .,if you want one I can post to you or maybe you can get them cheaper over there ..its an offer ..can post some pics of the 3 wheels ...a rx7 boss here is about $50 cheers davo

[BULLITT]

hi mate this is one of the wheels the other 2 are spoked can get some pics if you want ..cheers davo

[Glenn]

I have a similar Nardi type wheel to put on my Sport. I have the boss but no horn button assembly. Not quite sure how the button is made and retained etc or I could make one perhaps.

[gt orphanage]

phill has Gemini boss kits Glenn this should be right for your model the best bit is they have Isuzu centre .

[Glenn]

phill has Gemini boss kits Glenn this should be right for your model the best bit is they have Isuzu centre .

I have the boss but no horn button assembly, that's all i need really. I can drive like it is, but no horn ! The hole is a little over 50mm best i can measure.

Glenn

[BULLITT]

reckon I have a saas one will photo later today am off to a gig ..cheers davo

[BULLITT]

hi glenn sorry pom we have jumped on to your page the horn is 49 across reckon it will fit pm me your mailing address and I will post it ..and pom sorry mate for getting on here still have the wheel complete with button for you let me know ..just helping out fellow belletters cheers davo

[Pombellett]

No worries Davo...it's what it's all about isn't it?.
And Glen, we are allowed to use other steering wheels, but I liked the idea of using the original, well not quite, the one in the car I got from Jeff in Scotland. I'm comfortable with it and it looks right.....and it's the sort of thing the Revival people want to see. Talking of the Revival, I got my invite for this year a little while back, so it's all smiles back at UK Bellett Central
I've got a little bit of film of Spa that Dick took, I'll try and You Tube it up on Monday and get it posted.

[Glenn]

No worries Davo...it's what it's all about isn't it?.
And Glen, we are allowed to use other steering wheels, but I liked the idea of using the original, well not quite, the one in the car I got from Jeff in Scotland. I'm comfortable with it and it looks right.....and it's the sort of thing the Revival people want to see. Talking of the Revival, I got my invite for this year a little while back, so it's all smiles back at UK Bellett Central
I've got a little bit of film of Spa that Dick took, I'll try and You Tube it up on Monday and get it posted.

Hi Mark, I find mine a bit of a nuisance after driving 'modern' cars which now seem to have super thick wheels on them. So far it's been ok but i have this wheel which was actually on the car when i got it so termpted to use it sometimes then put the other back when required. Not that the car gets out much, only 3-4 times in 7 mths !

But good to hear you are invited again for an event. Well done on promoting Belletts and keeping us informed too.
(did you sort the brake issues?)

glenn

[Pombellett]

With the gloves I find it just fine, and to tell you the truth, when the lights go out you have other things on your mind.
With the brakes, we obviously won't know until we go out again, but we're going to play with different compounds and see if there's a more Bellett friendly one.

Here's the first little bit of short film that Dick took of us ready to go out, I reckon it sounds OK until the Capri next door fires up!

http://youtu.be/nfen9zZFzv8

[Pombellett]

Another little bit of film of the car coming out into the pitlane, in the background you can see Eau Rouge climbing off into the distance.

http://youtu.be/aNhkbpG6dR4

And this one is a bit of Eau Rouge action..

http://youtu.be/Y2LUAoBeVZE

[Stickman]

Hiya PomB, in that short snippet of Rolie coming out of the garage I noticed the chrome trim you've got on the rear pillar just behind the back door and running to the boot.
Me likes, me likes very much. I've never seen that on a Bellett before.
Did you just make it up yourself?
Looks great (might pinch the idea for Donkey's planned new paint scheme)

[BULLITT]

good spotting mate ...ej/eh holden early cortinas etc had these wonder why belletts didn't follow suite ..yea pom howd you make em /get em ...I too am interested cheers davo

[Pombellett]

Sticky, I think that bit of chrome's always been there....have a look at page 1 of this thread. Look at the photos Greg took of the car on the trailer, as it left Coona, it all looks pretty similar to me, but I may well be wrong.
Back to Spa, the bad news is that the gearbox is a bit more cooked than we thought. The good news is that Greg had the foresight to send me a spare in the front cut that came over with Rolie...even though it's a different bellhousing, we're hoping the internals are transferable.

Dick got another bit of film of Eau Rouge on looks like a camera with more pixies in it...

http://youtu.be/CHc-rLnRYH8

[Stickman]

Well there you have it.
Never noticed that trim at Coona or at least I don't remember seeing it.
Looks neat just the same

[BULLITT]

hey greg by the look of the patch up to travel repairs you had the chrome piece off ...any idea what they were off cheers davo

[gt orphanage]

Davo it was apart of Rolie and it belonged to Rolie it looked as it belonged. I would say a standard trim as the holes were drilled even. I cant remember Rolies vin I don't know whether he was 64 or 65 as he had both 64 & 65 badge on him and I believe it went to the uk that way ? if I remember right the 65 badge was on the grille and the 64 was on the vent in front of the windscreen. The 64 badge I assume would be rare as Mark.