Isuzu Bellett GT-R 1970

Up for sale is my Beloved Bellett. These have a cult following in Japan and one has recently sold there for $33,000 US, or about $42,000 kiwi. This is your chance to own this awesome wee car for half that. I'm not sure if it is a Replica or a genuine factory model, and in fact no one seems to know - except maybe one guy in Japan. Check out this forum - http://www.bellett.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=314 It seems this opened up a can of worms.

It has a bit of rust in each front guard which would need to get fixed to make it road legal plus normal compliance stuff.

The GT-R, more specifically GT Type-R (for "racing"), was a racing version of the GT, also available to individual customers. First presented in September 1969, the GT-R featured a 1.6 L DOHC engine from the 117 Coupe, power brakes and numerous other modifications. It was visually different from other Belletts primarily by a specific paint scheme, which included a completely black hood. The GT-R achieved many successes in racing, and has gained its own fan community. Only about 1,400 GT-Rs were manufactured.

Though the GT-R was one of the first cars to be called "GT-R", the Nissan Skyline GT-R was in fact earlier, with the PGC10 GT-R being released six months beforehand, in March 1969. The Holden Torana GTR was released in October 1969. However, there was a Bridgestone GTR motorbike which predates all of these. It is also worth noting that Isuzu used the Type-R designation long before Honda adopted it.

In 2006, readers of Japanese collector car magazine Nostalgic Hero ranked the Bellett GT-R 10th in a list of the 50 greatest Japanese cars. Results were published in issue 116 (August 2006) as well as a Nostalgic Hero Extra Edition (Geibun Mooks No. 555) published April 20, 2007.

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Key words; RX2, RX3, RX7, Corona RT 40, Lotus, Targa, Classic, Race, Rally, DOHC, Skyline, Oldschool, GTR, Datsun, Rotary, Bagged, drift, drifting. Check out my other listing - $1 reserve Maserati.