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.

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. You should budget on about 5k to get it totally mint which would include rust repair and paint + the rest of compliance. I just don't have the time to get it done.

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 9th 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.

These are fast little cars- factory rating was 190 kph - not bad for a 4 speed in 1970. It is also faster than my RX7 off the mark.

Feel free to ask any questions. NO SWAPS! Need the cash.