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1963 Isuzu Bellett GT1 prototype - no pics though 
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Car(s): 1965 Wasp, 1966 Bellett, 1967 Bellett, 1969 Florian, 1973 Bellett GTR, 1976 Buick Opel by Isuzu, 1978 Gemini van
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Thought I'd just share this:

Bellco appear to be a prototype and race-car construction company in Japan and they claim to have built the 1963 Isuzu Bellett GT1 prototype that was used as a show car at the Tokyo Motor Show.

If anyone finds pics of this car, post them under here!

For the time being, the link is:

http://www.sun-inet.or.jp/~bellco/ehst.htm


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Dave


Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:04 pm
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I came across that page a few years ago, but could find nothing further on the vehicle or the tie between the two companies. The best I can tell, Bellco is a coachbuilder that leans toward building sports racers and open wheel race cars (or most of their work in the 1970's was in this area). Between the aluminum rebodied Buick and the Mitsubishi rally cars, everything appeared to be sports and open wheel. Now they do plastics.

In the race results, there is a Bellco 72A running against the Bellett R6 cars. This appears to be the Suzuki powered car mentioned in that time line:
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This had led me to the conclusion that the mention on the time line had more to do with the development of the R6 cars and less to do with the Bellett GT road car.

But that conflicts with the later date of the R6 cars showing up (1970), the stories that the R6 was built in house by factory employees, and neatly fits into the time line of the Bellett GT introduction. The only problem is that even in the Neko Publishing book, there is no mention of Bellco working with Isuzu anywhere.


Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:09 pm
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