This small but fantastic brochure is a single sheet, has only four panels and is hinged at the top.
As for the car... where do we begin?!??!
If you have a good, hard look at this brochure, the first thing you'll notice is that the Bellett Express is actually based on the Wasp!
It seems to have a full chassis, 14" Wasp wheels with Wasp hubcaps and the Wasp guards with the larger-radius wheel arches. The example in the brochure also seems to have the Wasp-specific front bumper... chromed, no less!
However, it has a Bellett grille (rather than the unique Wasp grille) and full-length chrome strips, something the Wasp does without.
Oh the confusion. But wait; there's more.
The Wasp was never referred to as a Bellett in any factory literature, nor did it have any Bellett badges on it from standard (the ones on mine were added after the fact)... as far as Isuzu was concerned, the Wasp was not a Bellett. But the Wasp-based Bellett Express IS a Bellett!
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Moving to the back, the Express appears to have different tail-lights to the Wasp and they are positioned vertically either side of the tail-gate, rather than under the tail gate like on the Wasp. You'd have to think that this is fairly irresponsible for a small manufacturer like Isuzu; local Australian manufacturers such as Holden or Ford, due to economies of scale, were forced to use the same lights on their wagons as their commercial vehicles, while Holden even snuck the wagon/van/utility lights on the back of their luxury Statesman for one model cycle! Isuzu, never a large-scale car manufacturer like Datsun or Toyota could have stood to adopt this practice!
On the left-hand side of the car, Express-owners experience the luxury of a fuel-door rather than an exposed fuel cap like on every other Bellett variant. Notice the Wasp-style hole in the rear quarter to allow the spare wheel to be wound down from under the car.
I'm unsure if that's actually a pet shop or a taxidermist. There appears to be some seriously stuffed animals there.
Interior-wise, the Bellett Express has the update 1966-1967 dashboard with the nifty silver-over-blue Bellett panel in the middle of the dashboard, chrome horn ring and up-spec door trims of the standard Bellett sedan. This example also has the fold-down pull-to handle on the door, rather than the solid black plastic armrest/pull-to handle of most other Bellett sedans.
This example is a column-shift, but look at that monster transmission hump! This same huge transmission hump, along with the crinkle-finish plastic coating afflicts the Isuzu Wasp also and, like the Wasp, it would be safe to assume it can be unscrewed and removed to allow access to the transmission without the need to drop it or pull it out with the engine.
The load rating is significantly reduced than that of the Wasp which can take a full tonne in the rear.
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Finally here's Isuzu's all-important specs sheet. While the KR10V Express is shown as being a 1300 only, it's possible that Isuzu offered a KR20V Express 1500 version much like the Wasp (at least in Australia the Wasp KR20 1500 was the only version available), however so far we've not found any verification on that.
Aside from this brochure, the Bellett Express remains an elusive beast with only a small black & white promo photo being the only other sighting we've had so far. If you find any more details or real-world photos of a Bellett Express, call the authorities immediately!
Or perhaps it's already extinct....
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