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Belletts in Sweden 
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Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:20 pm
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Location: Staffanstorp Sweden
Car(s): 1966 x5 1967 x1
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Of course parked next to the Bellett :D
it's just come and get, there is a lot for sale and they are cheap too.


Thu Nov 13, 2014 6:46 am
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This is when we pick up my 66a in Olofstroem 2005.

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On the way home.
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At home!
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Here in the barn it stood a year before we started working on it.
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Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:13 am
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genuine barn finds in genuine barns ...excellent


Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:47 am
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Now it is 2006 and the restore has begun, the springs hanged under the car :roll: so "bearing arms" had to be welded, rear axle also got an overhaul.

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Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:51 pm
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very nice! its great to see some more cars from your part of the world!

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Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:49 pm
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It's not so far between us...!? Or? Humm


Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:56 pm
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Car(s): 1967 bellett gt, wasp trayback , 2018 d-max 4x4 dual cab LSU, 2016 Focus, 1996 GQ Patrol
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I love the way you guys store these old cars in BARNS. Makes them absolute BARN FINDS.
Awesome.


Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:27 pm
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Car(s): '72 Sport Bellett (imported 180912), M/B AMG A35, i30, had Belletts in past, 2 sed, 3 GT's.
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67GT wrote:
I love the way you guys store these old cars in BARNS. Makes them absolute BARN FINDS.
Awesome.

awesome for sure. one hears about 'barn finds', but there it is for real.

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Sat Nov 15, 2014 12:06 am
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We love barns, you never know what's hiding inside them! :o

Here is one that is absolutely not for sale, he'll repair it, he believes... Photos are taken in 2006 and it looks the same today...

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Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:27 pm
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Would be nice to find an excellent example in a Barn!!

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Sun Nov 16, 2014 4:33 am
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1968GT wrote:
Would be nice to find an excellent example in a Barn!!


true Barns are a bit rare here i think........ :)

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Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:06 am
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Hi,
If I have not mistaken badly, there's a story about '66 Deluxes sold in Finland in 1967. Reason for this was the bankruptcy of Swedish importer, as the Finnish importer "Suomen koneliike" bought the unsold Deluxes from Sweden and sold them in Finland. Rest of the lineup had already new style mask and stuff, but the Deluxes which came via Sweden had old style features as they were ordered over a year earlier.

And funny thing the right-hand / left-hand steering... Sweden used to drive "left lane" system before September 1967, but (another if I recall right :) ) they always had had the steering wheel in left side. (so, before changing the side of the road, the driver sat next to the ditch, not next to the center of the road... :shock: )

Bellett Sweden can of course correct me, if I am gasping the straws here... :)

Isuzu (just like the other japanese makes which landed here in 1965... Datsun, Toyota and interestingly enough such small makes as Prince and Hino had their dealerships installed here before Japanese government decided to forcefully join smaller makes to bigger ones to boost the competition in Europe and U.S.) got much more easily good foothold from Finland due fact that we did not have passenger car production, unlike Sweden with nimble two stroke SAABs and built like a tank Volvos.


Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:25 pm
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yes, we love barns! :D
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You are absolutely right about when we drove on the wrong side!
The Swedish importer was my grandfather, I thought all the cars after the bankruptcy went to Finland (dad too)
or are we wrong ? and if so where did the other cars go?
We usually buy some parts of Ari Nöjd (spelling?) it is someone you know ?


Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:51 pm
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Love your photo's and story,that photo looking into the barn sure would look good on a calender,Gerry


Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:35 am
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Thanks!
It was very exciting when the doors opened at the barn 8-)


Tue Nov 18, 2014 1:32 pm
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Was out driving when I saw something very nice!

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Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:29 pm
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Hi!

I was surprised to see that there still are some Belletts alive in Sweden! A relatively small amounts of cars were produced and still Belletts can be found worldwide!

Greetings from Finland!

P.S. Vi har den största veteranbilhändelsen den 2.8. 2015 i Forssa i Finland (Forssa pick nick). Jag hoppas att vi kommer att se en svensk Bellett där också, välkommen.

Juha Lanne, "MrJ", Bellett sedan -67


Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:18 am
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Location: Staffanstorp Sweden
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I am also surprised that there are so many left alive but in Sweden it is only 15 cars left, there is three that is approved for the road and that is ours.

You can Read here. I bought the car in Tenala.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2893
Or here.
http://boxerville.se/forum/viewtopic.php?id=26220

P.S. Det hade varigt jätte kul men tyvärr är där en stor vw träff i Tierp på arenan så det går tyvärr inte... Men tack för inbjudan! :D


Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:55 am
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Two cars we have scrapped ( rusty as hell )


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One we change against a beetle.

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Sat Nov 29, 2014 6:37 pm
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When dad's bellett have stopped to charge so we found a guy who can hopefully fix the problem just in case he gets little literature! :D

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