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Early model 'Trust' Bellett in NSW - any idea of history??? 
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Hey people,

I've had these pics sitting around on my PC for a few years now and was wondering if anyone could shed any light on this unique Bellett.

A few years back, it appeared on eBay.

It's an early-model 'teardrop tail-light' sedan with what appears to be LX Torana A9X wheelarch flares added to it! I would never do such a thing, but it appears to be a fairly cohesive job and the phat arches are adequately filled out by the wide, retro 13" alloy wheels.

Close inspection will reveal that while it has the standard 1964-1966 grille, the headlight surrounds are actually Isuzu Wasp! Edit: The Wasp headlight surrounds were first noticed by Brett PR91 who is awesome.

Here are the photos as they appeared on eBay:

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That donk looks like it's got a fair bit of curry behind it - phat carbies at least anyway!


The car sold and I didn't think much more about it.

Then I was away at the first Bellett Nationals I attended (2007 at Corowa, I think) and on the same weekend, my friend "Antus" (our esteemed system administrator) was in NSW, travelling the north coast with his girlfriend.

When we got back, he emailed me pictures of a 'Trust Bellett' he saw, so named due to the great big 'Trust' sticker on the back window (Trust being a Japanese performance tuning car parts company).

He thought the car must have been coming or going to or from the Bellett Nationals, however I never saw it and it was certainly too far away from Corowa to be involved. Strange co-incidence!

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This stupid machine won't let me scroll down (hooray for IE Explorer 7 or whatever it is.... if you can use Mozilla Firefox at home, then DO IT!).

So to continue the story, this guy's car is on Cardomain and I've sent him a message back when the forum started that says "Join our Forum!" but again, it's never turned up, which is amazing for one of the most distinctive Belletts in Australia!

I think it was from the Cardomain pics that I was able to see that the headlight surrounds were Wasp, as it's certainly not clear enough in the original eBay photos.

So that's my perspective of the story of the Trust Bellett! Anybody know anything about it?

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I think it was from the Cardomain pics that I was able to see that the headlight surrounds were Wasp, as it's certainly not clear enough in the original eBay photos.

i think u may have been tipped off dave.......... :lol:


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i dont know anything about this one except i like it, i dont mind the flares on it, especially if the rear arches have been radiused at some stage.

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dave wrote:
I think it was from the Cardomain pics that I was able to see that the headlight surrounds were Wasp, as it's certainly not clear enough in the original eBay photos.

i think u may have been tipped off dave.......... :lol:


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Drag Bellett !!!! Looking at the rear wheels and tyres in Antus' pics, looks like it's prepped for burnout sessions. Isuzu fact or fiction ?!?!

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could this be the Roslyn Gore car from N.S.W club


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could this be the Roslyn Gore car from N.S.W club?


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i could be wrong but are they qld plates .....anyone do an informal rego check?? regards davo


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Hi guys,

These are some pictures I saved when looking around at Belletts early on.
Not entirely sure if this is the original owner, current owner or past owner.
Don't have a date for them either other than I saved them on the 21st September 2009.

Cheers
Rob


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yes just as i thought a qld car who will be first to find it ? ... race ya ..... regards dave


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update... from qld rego car rego or plate has been cancelled they advise me today wont say when they are pretty evasive or protective ...fair enough ...maybee car is re regd or in another state now ......ok whos got it ... regards dave


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Not the ex Roslyn Gore, now Farrell, car Gents, that car was written off when Roslyn hit a cow late one winters afternoon on her way home from work.
Roslyn took a while to recover, the car was a write off.
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Cheers for all the updates; RobSA I've seen those pics too but can't remember where... probably Cardomain, but maybe on Dick's site?

Either way, the car still appears to be a mystery machine.

Yeah I think I said above, I'd NEVER put those flares on my car, but seeing that car already has them and they're done so well, if I did own that car, I'd NEVER take them off!

Cheers,

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What about the WASP headlight surronds?


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Same vehicle was sighted in Mackay Qld approx 10 yrs ago with different rego & driver so may be still in Qld some where waiting to be saved from the crusher . lets find it
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Hey I saw this post got bumped back up and hoped that someone had found it!

Damnit! The more I look at it, the tougher it is. I hope it's still stashed away and not languishing in the weather.

Most of the photos (except eBay) look pretty recent; how long have Qld had brown plates? Well the photos are at least as young as that event.

It's seriously about one massive wing away from being a full-blown sports sedan on the outside, but filthy street fun-able on the inside.

I hope it shows up. Yo dude, I said about 2 years ago - join the forum!

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That rego plate is not all that old, so maybe it is still around
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hi geoff did a rego check that plate is cancelled wouldnt give any more imfo you know the main roads dept regards davo


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Hey Geoffprevious plates were red & white so may not have ben 10yrs may have been only 5 will talk to russel & see if he can read old reg no in his photoes & pm you the no.


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