STIRLING MOSS DRIVES A TEARDROP GT mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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CHECK THIS ONE OUT IN THOSE BROCHURES ON EBAY I SCANNED THE PHOTOS MAYBEE DAVE COULD DO A BETTER SCAN ...IM THE NEW BOY CHEERS DAVO
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i love it... its a real classic piece of Motoring history


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AND HARD TO BELIEVE BUT HE IS NOW ..83 MARRIED 3 TIMES ....WHAT A MAN ...... AND HE DROVE A RARE AS HELL GT BELLETT HES A LEGEND ......HES BETTER THAN THE MARLBORO MAN ......THAT SILLY GEEK ON A BLOODY HORSE ....AND SMOKIN ,,,..COULD HAVE EASILY BURNT THE HORSE ...LOOK AT STIRLING AS HE STRIDES OUT OF THE BELLETT BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE ...HES PROBABLY SAYING HEY POM THESE DO GO WELL CHEERS DAVO.
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ANOTHER BLAST FROM THE PAST IS THIS SHOT OF THE BELLETTS READY TO FO WHERE////????? THIS ARTICLE CONFIRMS OUR ASSUMPTIONS ... PART OF THE 1000 CARS SHIPMENT GOING TO FINLAND ON the ""madam butterfly"" DEPARTED KAWASAKI WHARF IN JANUARY.....CHEERS DAVO ...ALL LOOK LIKE LEFT HOOKERS ALSO
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:o Well spotted Davo,Tear Drop GT,always thought there was such a machine,as Pete up C/bin said he'd heard of one in the home land,anyhow spotted this Great looking Tear Drop on the way back from Xmas party last weekend,the girls told me I could have it cheap but did'nt have a trailer,Gerry ;)
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What!!!!. :o She's out in the open. And no cover. C'mon Dave. Too close to that embankment.
In gear and handbrake on. ?? :lol: Dave.

Yeh. Gerry. Teardrop GT test vehicles only according to info.that I have.

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yes reckon he was honoured in testing the car at the Isuzu testing track ....when there is a mention of only a handful made prototypes ??? heres another early gt cheers davo
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That's a scan I did out of the Neko Publishing book; the front of the car is near the spine and I couldn't get it flat enough to come out properly!

Man, those teardrop lights look good on the GT; better than the hex-lights in my opinion.

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Keen to give it a go do you have a pr90 shell lying around :(
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Yeah I did and I offered it to you first!
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I snooozed I loooozed. have you seen a photo of the gt with triple tear drop tail lights :?:
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LOOKS LIKE THEY SHORTCHANGED THE PROTOTYPE AND PUT THE SEDAN EXAUST SYSTEM ON IT WONDER IF IT JUST RAN THE 1500 MOTOR AND DIDNT TELL STIRLING MOSS ....WHY WOULD HE KNOW HE WAS ONLY A RACING CAR CHAMPION AND HED BE USED TO NOISY CARS THIS BELLETT WAS SWEET AND QUIETE ...JUST NOTICED THE EAUST ...SO WILL YOU HAVE BY NOW ...CHEERS DAVO
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WAIT THERES MORE THERES NO GLOVEBOX ,,AND THE AERIEL HAS BEEN NICKED ....MMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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It's possible this is a prototype of the PR80 Bellett Coupe; they just ran a 1500 OHV motor... they were basically a Bellett sedan coupe! They were dropped well before the end of the PR90 run.
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Was 8 built. All handmade.
I know of a 91 that's getting the teardrop treatment as we speak, so a replica of sorts is being done.
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