the life of rolie

[GTtoo]

Sorry Sticky........back to topic !! Can I throw my bit in, Pom? Ripper, Corker....aaahhh speachless !! I think Rollies gone past singing. He's puckered up his nose cone and is WHISTELING away.

Thanks for sharing the journey,

B.

[pearcesnr]

Pombellett, you have already won. To see someone choose a Bellett for a restoration, in any country is a winner in themselves.
Do not send it back to Aus, continue your progress, and enjoy the fruits of you hard work. Seeing this resto is great inspiration, for all of the Bellett family. Looking forward to the finished project, and I am sure you will be happy driving her.
regard Geoff.

[pearcesnr]

Pombellett, Attached is the only other Bellett 4 door I have seen, orange, this was taken in 1981, at Oran Park in Sydney Aus. Though I am sure Rolie will look much better.
Geoff.

[GerryBellettGT]

Fantastic to view this ride,only now wish I/d seen the loading of Rolie when down at Coona,looking forward to seeing photos finished and on the track GREAT JOB and a credit to all involved from finding Rolie to finish Gerry

[Pombellett]

Many thanks guys, it's certainly been quite a ride just getting this far, and it's interesting, as more and more wise old racers drop in at the shop and look at their first ever Bellett, there's more and more talk of Rolie having the potential of being "quite quick". I'm not going to build him up too much, but I'm really looking forward to the first shakedown....and then we'll see.
Meantime the suspension is going in.

[mrflibbles]

that does look good, shiny bits on a bellett! are you using new rubbers or the old rubbers in the suspension?

[Pombellett]

Combination of old and new, some Rolie's bushes looked brand new and didn't need replacing.

[rod]

a hoist makes it so much easier

[Early GT]

Hi Pom,
Ahhh.... Those suspension parts and install photos takes me back to when I was re-assembling
my 1966 GT years ago after shell sandblasting, hole repairs, painting and replated parts.
Fortunately, I did have a lot of New rubbers parts to use.
It is a credit to you to take this on and run with it. At the end of it you'll have a rare race car in the UK.
I know you have a good source of information at your fingertips!

Rolie is getting better healthcare than an Asylum seeker!. When is he heading to the UK citizenship ceremony. After all he has emigrated.

Cheers

[BELLETTPR10]

All of your work is really showing ! what a tremendous job your doing to Rolie ... we've enjoyed following his story and look forward for more to come.

Regards
Mark & Jeannine

[RobSA]

Brilliant, both the work done and the colour.

I especially like what you have done to the suspension and bolts.
It makes the old girl look almost brand new.

Very nice.

Cheers
Rob

[Pombellett]

Greetings to all my Belletting mates down under. Update on Rolie is that we've put the unstripped engine in so that we can check that the whole drive train all fits together (which it does,hooray)
and so we can fabricate the exhaust system.
The other picture is us making the fake back seat, we have to run with a rear seat of some kind, and the weight of the original seat and the obvious problem of the roll cage stops us from using it. The foam will be upholstered with the same material that we used for the door cards.

[yellowperil]

Love the updates Pom B
Keep 'em coming please
Can't wait to see it on the track

[Pombellett]

Cheers YP. Hope you're making good progress with yours. Back here in Pomland we got the tank in now..........a little bigger than I imagine, as I'm no fan of enduros, at least a full tank should keep the back end planted

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Trying to get the exhaust manifold in , quite tricky as it's all a bit snug on that side of the engine.

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And finally, for a bit of 'bling therapy' we attached Rolie's lights and new grill (the grill came still rapped in a 1965 Japanese newspaper!!)

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The 10th of March and our visit to Goodwood and the dreaded eligability police seems very close now, but we're still quietly confident.

[mrflibbles]

awesome build mate! love the tank. it looks great! loving the blinged out front!

[Pombellett]

Sorry guys, I don't know why my shiney front end came out so small, hopefully this is better..

[mrflibbles]

is that a coil over type shock on the front there? more info? or are the specs secret for now?

[oz_toffa]

It looks like an 1800 adapted overhead cam engine from Jap GT and early Chev Luv in the engine bay there, Pom?

Is there twin Dellorto's going on there too..

Sure hope it gets passed ok and you get to give a few other Jap cars a run for their money.


Cheers

OZ

[Pombellett]

Yes, special recipe coil overs, I'm happy to post the rates and shock spec when we've worked it out ourselves after a few shakedowns.
As for the engine Oz....straight out of a late sixties Bellett Gt, apparently not many of these engines made it to Australia. It's 1600cc.

[BULLITT]

nice choice of grille looks like an early one ...is it black ? its like bembokas cheers davo