Pete84 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I found it in a magazine add, and absolutely love the classic lines. http://album.hybridz.org/data/500/Mystery_Car_001.jpg Exposed stacks, engine almost dead-center in the vehicle, in a vehicle that resembles a cartoon[almost]. Anyone know what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 cheetah i believe. had one of these in ho scale, orange and fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4xwellmurd3r Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 http://www.cheetahcars.com/index.htm from what I read on that site, it was built to be a cobra killer, powered by a corvette v-8 to get the engine that far back, they didn't use a drive shaft, and the ujoint on the rear diff is linked to the output shaft on the trans. 100 were planned to be built for it to be classed as a production car, but after 16 cars a fire broke out, and no more were built. 11 cars were completed, and 8 survive today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum380Z Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 yep Cheetah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLamberson Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Cool car but kinda ugly when compared to a s30 if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinOlson Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Reminds me of the Family Guy Phallic Car Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyuri Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Cool car but kinda ugly when compared to a s30 if you ask me.They're much better-looking in person, believe me. My neighbor used to have one of those in his carport. He invited me over to look at it after striking up a conversation while I was doing the brakes on my Z in the driveway. It's been a year or so, and he (and the car) disappeared a few months back (I think he died ), but I think he had a 427 in it. I know he had a TH400, which I recognized since I had one apart in the garage at the time, and I was very surprised that there was no real driveshaft - just a single U-joint. He did mention having chopped out a few inches in the middle, and he'd glassed the doors shut, and then told me that he was now very unhappy having done so because in a conversation with a former Thomas employee (Don Edmunds?), they'd become fairly strongly convinced that his now heavily-modified car was an original (fiberglass) Cheetah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roostmonkey Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 reminded me of the Ace & Gary ( the unambiguousely gay duo) car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxlamus© Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedRacer Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 You can still build or buy one if you are interested. http://www.billthomascheetah.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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