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The former Corvette racing driver Bill Thomas wanted to build a car back then, that with Carroll Shelby's Cobra should compete. After all, it dominated the US racetracks with power in the 1960s. Back then he called the vehicle the "Cheetah“(Cheetahs). However, very few were ever built. Thomas actually planned with Corvette components 100 copies to be able to build the racing car for the SCCA homologation. A fire that the Production halls destroyed and the retreat from the engine supplier Chevrolet However, all dreams ended. Pity! The Cheetah had a 90 inch (2,29 m) wheelbase, lightweight chassis, a Corvette rear suspension and 11 inches (about 28 cm) drum brakes. The engine was one tuned Corvette 327 V8that was pushed on 377 and by a Rochester injection system got the fuel. There was also an aluminum Borg-Warner four-speed gearbox and with the 377 injection the engine performed between 460 and 550 PS at just over 700 kg Empty weight. An amazing achievement!
the Cheetah was a mid-engined car
And because the engine has been set back extremely far, the vehicle was even considered Mid-engined car. The engine was connected directly to the rear differential by means of U-joints and so was no drive shaft required. The body was made of thin, light weight fiberglass and the side windows Plexiglass. So every conceivable and feasible possibility has been taken to do as much as possible Save weight. In total - according to some controversial statements - apparently only eleven Cheetah vehicles built and only survived eight. In Daytona should a prototype around at that time 362 km/h have run. Getting your hands on an original car will therefore be extremely difficult. But there is a solution: the Cheetah evolution from Ruth Engineering from Ohio. They created a new version of the Cheetah with the look of the original car.
Estimated $ 121,500
But with a new one Suspension and more civil interior decoration. The Cheetah Evolution sits on one Tubular frame chassis, Has GM / Alcoa chassis components and wider body for the installed modern Rims, Tubes and Brakes. The Cheetah Evolution shown here shines in dark blue Metallic paint and has one light brown Inner space. He is from one 377 (6,2 liter) cubic inches great Chevy small block V8 driven by Hilborn fuel injection is fed and stately 523 PS perform. The engine is on 5-speed manual transmission coupled, which in turn transmits the power to a C4 Corvette independent rear suspension. The 18 inches American Racing Torq Thrust rims allow a look at a high-end sports braking system Disc brakes fore and behind as well as red painted calipers. And the vehicle even has one Air conditioning! However, it has $ 121,500 US dollars also a handsome price. The new edition is only available for this exactly 23 times! If we get more information, there is of course an update for this report. You will be informed of this if you simply do ours Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us!
Photo / s: Legendary Motorcar
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