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The Bill Thomas Cheetah was an American sports car designed and engineered entirely with American components, and built from 1963 to 1966 by Chevrolet performance tuner Bill Thomas. It was developed as a competitor to Carroll Shelby 's Cobra .
Dec 14, 2023 · A California native, Bill Thomas started tuning and prepping race versions of Chevy models during the second half of the 1950s while working for C S Mead Motors Co. By the early 1960s, he...
- Vlad Radu
Apr 10, 2018 · This car was designed as a Corvette-powered Cobra killer, and the cleanest example extant is going to auction. Read the story and see the photos at Car and Driver.
- Associate Editor, Buyer's Guide
Oct 13, 2021 · When Shelby Cobra was winning races left and right, Chevrolet called Bill Thomas. He came up with the Cheetah and It was even crazier than the Cobra
- Dimitar Angelov
- 3,556 mm (140 inches)
- 127 mm (5.0 inches)
- 2,286 mm (90 inches)
Apr 26, 2018 · Built from 1963 to 1966, the Cheetah wasn’t around long enough to change its spots. Designed by self-taught engineer Bill Thomas, the Chevy-powered Cheetah was created to serve as Chevrolet’s answer to the Ford-powered Cobra that Carroll Shelby introduced in 1962.
- Evan Bleier
Feb 23, 2016 · Thanks to technical support from Chevrolet Engineering, Cheetah’s creator, noted Southern California Chevy and Corvette tuner Bill Thomas, was able to build the ultimate Cobra-killer for the road race courses of the world.
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Mar 15, 2017 · The #006 competition Cheetah, built in 1964 at Bill Thomas Race Cars in Anaheim, CA. Going across the block at Barrett-Jackson, but not netting it’s reserve, this Cheetah is only one of 15 of these bizarre conceptual cars known to remain in the world — not that there were many to begin with….
