Cheetah

[Dave B]

Ok, after 40+ years I have finally finished my take on the Bill Thomas Cheetah as driven by Jerry Titus.  The debut came in January 64 at Riverside Raceway. Unfortunately while leading the pack the lower radiator hose broke dumping water under the rear tyres. The car went off on turn one, mounted the guard rail and went over the top.  Jerry survived but the car was heavily damaged.

My interpretation is based on a Cox slot car body, a '63 Corvette kit (engine and rear suspension) and a lot of styrene!!

Painted in auto acrylic and clear coated, decals by Patto.

Tks for looking.

Dave B 

[bondo bill]

super cool build

[Roger U]

Very nice Cheetah build. Real clean with nice details and paint

[Ace-Garageguy]

Most excellent !!     

 

[ChrisR]

Looks great.

[Mike 1017]

Excellent build of a Holy Grail Car

[1959scudetto]

Dave, you (again) created a very impressive model here! It certainly must have been a handful to drive this car: sitting almost on the rear axle trying to handle the brutal power - probably like bull-riding at a rodeo!

[Rich Chernosky]

Another masterpiece from you Dave.  Good art takes awhile. Glad you finished it and thanks for sharing.   What happened to the car Titus trashed?  Did they re-build it.?

[TonyK]

Great looking model. That paint job is excellent!

Never understood why a model of this car is not available.

[Dave B]

6 hours ago, Rich Chernosky said:

Another masterpiece from you Dave.  Good art takes awhile. Glad you finished it and thanks for sharing.   What happened to the car Titus trashed?  Did they re-build it.?

Hi Rich, and tks, I'm really glad I finally finished it, just a shame my mate who gave me the bodies ( I also built a curbside CroSal roadster) never got to see it.

My understanding is the wrecked aluminium bodied car was rebuilt and sold, but with a fibreglass body.

Dave B 

[1959scudetto]

8 hours ago, Dave B said:

Hi Rich, and tks, I'm really glad I finally finished it, just a shame my mate who gave me the bodies ( I also built a curbside CroSal roadster) never got to see it.

My understanding is the wrecked aluminium bodied car was rebuilt and sold, but with a fibreglass body.

Dave B 

Dave, your model inspired me to search for a _Cheetah - I found this (in Australia): https://www.thepartsbox.com/shop/the-parts-box/slot-cars-parts/1439-cheetah-body-pack/

Do you know anything about them and their quality? They offer a Lotus Cortina, too. From their website, the models are looking quite good. Have you any experiences ?

[Dave B]

50 minutes ago, 1959scudetto said:

Do you know anything about them and their quality? They offer a Lotus Cortina, too. From their website, the models are looking quite good. Have you any experiences ?

Tks Helmut.  I haven't personally but I'm sure a mate of mine has bought their resin and it looks good.

It's not 3D printed, just taken directly off the Cox body kit 

For AUD60 you couldn't go wrong!!

Dave 

[Mothersworry]

I like it...

[MAGIC MUFFLER]

Beautiful..!!!! Very well done and looks amazing!

I work for Gooding & Co. and we are selling an original Cheetah at our auction in Pebble Beach in a couple of weeks (it is also red with red interior).

A guy I work with is 88 yrs old (still working!) and he had a 1965 Cobra 427 that he bought brand new.  He mentioned to me yesterday how he used to race against Cheetah's back in the day (1965-67)

Nice to see your build. 

[kensar]

Very nice final result, Dave.  The paint looks super smooth on this minimalist car.

[ea0863]

Fantastic build David! For some reason, the Cheetah has not gotten a lot of attention among model kit manufacturers or diecasts. I managed to get a 1:18 Replicarz version not too long ago, but did not even know about the Cox body. 

[bytownshaker]

Absolutely Stunning!!

 

[slusher]

Impressive build!

[PappyD340]

Looks fantastic!