The Bill Thomas Cheetah
A Chronological History
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Chronological History Production History Race History
photo by Tom Heitt, courtesy of bonediggers.com
This is the Cheetah build order, as accurately as we have been able to locate
1: Red Aluminum body. Bought by Chevrolet
2: Red Aluminum body. Bought by Friendly Chevrolet, wrecked and rebodied in fiberglass and painted blue
3: Blue Fiberglass body. Sold to Ralph Salyer - Became Cro-Sal Special
4: Red fiberglass. Sold to Bud Clusserath
5: Bardahl - Yellow, Jerry Grant destroyed at Daytona 64
6: Bardahl /Alan Green Chevrolet - Red
7: Alan Green Chevrolet - Green Street Car
8: Tom Fredckin(Mike & Shari Musia) - Blue Street Car , Raider wheels & Allstate tires Street cars to have Hurst shifter & Allstate whitewall tires, batteries & shocks with adaptors for coilovers Raider wheels were sold by Allstate
9: Jack Goodman - Silver Street Car became Clarance Dixon Cadillac race car
10: Don Greib - Red Drag Race Car
11: Super Cheetah (65 Cheetah) never completed, lost in fire
12: Bare frame never completed
13: Bare frame never completed
14: Bare frame never completed
15: Rebodied #1 car white in fiberglass Hurst/Allstate performance car wrecked at Riverside 1964
16: Rebodied #2 car blue fiberglass Jerry Entin??