Well, you could also say the Cheetah's development was cut short too.
The second aluminum bodied Cheetah was sent to GM Testing where it pulled the highest lateral accelration GM had ever seen at the time (1.18g) and comparable to the handling of cars of today.
Bill Thomas was developing the 'Super Cheetah' as a street version of the Cheetah, he was going to stretch the body 8 inches so it could fit on a Corvette chassis. In Sept 1965, before the Super Cheetah body could be sent out for fiberglass molds to be made, a fire broke out in Thomas's shop and destroyed it all.
I believe a total of 37 Cheetahs were built. To me, this is the all American built race car. I love the look, it screams American 1960s overkill. No grace whatsoever about it.
...plus, only a few replicas exist. I'd love to own one.
You da man, Mr Bruce!!!!
