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01-03-2007, 09:00 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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Cheetah Facility
John from Tucson is working with the owner of the Cheetah facility in Tempe for a group tour. The date will be Jan 20th. As soon as I get more info I'll let everyone know.
Mike
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01-03-2007, 09:10 AM
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 The Cheetah place is having an open house from Jan 17-20 during Boozer-Jackson and anyone can show up and be welcomed. They have a full page ad in Hemmings on page 75 this month with that theme. They are located at 1123 East Curry Road units 3&5 in Tempe 85281 which is here:
Yahoo! Maps, Driving Directions, and Traffic
Pick a time Mikey, not too early ok? The phone number is 480-736-3997...
Website---> The 1965 Bill Thomas Cheetah Continuation Collectible
The cars are about $85G's as I recall... 
Steve
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01-03-2007, 10:10 AM
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Location: Mesa,
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Is this close to where Gordon's shop used to be?
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01-03-2007, 10:53 AM
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The cars are about $85G's as I recall...
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I wonder what the last $50K is for?
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Cheetah tribute completed 2021 (TommysCars.Weebly.com)
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01-03-2007, 10:57 AM
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I wonder what the last $50K is for?
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01-03-2007, 03:10 PM
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The car looks like it should cost $35K to me. If the asking price is $85K, what's the other $50K for?
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Cheetah tribute completed 2021 (TommysCars.Weebly.com)
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01-03-2007, 04:17 PM
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Dave...it appears to be very close.
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01-03-2007, 04:44 PM
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The car looks like it should cost $35K to me. If the asking price is $85K, what's the other $50K for?
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Actually one should not comment having obviously not seen one of these cars. The Cheetah will run rings around your Cobra on the track even driven by my 55 year old sister...  You need to look at one of these cars, it is a really serious race car, not suitable for road use at all... and absolutely wicked fast. I saw one of the new cars at PIR and it is blindingly quick. I also looked at the construction and it is built like a GT car or TA pipe car. Very cool looking and light speed - what more is there? It is also really cheap for a vintage legal car... price the new Chaparral from Jim Hall yet? More like $250-$300K. This is fun , go see one...
Steve
I meant that about my sister , yours would beat you too in a Cheetah. I'd have said my mom but she is gone...
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01-03-2007, 05:30 PM
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The car looks like it should cost $35K to me. If the asking price is $85K, what's the other $50K for?
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Actually one should not comment having obviously not seen one of these cars. The Cheetah will run rings around your Cobra on the track even driven by my 55 year old sister... You need to look at one of these cars, it is a really serious race car, not suitable for road use at all... and absolutely wicked fast. I saw one of the new cars at PIR and it is blindingly quick. I also looked at the construction and it is built like a GT car or TA pipe car. Very cool looking and light speed - what more is there? It is also really cheap for a vintage legal car... price the new Chaparral from Jim Hall yet? More like $250-$300K. This is fun , go see one... |
I 2nd Mulv. I saw them in Wisconsin. They truly are a work of art, and appear much more complicated in construction than most , if not all cobra's. They are a thing of beauty, and I am considering getting one some day, before I get a GT40.
The Cheetah Race Car
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01-03-2007, 05:31 PM
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My Mom always told me that Cheetahs never prosper. 
Sounds fun, I'd like to go.
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01-03-2007, 06:31 PM
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I'm not one of those marque snobs that talks badly about any brand other than his favorite. But I looked at the list of components on their web site and couldn't find much in the way of high cost components (e.g., small block Chevy engine). A Cheetah replica is at the top of the list of cars I'd like to add to my collection. I hope to see this particular replica in person some day so I can decide if it's worth $85K to me. For that price, I'd expect it to be a modern race car under a Cheetah body rather than a faithful replica of an original.
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Cheetah tribute completed 2021 (TommysCars.Weebly.com)
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01-03-2007, 06:33 PM
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Amazing. Another genuine, REAL continuation car. 
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01-03-2007, 08:01 PM
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Location: Wickenburg AZ- PHX, Cinci, Indy before,
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Oh,,,just give me the $85,000, I could use it for more good stuff.
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01-03-2007, 08:06 PM
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These are not replicas as they are built in an identical way to the original. All vintage race cars are really replicas as most only have the serial numbers and small pieces from the original car. There are some exceptions but most have been crashed and repaired so many times that the original stuff is gone. These cars are from the original drawings and are as accurate as a Kirkham, actually more so as the original designer has a piece of the action. Personally, I couldn't care less if it is a replica or not, same way I feel about Cobras, but this is a really cheap vintage racer that will win many races. It sounds really good as well.  Go here and click and listen!
Latest Results of the Continuation Cheetah
$85K is diddly squat for a car like this, I have $35K in a Mustang Trans Am replica car.. and it is really slow by comparison...
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01-03-2007, 09:03 PM
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We are going to the open house. I'm trying to see what time works for the Tucson gang.
Mike
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01-03-2007, 09:52 PM
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Location: Glendale,
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That's during the biggest day of Barrett-Jackson. I will be at the Shelby-Superformance-Rousch-Anthem booth helping stay out of the way. Would love to see the Cheetah shop though. Saw a roadster with a 502 in it for sale at Kruse. WOW! Also that Jim Hall Chapparrall is sooo cool: http://www.chaparralcars.com/2e.php
AZ Bob
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01-03-2007, 10:21 PM
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I seen one of these cars in the 60's my neigbor Mike van stant was a drag racer and drove one he brought it home one time and it was burn down to the frame rails ti was on the trailer ,I remember it was gold when he left and black when he came back ..
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01-04-2007, 05:31 AM
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There is a company in ohio called ruth restorations that has started building these cars. I was in there 2 weeks ago and saw their progress and it's a pretty sweet car. check it out. http://www.ruthcorvette.com/gpage1.html
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01-04-2007, 06:50 PM
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No offense to either of you gents but both of those cars are a pale shadow of the Cheetahs we are going to see. I'll take some pictures and gallery them so you will see what I mean...
So Mikey , we are going on Saturday then? It should be pretty empty as that is a hot auction day.
Friday would be better so we can go to the Pavillions on Saturday.
Steve
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