Gaak. Looks like a modified Jamaican. Wasn't it fiberfab tht made those?
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From: owner-fot@autox.team.net
To: fot@autox.team.net
Sent: 12/13/2003 12:43 PM
Subject: 1966 Cheetah
Saw this up on eBay today
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This car was sold to us as a 1966 Chevy Cheetah prototype Lemans car.
Never
have been able to find anything on it to see if it is indeed the 2nd
generation or not. It has a TR3 chassis under it a lot like the fiberfab
kit cars (but yet there are some differances in it that I didn't see in
there cars) from the 60's and 70's. It had 10" disc brakes all the way
around and generic gauges in the dash like they did the race cars. The
rear
part of the chassis was bad so we cut it off and put a 280Z rear chassis
under it for the independant suspension but kept the front half for the
breaking system. It also has the heating and a/c system from the 280Z in
it. Was originally a 4 cylinder car now a V6 Capri motor and trans.
(needs
rebuilding)in it. Tilt front end, gull wing doors. The front looks like
the
old Jags,center like a Vette, and the back like a Ferrari. The fiber
glasss
is super thick in this car. Everything lines up pretty well. No rear
glass
or windshield. Sterring column not in car. Made steel roll cages in the
doors for safety since we were turning it into a street car. It was
registered as a TR3. Should still have the vin plate somewhere. Needs to
be
finished. The drivers side rear finder had been cut to widen the rear
wheel
well but never got to it. Needs to be glassed back together or filler
piece
made to widen for a more modern look.
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