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03-01-2004, 12:09 AM   #1 (permalink)
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in 63 chevy was developing a car that would have blown the doors off of any cobra ever produced. this car was designed by bill thomas. only 15 were ever made. the car never made it to production beacuse of a fire in the r&d lab, 8 survived. although it never made production this car was kicking ass and taking names in road races thought out U.S. this car was called a cheetah, it weighed 1500 with all fuilds. it was powered by a 327 stroked to 377 with dual rochester injection and produced 520 hp at the wheels. with its high power and low weight only one can imagine the accelaration to its top speed of 197 mph
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03-01-2004, 12:34 AM   #2 (permalink)
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It was a nice try, but they never really lived up to their performance potential. Same thing with the Corvette Grand Sport, it promised to be faster than a Cobra, and in its intial testing, it did go faster, but it took it longer to get there. The Cobras had the brutal acceleration that was hard to beat....thats why they have made such a great name for themselves. Besides, they tested a Cobra for top speed on a Goodyear tire test track in Texas, and they were able to get it up to 198 MPH....it would'nt go any more! they were trying for 200, but just missed it!
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03-01-2004, 12:42 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I've got the 66 CObra v. 66 Vette comparrison if anyone wants to post it..

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03-01-2004, 01:20 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I remember seeing those Cheetahs. They had a kind of Jag D type/Scarab look to them.
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03-01-2004, 03:32 PM   #5 (permalink)
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They're handling was so scarey they made Cobras look tame!! Drop throttle oversteer, or understeered like a pig. You couldn't do anything to make em neutral.[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_tdown.gif[/img]
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03-01-2004, 10:13 PM   #6 (permalink)
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i friend of mine has an original cheetah, and he races road course in the vintage class with it.
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