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| Chassis | Engine | Year | Group | First owner | Next owners (year) | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheetah Cadillac Special | Cadillac | 1955 | John F. Plaisted | Unrestricted special raced by Plaisted in the second half of fifties. |
First known Cheetah that appeared in sports car racing.
| Chassis | Engine | Year | Group | First owner | Next owners (year) | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clubman | Several of these cars were built. With no detailed info, they are know to make appearances in Austrian Sports Car Championship between 1975 and 1982. maybe even more. |
The Cheetah Clubman was made by Cheetah Racing Cars. They were all made by Brian Shead in Australia. They were almost all racing cars. The first car was made in 1960.
| Chassis | Engine | Year | Group | First owner | Next owners (year) | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheetah #1 | Chevrolet | 1963 | Sports | Chevrolet Engineering | Red Aluminum body. Never raced. | |
| Cheetah #2 | Chevrolet | 1963 | Sports | Bill Thomas | => Friendly Chevrolet => Jerry Entin => Denny Doherty | Red Aluminum body. Denny Doherty converted to a street car. {at some point crashed, rebodied in fiberglass and listed also as #16} |
| Cheetah #3 | Chevrolet | 1964 | Sports | Ralph Salyer | Blue Fiberglass body. Became Cro-Sal Special, the only Cheetah converted to a Roadster. | |
| Cheetah #4 | Chevrolet | Sports | Bud Clusserath | Red Fiberglass body. | ||
| Cheetah #5 | Chevrolet | Sports | Bardahl | {destroyed in Daytona 1964 by Jerry Grant} | Yellow | |
| Cheetah #6 | Chevrolet | Sports | Bardahl / Alan Green Chevrolet | => Jerry Copley (1966) => Barry Grant (1967) =>…=> Rob Pinkham (1972) => Fred Yeakel (1989~2013) | Red; Later assigned VIN BTC 003 by Rob Pinkham when unable to get any original number from Bill Thomas. | |
| Cheetah #7 | Chevrolet | Street | Alan Green Chevrolet | Green Street Car | ||
| Cheetah #8 | Chevrolet | Street | Tom Fredckin | …=> Skip Gunnell | Blue Street Car; Later converted by Gunnell to race it in vintage events. | |
| Cheetah #9 | Chevrolet | Street/Sports | Jack Goodman | => James Phillips | Silver Street Car occasionally raced in California Club events. | |
| Cheetah #10 | Chevrolet | Dragster | Don Greib | {destroyed in fire in Bill Thomas factory } | Red Drag Race Car | |
| Cheetah #11 | Chevrolet | Super Cheetah (65 Cheetah) | ||||
| Cheetah #12 | Chevrolet | - | Bare frame, never completed | |||
| Cheetah #13 | Chevrolet | - | Bare frame, never completed | |||
| Cheetah #14 | Chevrolet | - | Bare frame, never completed | |||
| Cheetah #15 | Chevrolet | Sports | Hurst/Allstate | Rebodied #1 car: White Fiberglass body. | ||
| Cheetah #16 | Chevrolet | Sports | Jerry Entin?? | Rebodied #2 car: Blue Fiberglass body. |
Cheetah had no official chassis number. The list is based on records kept by Robert Ryan who was employed at Bill Thomas Race Cars at the time the Cheetahs were produced.
| Chassis | Engine | Year | Group | First owner | Next owners (year) | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G01 | Ford Cosworth | 1974 | Group 5/72 | Charles Graemiger | Entered in 2 World Championship race but never appeared. | |
| G501 | Ford/Hart | 1975 | Group 5/72 | Charles Graemiger | ||
| G601/1 | BMW | 1976 | Group 6/76 | Charles Graemiger | => Daniel Brillat | |
| G601/2 | Ford | 1977 | Group 6/76 | Charles Graemiger | ||
| G602 | BMW | 1980 | Group 6/76 | Charles Graemiger | Entered already in Le Mans 1977. | |
| G603 | Ford Cosworth | 1983 | Group C1 | Charles Graemiger | ||
| G604 | Aston Martin | 1984 | Group C1 | Charles Graemiger |
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