The ill-fated Cobra competitor has a fuel-injected Corvette heart. This might be the finest of the breed.
The Shelby Cobra is one of the most iconic racing cars of all time, and played a key role in establishing American automakers as serious contenders on track. That said, you might not know about the car that Chevrolet helped develop to take on the Cobra, known as Bill Thomas Cheetah. Significantly rarer than the Cobra, you now have a chance to take home an early Cheetah prototype previously owned by GM president John F. Gordon. Bill Thomas is a familiar name to the Chevrolet faithful.
The mighty V-8 provided the Cheetah with 360 hp and 350 lb-ft of torque, which is quite a lot in a car that tips the scales at 1750 lbs. Attached right to the rear axle sits a Borg-Warner T-10 four-speed manual transmission. Owing to its racing intentions, the car also packs three fuel tanks with individual filler caps. This particular car is serial number 126364002, and was the second prototype developed by Thomas.
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