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[Dave Crevie]

Found this video while doing some research. 

 

https://youtu.be/HyV...teoF-Zv9yTKPR4L

 

 

Incedently, the yellow number 66 in the video was restored by friends Al and Ken Baurle;

 

[Bill from NH]

The Cheetah body made some nice-looking slot cars. I always said I was going to build one but never have. I'll have to contact Dom in NJ to see if he still repops them.

[CARSHouston]

Even though they used a lot of non BTM Cheetahs in the video, it was accurate in its description of what happened. Thanks for posting.

[Dave Crevie]

The yellow 66 was restored on an original Bill Thomas frame. The body is from a kit car manufacturer, with corrections to make it the same as original. The other parts were fabricated by the Baurles. 

 

There have been abundant Cheetah kits over the years. One company has all the original jigs and tooling, so I guess you could call them true "continuations". BTM makes turn key Cheetahs;

 

 

 

 

Shell Valley has been around the longest, and started with replica Cobras;

 

 

 

Evolution is a fairly new company, but builds pretty good copies;