Best Muscle Cars

1963 Bill Thomas Corvette Cheetah Replica

By FastMuscle | September 14, 2015

This path of investigation started with a recent readers request of, ‘Why have you not featured any ‘vettes on the website for the last 4 billion years?’…..good point.
It’s easy to get distracted with this rarity, that rarity, your own personal favorites, et cetera.

So, onto the quest to find some tasty ‘Vettes, but with an easily distracted mindset, one path leads to another and then to another, which led to this Bill Thomas Cheetah Corvette.
Ultra-limited numbers mean that there are more replicas, but these replicas are officially licensed and have upgraded power and performance.
As with any officially licensed replica, they don’t come cheap and to give you an idea, we found an original for sale as below.

1964 Original Bill Thomas Cheetah – http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/cheetah/unspecified/1728062.html
Official Cheetah website – http://www.billthomascheetah.com/

Beautiful, unique and almost a little strange looking towards what we are used to, but for those in the know, a car that can equal a Cobra GT is worth looking at.

The Bill Thomas Cheetah was originally built by Bill Thomas of Chevrolet to be the competitor for the Shelby Cobra GT. Due to its popularity and its creation of competition for Chevrolet’s famous Corvette, Chevrolet stopped backing the production of these cars and only a very small amount of them were ever made!
This Car has a Top Notch Engine – It is TURN KEY READY!
This Car Has More Power Than You Will EVER Need
Transmission Shifts Very Smooth
Shortened Corvette Chassis – This is the long wheel base style Bill Thomas Cheetah
427 – 4-barrel – It has been custom built, but we don’t know the exact specs, it has a larger cam in it. It has an 11:1 compression ratio
Specifics:

Electronic Keyless Entry
All New Interior & Fresh Professional Paint Job
427 – 4-Barrel
11:1 Compression Rate
New High Torque Starter
New Intake and Edelbrock Carburator – 850 Dual-Line Dual Pump
Brand New Holly Electric Racing Fuel Pump (High Pressure / High Volume)
5-Speed Manual Racing Transmission
Heavy Duty Racing Hydraulic Clutch (New Slave Cylinder)
Scatter Shield (Heavy Duty Bell Housing)
New Headers and New Side Pipes
New Radiator with Dual-Electric Cooling Fans
Shortened Corvette Chassis – This is the long wheel base style Bill Thomas Cheetah
4-Wheel Disk Brakes – New Brake Lines to the Rear
All New Interior and Fresh Professional Paint Job
New Lexon Rear-Windshield
Passenger and Drivers Door Windows Included (but Not Installed)
All New Weather Stripping
Gull-Wing Doors