[Tigers] Alpine Chevy

[awtiger at cox.net]

If I remember correctly, Bill Thomas' shop burned to the ground during the Cheetah project and only a few cars got built as a result.  They had quite impressive performance, though.  I'm not a Chevy fan, but it's too bad that he didn't get to really develop the car; it might have really given the Cobra a run for its money.  As a side note, the fire situation was the same fate that beset Jaguar during their production of their XK-SS models, the road-going version of their enormously successful D-Type racer.  

Andy Walker

---- Cullen McCann <cmccann1972 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Moving slightly away from the topic I suppose, but Chevrolet did attempt to
> "answer" Ford's Cobra with a car in the 60's called the "Cheetah" and they
> were pretty killer and COULD have been VERY cool...but the Bill Thomas and
> his creation never really got off the ground, I think is the story. They
> made a half dozen or so if I recall and they are unobtanium today, some
> replicas exist. IMO they were actually VERY cool.... I bet most of you are
> familiar with them. they have really small doors. LOL
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Thomas_Cheetah
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> http://www.billthomascheetah.com/
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> http://www.cheetahcars.com/index.htm
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> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:59 PM, <Rollright at aol.com> wrote:
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> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes-Convertible-/301057560573
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> > Well, its not a Tiger but used to be an Alpine. Looks pretty fast but  it
> > doesn't fit the discription of an Alger, so.....
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> > How about a Cheetah ?
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> > Jim  Armstrong
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