Message Board - Scale18 1/18 Scale Diecast Model Cars, Since 1997

Built from '63 to '66by Chevrolet performance tuner Bill Thomas. The goal, build a car to beat the Cobras. With a Corvette327, NASCAR spec Chevrolet brakes, a unique chassis and body design. Although financed by private investors it had the General Motors Performance Product Group's finger prints all over it!

#466414 so cool looking with almost zero overhang. Love it. by
Gavin
on Wednesday Dec 31, 2025 at 09:09AM
- #466433 Me too, hard to take my eyes off of it :) by Josh Shy on Friday Jan 02, 2026 at 01:15PM

#466409 Unlike the Cobra, the Cheetah was never really a road car. by Beck on laptop on Wednesday Dec 31, 2025 at 08:25AM - It was a dedicated race car and supposedly, so hard edged, it was almost torture to drive. Never min
- #466428 Replicarz makes a street version too, but what I would like by Josh Shy on Friday Jan 02, 2026 at 12:59PM - to see is the roadster version, I would buy that!

#466405 Weird and oddly beautiful. by
Ulf
on Wednesday Dec 31, 2025 at 01:59AM
- #466430 I know, right! by Josh Shy on Friday Jan 02, 2026 at 01:03PM
- #466418 No Subject by poblano on Wednesday Dec 31, 2025 at 08:29PM - I saw the #8 "Oil Drop" Cheetah in the pits at the 1993 or '94 Monterey Vintage & Historic races. U

#466399 I remember hearing about a driver who said they were very by TCL on Tuesday Dec 30, 2025 at 12:43PM - scary to drive at high speeds due to their short wheel base. I can believe that.
- #466401 Yeah I could believe that, a front engine go-cart with a V8! by Josh Shy on Tuesday Dec 30, 2025 at 04:20PM
  - #466416 Interesting but really was obsolete from the start.......... by Frank Lemire on Wednesday Dec 31, 2025 at 12:27PM - Not enough could be built for it to be classed a 'production' car and rear and mid engine cars were
    - #466426 But it's just so cute!!! by Josh Shy on Friday Jan 02, 2026 at 12:48PM