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1964 Chevrolet Bill Thomas Approved Continuation Cheetah
Description: 1964 BTM Cheetah (The Bill Thomas Approved Continuation Cheetah) A Bill Thomas & Chevrolet Venture (new car 24 miles) Two shows two 1st places, absolutely perfect with all correct 60's race car parts 1964 Corvette 327-375 h.p. solid lifter motor bored 60 over balanced (dyno tested), around 400 h.p. with 64 Rochester fuel injection Chrome-plated off-road exhaust, exhaust racing style headers & collectors 4130 chrome-moly tube space frame BTM chassis with upper & lower control arms Woodward rack & pinion steering, fully adjustable independent coil overs, HD trailing arms Aluminum firewall, belly pan, front & rear wheel wells, B.F. Goodrich 225x70-15's (24 Miles) 4-speed Muncie M-20 with manual reverse lock-out, serviced 3:55 posi., kill switch Street-legal headlights, horn, blinkers. 4-wheel disc brakes with independent rear American Racing 5-spoke radials zero wear, gull-wing doors, 11 gal. gas tank with polished Daytona racing cap Corvette Daytona-style car (soundproofing), leather racing buckets, Simpson safety seat belts 6-stack S/W gauges, roll cage, polished & painted floors, original style hand laid 6 oz cloth (original size) Corvette aluminum radiator, Tilton pedal assembly aluminum black 90″ wheelbase, 59" track, 47″ tall, 68″ wide, 1950 lbs. curb weight Bullet racing mirrors, fully tuned & restored Rochester fuel injection This guy is the master of F.I. Larry Webb #7017380 F.I. Top speed of same car in 1965 Daytona 215 mph & at "Road America" 185 mph Chevrolet & Bill Thomas' dream it would be like driving a C7 Corvette with 900 h.p. now Also built to compete with Carroll Shelby's Cobra - both built in southern California Unfortunately, in 1965 BT race cars shop caught fire & burnt to the ground. Only 11 original cars built 2 of the 11 sold locally to Seattle's Alan Green Chevrolet. 1 for his wife (green) & 1 to Alan (red) 3 of the original Cheetahs sold at auctions nationwide for between $650,00 to $1,000,000 This car is 99% accurate to original specifications. To replace this car would be $120,000 Perfect car for nostalgia track day or car shows Took 2 guys 3 long years of blood, sweat & tears. The gentlemen researched these cars for 30-35 years V.I.N. WA 98238417250917 Stock # ????? 24 miles $85,000 trades financing For more info please call Louis Lamb 425-343-7079, Kent Chaplin 206-713-7844 or Adolfo Sandoval 206-683-5855
