Cheetahs always win

Have just last month subscribed to Octane. I'm a little bit obsessed with it now.

Looks a little like this to me:

Imagine Evo for classics. I think it's superb.

Never seen one of those before, but now I instantly want one.

The bloke who put full carpet in that blue one is a bit keen! These were very uncivilised cars, definitely designed for race use only. The seats are directly above the rear axle, which is stiffly suspended so you feel every bump straight up your spine. Also, the exhausts had a habit of cooking the driver's legs, and there was a lot of heat generally coming through the firewall. The whole car was basically a huge compromise to produce a mid-engined racer using only existing GM drivetrain components, which meant a Corvette box and a live axle separated by a tailshaft less than a foot long. Awesome racing cars, definitely, but for my big-budget V8 reproduction racer, I'd have a Lola T70! The engine is behind you so you can listen to the induction roar mere inches from your ears without fear of burning your leg on the exhausts. Excellent!



I'd have mine in roadster flavour, from the Gardner Douglas kit car:



The kits use a Porsche G50 transaxle and they're usually set up for small-block Chevs. The only problem is choosing between a traditional small-block on quad webers and an LS-series injected motor. Perhaps an LS7 on quad webers would be the best compromise! ;D

Wow, I haven't thought about those for years, well done.

That blue Cheetah is awesome, not seen one before! Have a Daytona:

Spot on.

I did one of those 3 for £1 trials on both Evo and Octane last year. Twas Octane that got me most excited. Really is a good read and one I'll take more regularly when I've got a bit more disposable income.

Love this Cheetah n' all.

Of course it's not from experience, there are probably about 5 drivable cars in the world! I've read a fair bit about them but it was long ago now. I've been getting deeper and deeper into the Air-cooled VWs for the last two years now, obviously for long enough to even forget that Corvettes had IRS! Being ancient and American I assumed that they must have just run a live axle. :facepalm: