It’s funny sometimes how a forum thread can stir up a whole bunch of real world details! One of the forum members over at The Jalopy Journal’s H.A.M.B. found a Yeakel Bros license plate frame and asked about it’s history. The next thing you know, up pops Fred Yeakel with some real history and a great Cheetah website.
In the picture above, in addition to 2 Cheetahs, we can see the Cobra race hauler and a Corvette Grand Sport! This shot was taken at the first USRRC in Augusta, Georgia.
It’s a funny thing, with all the oddball 60’s era sports racers I’ve seen at Mosport and The Glen over the years, I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen a Cheetah in person. Maybe Fred and Gary Faules can share a trailer and head up here for the VARAC Festival next summer.
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Very cool
OK, so I’m gonna date myself…. In the late 60’s when slot cars became all the big rage I owned a Cheetah and without a doubt it had to be the coolest slot car ever made. At the age of 15 the fantasy that I had (regarding the car that is) never left and still to this day it has to be the second coolest car in the world.
I eventually found a Cheetah for my own but it just wasn’t the same. It happened while on safari in Africa but that’s another story.
That’s funny, I had a cheetah slot car also, in fact I may still have it! it was orange.
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