Cheetah bodies, who makes them?

Ephry73 · Post by **Ephry73** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:43 pm

I love the lines of that car. I was wondering if anyone knew who makes them, and if anyone has heard of a Cheetah rear engined car

Ephry

letterman7 · Post by **letterman7** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:01 am

www.shellvalley.com
And occasionally I see bodies come up on Ebay relatively cheap.

Rick

Ephry73 · Post by **Ephry73** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:15 am

I see two on Ebay, but expensive. Do you know if anyone is making them for rear engine config?

Ephry

letterman7 · Post by **letterman7** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:08 am

Not that I know of. Those bodies are designed for a front engine setup. Any more rearward weight would seriously throw off the balance. Besides, why would you want a rear engined Cheetah?

Rick

Ephry73 · Post by **Ephry73** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 12:03 pm

Other than curiosity? the large ammount of spare parts I have for type 4 engines

I love the shape of that car. Lovely lines. Point well taken on the balance. I guess a small block v8 would not be a bad thing after all.

Ephry

letterman7 · Post by **letterman7** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:37 pm

Ahhhh....well...if you were really clever, you could do a bit of fiberglassing to the passanger compartment to move it forward a bit, and make it a mid-engine with a huge front trunk compartment....
Just a little different!

Oh, and the bodies on Ebay for $1K - that's cheap for a start price. Most times I see the Shell Valley bodies going for over $5K.

Rick

GS guy · Post by **GS guy** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:24 am

Ephry,

How about a front mounted T4? Hook it up to a standard RWD Trans - or better yet how about a rear mounted 944 transaxle....
It looks like the engine could be set back far enough in that chassis to clear the front suspension with the wider boxer motor. Now that would be trick!
Jeff

Ephry73 · Post by **Ephry73** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:50 pm

Hmmm, maybe. The again, an all wheel drive VW platform would be nice.

Ephry

65 dunebuggy · Post by **65 dunebuggy** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:29 pm

If I am correct it's made by a guy by the name of Bill Thomas.