For reasons dating back to the disastrous 24 Hours of Le Mans of 1955, the all-American Cheetah never got its chance to fulfill Chevrolet’s desire to counter the Ford-powered Cobra that was upstaging- and outrunning-Corvettes on SCCA’s national stage. Undermined by GM’s ban on corporate racing, a makeshift factory stopped building Cheetahs after Chevrolet halted parts deliveries in early 1964, falling far short of the 100-car homologation target.
Though the ultimate number is unknown, at least 11 documented Cheetahs were assembled. Two of those at press time are being offered for sale in the Hemmings Marketplace: #002, an aluminum-bodied car from 1964 that was the
