..there was an article on Robert Auxier's C-R Cheetah Race Cars replica from Phoenix, AZ. (pp.16-20). It had a 90-inch w/b and weighed "1600-1800 lbs". Outfitted with a Chevy 427, the car was reportedly a handful. Bob Bondurant is quoted as remembering that (while driving the original Cheetah) he "spun out a lot" (p. 19 K-C 7/94). The test driver for the new Cheetah was "one of the winningest Cobra drivers of all time" Don Roberts. He's quoted as saying that the car was "loose and squirrely" and "suffered from both on- and off-throttle oversteering..." But, he also held out hope that, with larger wheels and tires, AND suspension tuning, the problems could disappear. I recall seeing an original Cheetah at the 'Glen in the 70's (?), and it was blindingly fast (mostly while accelerating out of corners---but it took a lot of careful steering to get it set up properly for the launch. The one I saw was dark blue and just ATE UP everything on the track (when it wasn't busy trying to become a weed-whacker!).
