02/21/2026
Born to rival the Shelby American Cobras, the Bill Thomas Cheetah was a wild American prototype built in the mid 1960s by Bill Thomas. Designed to take on the Shelby Cobra, the Cheetah packed a front-mid mounted Chevy V8 into an ultra lightweight chassis with a full fiberglass body. Brutally fast, notoriously hot, and produced in very limited numbers, it remains one of the most radical American race cars ever built.
With its fiberglass body, we opted for a careful one step paint correction and no aggressive cutting. Without the ability to accurately measure paint thickness on fiberglass panels, the goal was simple: enhance gloss and clarity while eliminating risk. Preserve the legend. 🐆