The Cheetah

[John B]

I found this great shot some time ago, but I don't have a clue who took it

The image above is a current-day shot of Fred Yeakel's "Teardrop 8". This is the only Cheetah still racing, and it has a very interesting history. It is chassis number 6, and has been through many reincarnations since 1963. It raced with a number of different body modification before being turned into a hot rod. Fred bought the car and rebuilt it as a race car, and now competes in historic racing in California.

As it was originally raced in 1963...


Then after some changes to the body in 1964...


Then as a road-going hot rod...


And finally as it is now...