1966 Bill Thomas Cheetah Coupe

This Bill Thomas Cheetah is believed to be the last example constructed and was commissioned without a drivetrain in November 1965 by Eddie King, who accepted delivery in April 1966 at King’s Sales and Service Inc. in Ohio. King registered the car for street use and retained ownership through 1968, when its second steward acquired the vehicle in a trade for a fuel-injected split-window Corvette C2 and $4,500 in cash. It remained under the care of its second owner for nearly four decades, during which time the car was listed for sale in a 1980 issue of Autoweek magazine. The e …