ak 67sd wrote:

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A question for you, 65sssd, if the talbot mirror was in a non factory location, were there factory mirror holes as well?? What are you considering Cheetah options? It would be tought to verify...without an original bill of sale? The field car in SK being relatively untouched and with vintage photos is very solid evidence... I wonder what the other green one doing the show tour now has for documentation??

Does this seller have the cheetah emblems? It seemed to me his ad implied he had them??

ak

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 I would look for a 4spd conroy car, stripe car, vinyl top, bumper guards, talbot mirrors, scatter shield, of course emblems and or the holes drilled in the factory fenders that match Cheetah locations of emblems, eye witness account of it's existance, or a bill of sale which nobody has. I still don't understand the non factory mirror question you have???? I know that the gold one locally is the real deal and has been a Cheetah on Vancouver Island all it's life and the green one in Sask rotting away must be the same as the gold one, but as for the 427 green car I know nothing about it.

Interesting to hear peoples thoughts on the Cheetah. I agree with ak 67sd that the only sure way to know if a car is a true Cheetah is with some dealer paperwork or completely substantiated proof like a picture of the car when it was new. I don't want to ruffle any feathers with my take on this and they are my thoughts.
 I don't think you can look at an option list from VVS on a Conroy delivered Beaumont and say because of the options it was modified to be a Cheetah. That would be like saying every BB 69 Camaro or Chevelle prior to the COPO loophole ordered by Don Yenko was converted to a YSC car.
 I wonder if Conroy had the Cheetah 427 conversion in mind when they ordered a car or they just ordered the cars and converted them as needed. I find it hard to believe that they would order a L34 engine only to pull it out and install a 427. Why wouldn't they oreder a 325HP 396 and save some money. 
 With the D96 stripe option did that not delete the quarter panel emblem? The green Cheetah has the emblems on the quarter but nobody seems to question that, they just say they must have been installed later. Couldn't you do the same thing with the Cheetah and 427 emblems as well?
 I'm not doubting that these cars did exist but people have been cloning cars for many many years. After years of seeing a car as a Cheetah and everyone remembers the car for the last 20 years being a Cheetah does that make it a Cheetah?
 In 1981 my first 69 Beaumont was hit and totalled. It was originally a Custom with a 307, 3 speed standard. I added a big block, 4 speed, 12 bolt 3:55 posi and a big block hood. The guy that bought the car from me after it was wrecked advertised the car in the Auto Trader and had calls from all over the country wondering if it was a true big block car. People knew what these cars were in 1981 and were ready to buy a car and have it shipped. Two people called from BC which I thought was really odd at the time.
 

great point Brad ,just because its from Conroy doesnt mean Cheetah as they sold regular SDs as well like Louds old ragtop

My neighbour is big into Beaumonts, and has been since the early 70's. By the time I turned 16 in 1973 he was driving a 67 "SD". In reality, it was a buckets/console Custom that started life as a 327 3 speed manual trans car but I bet very few people know it's a clone.

In 1980 I converted a 66 Nova SS to a 327 4 speed car, but it was born a 283 glide. Same deal, everyone recalls my SS 4 speed car.

In 1975 I put "factory air" in a 9 year old Grande Parisienne. Same deal, that car had no air for 9 years and how many people recall it without...

The list goes on. Some of that stuff was done very early on. I've even heard guys claim that 66 full size Pontiacs could come off the assembly line with big block Impala flags on the front fenders

Now, where's my high heat, super fire retardant flame suit................................??? I better put it on right away.....................

what do you guys think that field cheetah would have as a value ,as it is sitting in that field?

it IS the Best documented cheetah weve seen!

any ideas?

are those Sask plates on it in the original photo ? looks like 68 plates

cool that it could have been brought over 2 provinces when bought new

-- Edited by 68sd on Saturday 13th of August 2011 10:25:31 AM

 Looking at the license plate in the photo there appears to be printing at the top.
 You can also see the longer holes for attaching the plate at the bottom which is typical of the 1968 BC plate. I doesn't look like British Columbia is written under the lettering but it may not be visible in the old picture.

As long as the grass is kept short around the car, it will last a long longer if so.

Anbody know the story behind why it's sitting and rotting away? ...I'd pay 17-20K tomorrow to have a shot at owning it.

jlysholm wrote:

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Anbody know the story behind why it's sitting and rotting away? ...I'd pay 17-20K tomorrow to have a shot at owning it.

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  Have you read this thread???

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t15129138/beaumont-cheetah/?page=1