Back in 1963, Bill Thomas was to Chevrolet what Carroll Shelby was to Ford. With master fabricator Don Edmunds, Thomas set up Bill Thomas Race Cars, which created the Chevy-powered Cheetah to go up ...

The Shelby Cobra is one of the most iconic racing cars of all time, and played a key role in establishing American automakers as serious contenders on track. That said, you might not know about the ...

The Chevy-powered, 1964 Bill Thomas Cheetah was conceived, designed, and built with a single purpose in mind: beat Carroll Shelby’s Cobras. Unfortunately, homologation rules changes and an untimely ...

We're pretty fond of classic fiberglass kit cars around here, there's something about the timeless classic grunt and underpinnings of a vintage muscle car with a funky lightweight body on top that ...

When talk turns to American V-8­–powered, competition-pedigreed 1960s sports-car Cinderella stories, the discussion usually starts and ends with the Shelby Cobra. Shelby was hardly the first to ...

The Shelby Cobra gets all the love, but it's Bill Thomas' Cheetah that deserves plenty of praise and adulation as well. One example is heading to auction, and it's a prime example of a rare racing ...