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Cowboy Stylin!
Must have been brand new...
3 Cheetahs!
A topper here! Can you find all 3 of them?
Side by Side Cheetahs
Brothers ready to take out any Big Wheels they see!
Little one with Cheetah...
The 1970s come to the 2000s!
Cheetah
The Legendary Cheetah
Cheetah Label
Cheetah from the front...
Another Cheetah
Those rear wheels are wearing away!
Cheetah Back End
Drive End
Cheetah from the back...
Cheetah Pedals
Pumped
Back to Back Cheetahs
A rare find!
Cheetah from the side...
Cheetah Handlebar Connection
Chopper
One of the first...
A prototype?
7 comments:
I got one for Christmas my dad had to go the hospital that night because he put a screwdriver through his hand. This one of my favorite toys I was the fastest on the street it was awesome and we didnt need a helmet back then and we are still alive! Got upset when a bigger neighbor sat on it and broke it that was the end of my Cheetah life bummer! Happy to see it still lives on in the internet.
May 8, 2009 7:03 PM
Man, I sure miss my Cheetah! It by far was the fastest, coolest thing to ride as a kid. It blew away every single Big Wheel and Green Machine on the block. I would like to propose trying to bring it back into production so my 3 year old daughter can ride one. Any takers?
lifewish@juno.com
WOW It's like reading what I have been saying for years about the absolute best speed machine trike ever made ... my second son Donny would burn up the big wheel competition on our block hands down. I wanted so badly to be small again ... but so enjoyed watching my kids race around and end up locking up the wheels in a 720 spin out. I would really be interested in seeing the cheetah back in production. Please let me know if it happens or if I can be a part of an 'investment' in seeing it happen. Seems that the ratcheting mechanism would be the big challenge. I have some connections here in So. cal. for fabraction.
I bought Cheetah's for 2 of my children in the 1970's. Folks post that they were chain drive. That is inaccurate - look at the pictures, they were cable drive. The cables ran to a spring loaded spool that drove a rachet in each rear wheel. That was one of the secrets to it's great spped as it was much easier for the child to keep their feet on the pedals as speed increased. For even more speed (and longer wheel wear) one could cut up an old style inner tube from a car and give the rear wheels a rubber surface. Also to keep the cable from jumping the spool, you could cut a hole in the lower edge of the seat and reroute the cable so it lined up with the spool.
I am not sure, just guessing, but the Cheetah may have been too good. It was so fast that now days it would be considered dangerous and probably the legal problems would keep it off the shelves.
Finally! Other Cheetah lovers! I loved mine as a young squirt in the 70's. Fastest wheels in the neighborhood. I rode it so much one of the back wheels eventually broke. I tried to replace it with a plywood 'wheel' from my toy box. Needless to say, it never was the same.
Just wish I could find one for my kids.
I had one in the 70's. I think that was my fav.
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