The Cheetah

The Cheetah was a very fast "ride-on" toy from the early 1970s. Some kids had Big Wheels, a few others had Green Machines, and the select few had a Cheetah!

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Cheetah Home Movie Clip from the 1970s!

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Who knows? Possibly the only video of this kind... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa44NxhdnaA ...check out the spin-out! Thanks treywylie!
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Cheetah Patent text...

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From US Patent Office ( http://patft.uspto.gov )... United States Patent 3,884,501 Elias , et al. May 20, 1975 ------------------------...
Sunday, February 28, 2010

Gumby, The Cheetah, and Lakeside Toys!

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Check out the article on Gumby and Lakeside Toys... http://greatdivide.typepad.com/across_the_great_divide/2010/01/the-other-man-behind-gumb...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Remaking/Reproducing the Cheetah?

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Various folks have posted about trying to reproduce the Cheetah. I, for one, would love to try, but it will be a few years(!) before I will ...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Childhood Memories...

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Thanks to all of y'all who have posted some of your childhood memories of the Cheetah. It is amazing how similar our experiences were wi...
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Sunday, January 4, 2009

Another vintage Cheetah photograph

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Thanks to D Conrady for the nice Cheetah picture addition...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Marcella finds the Cheetah patent - with graphics!!!

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Marcella found the Cheetah patent! ------------------------------------------------ Marcella said... Did y'all find the patent yet? I be...
Friday, August 15, 2008

Blessed with a still working Cheetah!

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So, I just found your blog about the Cheetah. I still have mine and my 6 yr old absolutely loves it. The seat is beginning to crack but th...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Cheetah Manual

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Huge thanks to Paul for sending us a Cheetah Manual!
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Cheetah patents?

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For those of y'all blessed to have one, please post any patent numbers that you can find on your Cheetah! I am guessing that at least th...
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Cheetah photographs!

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I've added 4 great photographs sent by johnnymonstrous. Thanks johnnymonstrous and other folks who have sent in photographs!
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Thanks and a prototype...

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Much thanks to the folks who sent photographs for the site (posted on the right)! Keith Underdahl reports that his grandma worked at Lakesid...
Thursday, January 24, 2008

The Best Toy...

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Shaun said... This was the best toy I can remember having. even better than the Green Machine. I had one of these when I was about 5...
Saturday, January 19, 2008

Cheetah plans and close-up photographs

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Some time ago I received an email indicating an individual had a set of schematic/shop plans for the Cheetah. If you have a set of these as ...
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Pictures...

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Eric Carlson said (January 8, 2008 7:42 AM)... Well all if anyone still needs pictures give me your email and I will get out a few for y...
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Monday, December 17, 2007

A Division of Lakeside Industries...

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...was Lakeside Toys. Could it be this company? Lakeside Toys 4400 West 78 Street Minneapolis MN
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Lakeside Toys of The Cheetah fame?

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Is this the company that made The Cheetah? Lakeside Toys 9005 NW 10th Street Oklahoma City OK 73127 405/787-0186

Lots of comments on The Cheetah at The Daily Ping...

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http://www.dailyping.com/index.php?url=archive/2005/04/20/ FROM: thomas DATE: Saturday September 24, 2005 -- 1:59:48 pm I'm searchin...
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Dr Toy - The Cheetah

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http://www.drtoy.org/ask_drtoy/ask_drtoy_p_to_r.html RIDING TOY - CHEETAH - 1970's I was wondering if you can tell me anything about a 1...
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Another Cheetah riding toy from Dr Toy

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http://www.drtoy.org/ask_drtoy/ask_drtoy_2006_04.html RIDE ON - TYPE OF BIG WHEEL pictures of ride on "cheetah"

Cheetah found at MousePad...

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http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/archive/index.php/t-46084-p-3.html Black Pearl 08-12-2005, 11:30 AM Okay, some I forgot: My beloved Atari 26...

Cheetah found at Zedheads...

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http://www.zedheads.com/comments.aspx?linkid=5036 nature223 [87] on Friday, November 16, 2007 3:47:59 PM quote commenthttp://www.liberalsmus...

Cheetah found on MetaFilter

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BYOBW means Bring You Own Big Wheel http://www.metafilter.com/28642/BYOBW Sorry, ROU, the Cheetah was badder by far. I can't find an ima...

The Cheetah riding toy from Road Bike Review...

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May 10, 2001 8:04 PM http://archive.roadbikereview.com/04/0EE9159D.php Hey I had a Cheetah...remember those? KidAtHeart Knowing my father it...
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The Cheetah - from Feeling Retro...

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This memory was added on: March 24,2007 http://www.feelingretro.com/toys/Ride-On-Toys/big-wheel.php This is soooo cool!! I had a Big Wheel w...

Another from "In the 00s"...

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Subject: The Cheetah Written By: Brent Simmons on 3/10/2001 at 11:20 p.m. I was wondering if anyone had information regarding "The Chee...

From in the 00s: Cheetah Maker

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Subject: Cheetah riding toy http://www.inthe00s.com/archive/inthe70s/bbs0/webBBS_640.shtml Written By: Sunny on 10/19/2000 at 10:55 a.m. PLE...

From Ask Dr Toy June 2006

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BIKE - CHEETAH http://www.drtoy.org/ask_drtoy/ask_drtoy_2006_06.html Do you know anything about the 1975 "CHEETAH" bike?

Cheetah comments from Fadwiki

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Cheetah From Fadwiki (http://fads.wikia.com/wiki/Cheetah)... I had a Cheetah in the 70's. I remember seeing the comercials of the kid sl...
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Cheetah riding toy picture

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Below is a picture a Cheetah riding toy. Way faster than a Big Wheel or a Green Machine... This is not me and not a picture of anyone I know...
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