Here are the photos as of two weeks ago, I just bought a Cheetah roadster kit body and am thinking of (may I be permitted sacrilege: Putting it on the VW chassis)! After all it is about the same dimensions as a dune buggy, sits very low and a rear engine Cheetah MIGHT be kinda neat!

🙂 Well, I sold the Cheetah Roadster body in June 2015 to a Cheetah racer from the Chicago area, however to do this(I agreed to deliver the Cheetah from San Diego to Chicago area, which I did in 4 days) I had to buy a new truck as the transmission in my Ranger went out just before I left and I just got laid off from my job. A new (2007 anyway) truck set me back having to make payments again so the MGTD suffered for awhile, this plus the US Marine Corps HQ decided Auto Hobby Shops on USMC bases would be self supporting so my stall fee of $200 a month went up to about $300 a month and the Cornels wife decided all the “Project Cars” made the place look like a junkyard so all us restoration guys had to move our projects out of a covered stall with 110V power and LP air to an open parking stall open to the weather. Which was not so bad until “El Nino” decided to show up starting November. My Harbor Freight blue tarp sun rots easily so the second one now has holes which lately allows about an inch of rain on the new floor pans and carpet. Tiring of trying to rewire the car with a new rear harness and a used VW Bug harness, I finally broke down and bought a dune buggy “Plug & Play” harness off eBay. This was a good decision as all the leads are identified and so far everything connects (the relays have me a might confused) and some leads (to brake MC switch and reverse) were a foot short butt he guy did include  pigtails for the gauges (I still hook up aa to the VW speedo gauge) and leads for the Porsche 914  tach and leads to an aftermarket turn signal/hazard flasher that mounts to the steering column. I can now finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Ordered a rear splash pan from MG Magic, it fits VERY well (just had to trim 1/2 in from inside sides and taper the rear inside 1 in center to where I trimmed the sides. I highly recommend the Dune Buggy Plug & Play harness and the splash apron. Just got the good news that I can use a covered stall again only for $250 a month so I moved out of the weather but I expect  to have it out of there and on the road within the next two weeks. Its actually been under construction for three years this month and should have been done a LONG time ago. But after so much blood (literally), sweat and tears (not to mention MUCHO dinero) the “Sow’s Ear” is getting ready to run and I’ve got WAY to much money to give it away so I’ve decided to keep her along with a new name. I think “Emma Peal” sounds nice, Emma always turned me on anyway!:-)