1965 Beaumont SD "Cheetah"

65sssd · Poncho Master!

1965 Beaumont SD "Cheetah"

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

Wow VERY NICE Thanks for posting!

lets hope some info will come forth

that would be cool to have on site.....

65sssd · Poncho Master!

I just removed the front end and the fender with the mirror. It is the original SD fender from this car and the talbot mirror looks untouched.

-- Edited by 65sssd on Sunday 21st of November 2010 05:10:06 PM

beaumontguru · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Well, i will be watching this closely. Very interesting!

Odd place to mount the mirror on such a "sporty" car tho.

All i can suggest is get the docs from George Zapora on this one for sure!

65sssd · Poncho Master!

beaumontguru wrote:

Well, i will be watching this closely. Very interesting!

Odd place to mount the mirror on such a "sporty" car tho.

All i can suggest is get the docs from George Zapora on this one for sure!

I have them but they make no reference to the Cheetah but it is confirmed as a 300 HP 4spd Conroy car. The mirror is mounted like a 64 Lemans mirror. They also have fender mount mirrors. I researched the mirror and it is the same as a 65 AC cobra car so the mirror is period correct.

03cts sport · Uber Guru

65sssd wrote:

... At first I wasn't going to post the car ...

Glad you did though. This is the kind of stuff that keeps me going LOL!

65sssd · Poncho Master!

03cts sport wrote:

65sssd wrote:

... At first I wasn't going to post the car ...

Glad you did though. This is the kind of stuff that keeps me going LOL!

That's what it looked like this morning and now? ashamed

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

congratulations on your purchace , i think you have good grounds in your idea in this being a early cheetah or a forunner of the idea of one!

this is the only 65 Beaumont that has surfaced to us so far ,with a vinyl top (plus it being from conroy) and a L74 Sport Deluxe /4 speed factory car.
its always been in my mind since it was added to the registry

your correct with the gm docs if it was converted somehow by them gm would have no knowledge of it.

either way its a great rare car by itself.

-- Edited by 68sd on Sunday 21st of November 2010 06:51:21 PM

03cts sport · Uber Guru

Cool. Other than not having the knowledge, the space, the time, and the talent I would love to do something like this!
I hope you keep posting updates. I'm looking forward to them...

kelico · Poncho Master!

nice to see it surfaced Paul.. Nice to see all that room in your new shop too..
Right on.

67SD396 · Poncho Master!

Very cool car Paul. I'll be watching this thread with interest as well.

cheetah 427 · Poncho Master!

does the fender have holes drilled other than for stock trim, like up nere the sd emblems?

65sssd · Poncho Master!

cheetah 427 wrote:

does the fender have holes drilled other than for stock trim, like up nere the sd emblems?

I matched the upper holes with the stock SD trim but somebody had something mounted where the V-8 emblem would of been. I wish I had a Conroy emblem to see if it matches up.

Islander · Addicted!

Is this the car from the registry that showed up from the east, a year or so ago? Pretty cool either way....is the numbers match engine with it?

65sssd · Poncho Master!

Islander wrote:

Is this the car from the registry that showed up from the east, a year or so ago? Pretty cool either way....is the numbers match engine with it?

So far I have what I consider a numbers correct 65 300HP manual trans 327 motor but it doesn't match the suffix numbers from the GM documentation. I'm really curious if the original motor was gone at the GM dealership with a car like this?

Elroy · Poncho Master!

nice car and find for sure. Curious though why it compares to a Z16 as thats a 375 hp 396 ?

65sssd · Poncho Master!

Elroy wrote:

nice car and find for sure. Curious though why it compares to a Z16 as thats a 375 hp 396 ?

All I ment is that most chevelles that you see with a vinyl top were Z-16's. High performance cars. Conroy ordered his cheetah cars a certain way and he put vinyl on them too. It's a rare option in 1965.

68post · Poncho Master!

Islander wrote:

Is this the car from the registry that showed up from the east, a year or so ago? Pretty cool either way....is the numbers match engine with it?

Sure looks like it - if you look at thr picture on the registry you can see the same funky rearview mirrior on the drivers fender, and the same pattern water/rust staining on the passenger side 1/4.

- 65SSSD I think the seller's name was Barry Miles, what was he like to deal with, I've heard different opinions. I had a friend of mine check this car out and decided to pass on it on his advice.

-- Edited by 68post on Monday 22nd of November 2010 11:48:18 AM

65sssd · Poncho Master!

I have been in contact with Barry for over 3 years and he was fine to deal with. A straight forward deal. If you didn't know what the car was or could be (Cheetah), and didn't have good access to a few 65 Beaumonts as donors you normally wouldn't touch such a project. All the trim I got with this car is a throw away to boot and no SD rocker chrome. If the numbers motor did exist for this car I wonder who has it? I also transported a truck and a motor for him from the west so the deal was mutual. I have Clear title for the car too. I ran a title check in BC considering it was a BC car originally and it came up clear title to Nova Scotia also. A straight forward deal for sure. I didn't want any problems.

68post · Poncho Master!

Yes, my decision was based partly on the fact that I didn't have a few donor 65's to aid in the resto. ( You shouldn't have any problem there! smile

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I'm glad this car is going to be brought back, and I hope it turns out to be a cheetah!

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

if i recall these are the options?

A02 Windshield Glass - Tinted
C08 Exterior Soft Trim Roof Cover
C14 2-Speed W/S Wiper and Washer
F40 Heavy Duty Front and Rear Suspension
G80 Rear Axle - Positraction
J50 Vacuum Power Brake
J65 Metallic Brake Facing
L74 V8 Engine - 327 Cu. In. - Hi. Perf.
M20 4-Speed Transmission
N40 Hydraulic Steering
T86 Lamps Backup
U16 Tachometer
X22 -7.35x14-2 Black wall rayon Tires

cheetah 427 · Poncho Master!

the cheetah emblems have 2 studs on the back for mounting, my 66 cheetah had the cheetah emblem behind the front wheel because of the 427 cross flags that were mounted under the beaumont emblem in frount of the frount wheel, so maybe the 65 had the emblems mounted were the v8 was???

65sssd · Poncho Master!

cheetah 427 wrote:

the cheetah emblems have 2 studs on the back for mounting, my 66 cheetah had the cheetah emblem behind the front wheel because of the 427 cross flags that were mounted under the beaumont emblem in frount of the frount wheel, so maybe the 65 had the emblems mounted were the v8 was???

That's what I'm thinking now too. I looked at some old pictures of cheetahs and the spacing looks the same. It looks like they used the one outer V-8 hole and drilled another for the other pin. Do you know what the pin measurement is? This could vary emblem to emblem but it's a shot in the dark. I wouldn't of thought this car would have Cheetah emblems but the holes were a good clue. That was a good lead.

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

Someone probably asked this before, Is there anyone around from the Conroy days? owners? employees?

With that list of equipment,
and proof of what Conroy, did later, with the Cheetah cars,
I sure would restore it, with the presumption, that it was a early Cheetah....Certainly can be a 1 of 1

65sssd · Poncho Master!

427carl wrote:

Someone probably asked this before, Is there anyone around from the Conroy days? owners? employees?

With that list of equipment,
and proof of what Conroy, did later, with the Cheetah cars,
I sure would restore it, with the presumption, that it was a early Cheetah....Certainly can be a 1 of 1

That's really what it comes down to for me. It's a beauty of a car as a stock SD Beaumont, but it would be a shame to restore it as this if it's a Cheetah. I don't want to wreck the car and restore it incorrectly. It's a good possibility that it is the real deal. What do you think? Would you restore it as a stock 65 SD 300HP 4spd or a 65 SD 4spd Cheetah with the talbot mirror, Cheetah emblems down low on the fender, and 65 Buick rallys?