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Beauty & The Beast~1998 Dodge GTS-R Viper with 1,104 ORIGINAL MILES

Currency:USD Category:Vehicles / Type - Sports Start Price:60,000.00 USD Estimated At:72,500.00 - 180,000.00 USD
Beauty & The Beast~1998 Dodge GTS-R Viper with 1,104 ORIGINAL MILES
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Beauty and the Beast~ That is exactly what this 1,104 mile original GTS-R Viper certainly is. For 1998 Dodge announced that it would manufacture a factory built special edition street legal GTS-R to be known as the GT2. To commemorate Dodge's 1997 FIA GT2 manufacturer and driver championships Dodge built 100 street legal replicas of the Viper GTS/R race car. All GT2's were painted white with blue stripes like the race car and featured a large wing on the back,carbon fiber air-splitters and side sills ground effects. Special one piece 18 inch BBS lace wheels in painted silver were used along with 18 inch Michelin pilot MXX3 tires.

Inside, the interior featured blue accent trim on the seats,center console and door panels. Red five point harnesses with ORECA race team labels and a dash plaque with the serial number of the car. The GT2 was rated at 460 HP with 500 pounds of torque.

While most commemorative models are just sticker and badge jobs the GT2 offers quite a bit more than graphics. Project manager John Fernandez ensured that the GT2's aerodynamic pieces were manufactured by the original suppliers to the racing GTS/R's and are the same kind as found on the racing Vipers. In fact the front splitter and winglets are from the first years race car. The rear wing is patterned after the race cars wing but is not adjustable and is set at a zero angle.

Under the hood the intake tubes were straightened, the airbox revised with low restriction K&N filters replacing the stock units bumping HP by 10 to 460. Making it the most powerful Viper ever built for it's time.

This Viper GTS-R example production number 50 is as good as it get's in this lifetime. And you can likely bet even the Good Lord has this car's picture on his refrigerator.

1998 Dodge GTS-R Viper: Vin Number: 1B3ER69EXWV401050.