Anyone Seen A1 8 LTR Recently!

[Vipers]

Hi All,

Firstly I would like to say hello to everyone, this is my first post on a Viper forum for many many years, I used to run the UK branch of VCA what seems like an eternity ago now, probably around the mid to late 90's before handing the reigns over to Paul Lacey, who I only found out in the week after talking to Adrian had passed away, very sad news. I bought my Viper back then direct from Chrysler, it was one of their show cars and as if it wasn't outrageous enough Hennessey then used it to develop their bodykit, designed by Steve Everitt, it then had a few mods done at the same time + a full respray. In my madness I sold it to start a printing company, not my best move I have to say but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

So the reason for the post was to see if anyone on here now owns Al 8 LTR or is anyone knows of its whereabouts? After speaking to Adrian in the week he seemed to think that is was now possibly out in Europe somewhere, that car was such a big part of my life so it would be great to know that it is still being enjoyed by someone, somewhere. In fact Vipers in general have always remained a big part of my life as I contribute to a lot of other forums to do with work, I know own a HiFi shop and have always used the username Vipers :-)

I have to admit that I have really got the Viper bug again now, over the last couple of weeks I have slowly been sucked back into the Viper world and in the not too distant future will hopefully be looking to become a Viper owner again, I will be on the lookout for a red Gen II RT/10 or maybe a GTS, possibly importing one as there is just so much choice in the States.

I would look to do it sooner but my other love are Lotus's and I have just bought a new Exige V6 LF1 + a 1996 M100 Elan so funds are a little limited at the moment.

I am really looking forward to this year though and attending as many of the Viper events as possible, as long as you guys don't mind a Lotus guy coming along, would really love to attend Spa if anyone is looking for a passenger :-)

Anyway I won't ramble on anymore, below are a couple of pics of my Viper from way back and if anyone does have any news on it from when I sold it around 2000 that will be much appreciated, thanks -

Before



After









Cheers,
Paul.

[LifeIsGood]

I've never seen that body kit before...in person or a picture. That should be easy to locate if it's still got that body kit and the owner is driving it. Someone on these viper forums should remember seeing it.

...welcome back!

[Torquemonster06]

You also might want to try post this in the "General" Section. It would get more views.

[Fatboy 18]

I remember seeing that car for sale in Classic American magazine many years ago, I may still have the advert somewhere?

Welcome back to the Nest Paul.

[Vipers]

Thanks Guys, thanks for the tip about posting in the general section, I will do that later.

I had forgotten about Classic America, I used to subscribe to that and my car was in there a couple of times.

I've still got all my Viper related mags etc in my Mums loft, hoping to go up there at the weekend to pull everything down.

Found the below picture online yesterday of my car before I got my hands on it, I certainly wouldn't put that kit on my next Viper, at the time though I thought it looked great but the standard shape really is prefect as it it, just can't make my mind up whether to go RT/10 again or GTS.



Cheers,
Paul.

[Vipers]

Does anyone know anything about the below Final Edition GTS? quite tempted to go an have a look if I get the time, quite like the idea of a limited edition GTS if I go that way -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dodge-Vipe...item3ceda6505d

Cheers,

[Fatboy 18]

Don't know much about it, its at a dealers in Guildford, Surrey. Make sure you get a Carfax search done on the Vin number to check history. being in a dealers price should be negotiable?

There was a yellow RT/10 for sale a while ago in Aldershot, Not sure if that is still for sale, again this was at a used car dealers.

Theres a 2005 SRT/10 for sale at a dealers near Sunningdale but the guy wants stupid money for it at£79.000

Dave has a 1996 Blue / White stripe Viper for sale or might be a 97, can't remember? Might be worth a look? he is in the Guildford area. Its not currently advertised on any classified pages.


Please don't buy another body kit

[Vipers]

Thanks Fatboy 18, I have found this on FEVIPER.COM, seems to have had a few mods done.

http://www.feviper.com/cars/324/324.html

I've got an install around the Surry area on Thursday so I might pop in for a look, time permitting, that could be dangerous though as once I start actually going to look at cars it normally ends up in a purchase :-)

I have to admit that slowly but surely I am being drawn to a Gen II GTS, but don't worry there certainly won't be anymore bodykits :-)

[Vipers]

I was just wondering if anyone knows if there are anymore Final Edition GTS's in the UK? I think no matter what I will go for a red Viper so a Final Edition seems to appeal at the moment, a low mileage would be great, even if that means importing one.
Cheers.

[Fatboy 18]

Nick has one in the UK, He is in Surrey, now I dont know weather its his car that is being advertised or not?

I don't think I have ever met him but there is a picture of his car in his profile here
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/p...=186&mid=68474

[Fatboy 18]

Vipers, sent you a message

[Vipers]

Thanks for the info Mark, as I mentioned in the PM, I did go an look today, generally it is in excellent condition other than a little paint bubbling up on the roof that would need looking at, it does look like the whole roof has been resprayed at some point, which is a little concerning, I will see if I can find out why.

I must admit that I am quite tempted to bring an ACR over from the States, a Final Edition ACR would be awesome, I got a quote from a shipping company and that came in at around £12,000 including taxes and any conversion work needed, so what with buying the car I reckon you'd be looking at £40k all in, so not to bad really, the only worrying factor is buying without seeing it, unless I fly out I guess.

Below is a couple of pics from today -





Cheers,

[VIPER BAZ UK]

Welcome back..

Not seen the RT/10 for many years now, Only saw it a once or twice in since 01 when i signed up...

Do you havee the name of who you sold it two ??

[Vipers]

Thanks Viper Baz, I can't remember now, I did see it on Ebay a few years back and made contact then but it sounded like it hadn't been looked after that well which was a shame, particularly after all the love I had shown it

Just seen this on Ebay, anyone know its history? it is only a few miles from me in Bedfordshire so tempted to go and have a look, good price but probably not what I am looking for tbh -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STUNNING-D...item3cf386bda5

[Fatboy 18]

That is a bargain of a car, the guy has Just bought a 458 and is looking to shift some of his other cars.

The Grip shifter is a bit odd as it has a Nitrous button incorporated. The owner used to be involved in the club some years ago

The nitrous is currently disconnected, Engine manifold went bang a few yrs back due to the Nitrous set up and engine was rebuilt, Baz thinks it has some good internals. It has Unitrax uprated Half shafts, Corsa exhaust, Stoptech Big brake kit and the handbrake caliper has been repositioned. it also has a line lock added for fun burnouts. The car has been used and is no garage queen, it needs a good clean under the hood and the paintwork could do with a good detail, but honestly the price is very cheap. If I had space and some spare cash I would buy it to add to my existing one
If you did not want the Nos kit I know someone who might be interested in it .........ME

So apart from a bit of cosmetic work the car is sound

[Vipers]

Thanks Fatboy, knowing what I tart I am I am really looking for something more loved really but at that price it is hard to ignore, if I get time I will probably go for a quick look as after a bit of TLC I'm sure it will scrub up pretty good.

Do you know anyone who if I gave it to could get it back to A1 condition?

[Fatboy 18]

Thats all part of the hobby for me, but there are some good detailers out there, I know of a couple,
:-) if you think about the price the other red gts was priced at and little extras,, then think seriously at what this one is priced at there is a huge slush fund for a detailer any any tweaking necessary. No brainer in my book, this is Gen 1 rt/10 monies for a GTS with all the goodies, remove the nos change out the shifter, (easy to do) Baz or I can do that. You could run this car for a while and sell at the same or higher price if you give it a good clean and pick the right time to sell.

[Fatboy 18]

The front nose of the car has a fair bit of rash so could do with a respray, Baz knows of a really good paint guy.

it cost me more to bring my car with the same milage into the Uk than this one is being advertised for. You were looking at spending up to 40k so this is almost 2/3rds the price?

[Vipers]

MMmmm, Very compelling points Fatboy, I would probably swap out the nose and add a spoiler anyway so that would sort the nose issue out.

I'll give it some thought,
Cheers,

[Luisv]

You cannot go wrong with an FE! It is the most beautiful GTS of all.... if I do say so myself.... :-)

good luck with your search. if you need a car looked at in South Florida, I'm happy to help.

[Vipers]

Thanks Luisv, yes my original thoughts if I went the GTS route would be a FE or a ACR, thanks for the offer regarding having a look, I may well end up taking you up on that one

[Fatboy 18]

Thanks Luisv, yes my original thoughts if I went the GTS route would be a FE or a ACR, thanks for the offer regarding having a look, I may well end up taking you up on that one

The ebay add you asked about is a 1997 car not an FE.

This might be more your cup of Tea?
http://driveviper.com/classifieds/ge...very-rare.html

[Vipers]

Yes, I'm assuming that Luis was referring to the FE I went to look at earlier in the thread.

Regarding the other one you mention Fatboy, that is exactly what I am after, if I had just taken delivery of the Exige a couple of months ago I would have been all over that, it really looks perfect, looks like I'd better sell some more HiFi quickly

[Fatboy 18]

Well theres TWO of those cars in the UK that Myself and Barry have been working on

Except they have a few more stickers on them

I've been in the process of fitting 4 blade rear diffusers on them both.

[Vipers]

NICE, So let me get this right, there are 9 of these in the world and 2 are in the UK? Excellent, I notice that the wheels in the link are different to yours though, do you know what the story is there? Have to say that the 4 blade rear diffuser looks much better

Would you say that the asking price of $64,900 is fair, I guess there would be some movement there.

Lastly in you expert opinion Fatboy, would you go with the one in your link or the one below as that has been advertised at a similar price before going onto ebay, I'm guessing the FE Daytona?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Viper-...US_Cars_Trucks