I must admit that I am a HUGE fan of GTS Blue and Chevrolet's Admiral Blue. In 1999, I purchased a relatively rare '96 Grand Sport Corvette with red interior. The car was referred to by a few, as "So Ugly, that it actually looks good!... Blue, White, Red...."
Well, I have owned a few Vipers and have built several vehicles which mimicked the Grand Sport. Here are a few photo's of the original Grand Sport, and the following vehicles that I built around it's theme:
My original fascination with the Blue/White (Granted, at the time, a VIPER was WAY OUT OF MY REACH!)
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The next vehicle that I built was a LT4 powered Jeep for daily driving and rock crawling:
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I then got more serious about Rock Crawling and built a Competition buggy powered by a Ram-Jet 502:
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When I saw Jeff Lemke's Blue and White Street Serpent (#6), I was immediately drawn to it like I have only been drawn to 1 other car (Steve Wayne's GTS ACR+). I bought the car and have been joyously adding miles to the odometer; while adding more ponies to the equation.
The interior; although adequate, has never exited me (all black); nor matched the exterior flare. My last Viper had the Cognac Connelly leather, which really accented well with the red exterior.
This car, needed something that made the interior "pop" just as much as the exterior did. So, I ditched the all black interior, in favor of, black/red Mamba interior panels. Some may not like it, and that is fine. To me, IT IS DEAD ****!! I have bought additional dash and console bezels and am having them painted Charcoal Grey Metallic, to match the splitter and rear diffuser. I will post additional photo's when I install them. I won't dis-honor the Dodge by placing the "Grand Sport" typical Hash Marks on the fender.
To date, this has been the most "EMOTIONAL" car that I've own. Since 1999, I've typically been through 4-8 vehicles per year. I believe that this one is a KEEPER!!!
Here are the before and after photo's of the interior:
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Thank you DODGE, for creating a REAL Supercar. Thank you Jeff, for making it even more unique. Thank you VCA, for providing a venue to enjoy the cars further, even if they are in the garage, and not able to be driven!