1999 Dodge Viper RT/10 Roadster
Warranted 19,000 miles from new

Registration No: F7 NGS
Chassis No: 1B3ER65E6V502660
MOT: April 2026

• Very rare British-supplied Viper from new!
• Warranted 19,000 miles and just three owners from new
• Offered with documented service history and the factory hard top
• The Lord Byron of American muscle cars: 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know'

Wonderfully politically incorrect, the Dodge Viper was launched in January, 1992. A pure American muscle car, it was conceived by Bob Lutz, Tom Gale, François Castaing and Carroll Shelby. Built around a tubular steel backbone frame equipped with all-round double-wishbone independent suspension, vented disc brakes and power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering, it did without ABS or a traction control system. Extensively reworked by Lamborghini (another Chrysler subsidiary at the time), its eight-litre V10 former truck engine gained a new aluminium block and cylinder heads. Quoted as developing some 400bhp and 465lb ft of torque, it was mated to a six-speed Borg-Warner T-56 manual gearbox. Clad in lightweight resin transfer-moulding glassfibre body panels, the Targa-roofed RT/10 claimed a 0-60mph time of 4.6 seconds and a top speed of 165mph. Remaining in production until 2017, the Viper has long since attracted a cult following (though later versions came with a far fuller complement of driver-aid electronics).

Dodge never produced its mighty Viper for the British market, but it was made available for worldwide export if anybody cared to order one. Consequently, a few, although only a tiny number, did make their way to British shores. They were left-hand drive, of course, but that hardly mattered – nobody bought Vipers for convenience, they bought them instead because they offered raw, unbridled power and attention-grabbing looks in a package not offered by any British, European or Japanese car-maker. It was the pinnacle of American muscle-car excess, made all the more desirable by the fact that Dodge somehow managed to get it into production 20 years after federal legislators had done their level best to put an end to the muscle-car phenomenon. In short, it was a very special machine, and any British enthusiast who managed to get their hands on one must have felt like the cat who got the cream.

This 1999 Viper RT/10 was one of the very few that was supplied new to our sunny island, being registered in June, 1999, with the appropriately flashy number plate ‘77 FAB’. The sinister combination of Black paint, a Black leather interior and Black 18in alloy wheels ensured that it not only drove like a bat out of hell, but looked like one, too. There was even some slight concession to luxury, with the interior containing air-condition and an Alpine stereo system. Impressively, it has had just three registered keepers, all of whom have recognised it for the collector’s piece that it is. The first keeper enjoyed it until 2013, and the second kept it only until early 2014, by which time it had covered just 18,750 miles. With the third and present owner, it has been treated largely as an objet d’art. While it has been kept in continuous operation and MOTed annually, it has covered only around 500 miles since he purchased it.

The Viper has received seven services across its life, all of them by main agents. These include general services in 2007 (8,629 miles), 2008 (9,091), 2009 (10,834) and 2011 (14,110), plus a separate air-conditioning service in 2009. Of course, with such little use, it has not required a vast amount of maintenance, but a new power steering pump was fitted in 2019. As it appears now, the Dodge is in outstanding condition for its age, which is only to be expected after just 19,000 miles, and is offered with its original factory hardtop, and is currently shod with all-weather tyres with lots of tread left on them – obviously a valuable consideration in a car that spins its wheels with just the slightest encouragement. It has survived with a very intact history, which goes all the way back to its 2004 MOT certificate, issued at 4,411 miles, and runs through numerous MOTs thereafter. There a number of invoices on file, including the present owner’s purchase invoice, plus records of the previous ownerships. The original owner’s manual is present, along with the current V5C. Furthermore, it comes with an MOT with no advisories until April, 2026, so it is ready to use and enjoy immediately. We do not know exactly how many (or perhaps we should say how few) Vipers were originally supplied to Great Britain, but of them all, there cannot be many which are as original, well-preserved, low-mileage and well-documented as this one.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452