The legendary Carroll Shelby is best remembered for his time at Ford, where he helped develop the Le Mans-winning GT40 and the epic Shelby Mustang muscle.
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The Dodge Viper is one of the best sports cars the world has ever seen, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t use a few improvements.
At least, that’s what Carroll Shelby, who inspired the thing in the first place, thought when he teamed up with Dan Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Motorsports to create this, the Viper GTS/CS prototype.
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The initial plan was to build 25 Coupes and 25 Roadster versions of the vehicle, but because of Shelby’s health issues at the time, only 18 Roadsters were built in addition to this, the solo prototype Coupe. Now, the vehicle is coming up for sale at Mecum’s auction in Kissimmee, Florida next month.
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Dodge Viper Shelby GTS/CS Is the Only Prototype, Comes With Carroll’s Blessings 30 Dec 2020, 11:44 UTC ·
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Shaped like the head of a venomous snake, hand-built in the good old U.S. of A. and almost as tricky to manhandle as a real serpent, the Dodge Viper came and went like a shooting star across the automotive landscape.
Despite its controversial scene exit, which happened mostly due to the lack of sales, the V10-powered sports car is still regarded as a trendsetter.
The original model was initially engineered to represent a modern interpretation of the legendary Shelby Cobra, even though the Cobra was related to Ford rather than Mopar back in the day.