Hello, If you ever have the means to buy this special car that still sells at reasonable prices, I suggest doing so.
First off, If you don't want to read through my long winded description. There's a video out there that details this
car. (Full Scale from a museum in L.A.)
What you're looking at is a Creative Masters exact replica of the very first Dodge Viper that was ever produced.
Dodge made Viper's all the way up to 2017. As the years went by they improved on the features to the car. However,
this first model is the coolest production car because Dodge entered the high end sports car market and other than
styling and the massive engine. This car had the worst features/options with the cheapest materials made. Which
makes the very 1st editions so desirable today. It was designed to be similar to the 1960's Ford Cobra. A bare bones
no glitz sports car for speed. A lot of car companies have made kit cars or striped down muscle cars but none were
produced and available in dealerships all over the world... ie; production model. Let's go over this car.
1. To open the hood there was no release on the inside that popped the hood up. You opened it from the outside
like a 1970 GTO.
2. There were no door handles, that helps give it a sleek look but no door locks or fobs either so to open the door you reached
inside and opened the door. You could also lock it this way, but a car thief could just as easy reach in and unlock it. Just
a regular car key like a 1965 Mustang.
3. This came with no driver or passenger windows. They did have a Jeep Wrangler type windows that came in a bag and a cloth roof
with zippers on the outside of the windows and plastic windows.
4. The interior was of the cheapest plastic materials with exposed screws all along the dash and the tiniest of change holder in the
door with exposed screws as well. Very tacky for a higher-priced car at the time of around $53,000. About 14k higher than a Vette.
5. There was a glove box, which kept the car from having any air bags. There was no console and in it's place was
two large speakers. NO Air-Conditioning! Your MPH dictated your comfort zone. It did have a lighter & ashtray for your J.
6. The seat belts on the very first produced models were actually attached to the doors. As anyone knows in a high speed crash the
doors are often the first part to pop open and the driver and passenger would be strapped to that door. Dodge quickly changed
this and put the seat belts in the seats themselves and this is the ONLY Diecast in a 1:18-1:20 scale ever
produced that reflects seat belts on the doors.
7. It had a trunk with jack and a cheap spare tire & wheel. The trunk did not stay open. It had a rod like your car hoods' today you
pop into place.
8. It had NO Anti-Lock Brakes, Had NO traction control, NO stabilizer bar... It was basically just a good looking car on a chassis with a big powerful
engine.
9. The engine was a gigantic V-10 8 liter or 488-cubic inches. It punched out 406 hp and about 450 ft lbs of torgue. In today's numbers
not a real monster of a machine, then again, this car was only 19" longer than a 1992 Mazda Miata. Plus, this was the most powerful
USA production car at the time. (There was higher HP cars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin etc... Just not USA in 1992)
10. The side pipes were like the 60's muscle cars, Corvette and Cobra under the doors and often would burn the rider's ankles &
calves getting out. So Dodge pit a little sticker in the door jam warning you to be careful.
11. The roll bar, wasn't even a roll bar and was stated so on the car that it wasn't for protection. The sticker read
without a roll bar, "Please drive careful". WOW!
12. The stereo didn't even say Dodge. It said Chrysler (The parent company) and it was used in all their models (vans)
Everything about this car was as cheap as cheap can get. Modern exotics are very quiet and refined at a stop light.
Not the Viper, It shook like a Pan Head Harley. That is what this car was meant to be. Beauty & The Beast! That's it... Dodge
purposely made it this way. You want class, style, speed... buy a $175k Lamborghini.
Which btw the engine was designed by Lamborghini. Made in the USA, however.
Thus, this makes it the best production POS car the USA ever built imo.
- As Jay Leno says this is the car that actually
- saved the Corvette and he's right.... Corvette had no competition and so they really
- had terrible quality in the late 80's
- & early 90's.
It's a rare treat of a die cast, very highly detailed with cushiony seats, also,
there is a GT Spirit model that was made that is very popular made of resin but nothing opens, almost
like a paper weight. Making Revell AG Creative Masters one my personal favorite cars produced.
The TJ-Maxx label says compare to $80.00 & up... they sale priced it in 1994 at $40 and imagine what all you could
purchase 26-years ago at TJ-Maxx for $40-$80? Maybe a recliner? That's how cool this car was then and remains that way today.
It's only been removed for pictures. It's all there and comes with the antenna still in bag.
It's absolutely mint with excellent box and still has the window sticker. (check out that vid, eBay won't let me link it)