The Jenson Viperceptor Has An 8.3-Liter V10 And Weighs Just 2,799 Lbs

The chaotic instauration you spot earlier you is known arsenic the Jensen Viperceptor and it was conceived arsenic a limited-run exemplary which would service arsenic a spiritual successor to the Jensen Interceptor. Between 25 and 50 examples were expected to beryllium built and portion it’s unclear precisely however galore of them saw the airy of day, 1 of them is looking for a caller home.

The car was built by Valley Gas Speed Shop successful Hampshire successful the UK and started arsenic a 1973 Interceptor. It was past wholly stripped down and caller panels were fitted, including the revised beforehand and rear fascias, updated broadside skirts, and caller broadside vents. In addition, the store had to reposition the bulkhead and transmission passageway and the car has besides been fitted with headlights from a Chrysler 300C.

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As the sanction of the car implies, it ditches the archetypal motor successful favour of the 8.3-liter naturally-aspirated V10 of a Dodge Viper. This behemoth of an motor is mated to a four-speed automatic transmission driving the rear wheels. The full happening weighs conscionable 1,270 kg (2,799 lbs) and we’re definite is an implicit blast to drive.

Thorough upgrades person been made connected the braking and suspension fronts, too. For example, the Viperceptor rocks 14.5-inch vented and slotted discs astatine the beforehand with six-piston calipers arsenic good arsenic 13.5-inch vented and slotted discs astatine the rear with four-piston calipers. Plenty of different changes person been made, including the fitment of afloat adjustable dampers with modified springs and a Salisbury Powerlock limited-slip differential.

Found successful the compartment are plush leather upholstery, caller carpets, a redesigned halfway console, a three-spoke steering wheel, and an updated audio strategy with outer navigation and Bluetooth.

The car has been driven 2,496 miles (4,016 km) and Historics Auctioneers expects it to merchantability for betwixt £80,000 (~$101,600) and £105,000 (~$133,000).