Kyle Bomar’s journey into the world of rare Dodge Viper engine parts is the ultimate deal of a lifetime story. From teenage tinkerer to full-time car flipper, Bomar’s passion for all things Mopar® and specifically Vipers has culminated a once-in-a-lifetime score. An entire warehouse stuffed with rare Viper engine parts. Now, he’s using these Mopar treasures to breathe new life into the most iconic American muscle cars and trucks.
Bomar’s obsession with motorsports kicked off in his teenage years. Fresh out of high school, he dove into the world of motorcycles. The world on two wheels woke up the adrenaline junkie inside of him. Soon after, he found his first wrecked Viper truck in 2006, a 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10 regular cab with just 1,500 miles. The truck had rolled over, but Bomar saw potential where others saw scrap. He cut out a section of the cab, added bolt-ons like a cam, shifter and sourced parts from X-Metal to get it back on the road. In 2008, he boosted the truck with a Roe supercharger kit, until the engine gave out. He sold the supercharger to fund the repairs and eventually parted ways with the truck. That would be the first of many V10 Rams to find their way into his garage.
Bomar was also honing his skills in a metal fabrication shop. He’d started fabbing in high school. That gig evolved into a career in the oil fields as a service supervisor, until 2021. All throughout his career, his heart was always in cars. When the opportunity arose, he left the oil field behind to get back into flipping vehicles and selling parts full-time.
In 2021, Bomar struck Viper parts gold. A woman whose husband lacked a social media presence posted about an engine block for sale online. I personally saw that post when it came up in the Viper page on Facebook. Skeptical buyers (including me) flooded her with questions, and accused her of potentially scamming as the deal was too good to be true. But Bomar gave her an opportunity to give him the details. The listing was tied to a warehouse in Detroit, a remnant of a Dodge plant shutdown, packed with rare Viper engine parts. The catch? He had 90 days to clear it out. Undaunted, Bomar orchestrated filling seven 26-foot box trucks to the brim with everything from complete engines to miscellaneous brackets. “It was a huge process,” he recalls, but the payoff was worth it.
The haul was staggering, 34 complete engines, 60 engine blocks, crankshafts and an arsenal of components – 95% of which are engine-related. The bulk consisted of Gen 1 and Gen 3 parts, with some Gen 2, 4 and 5 thrown in. “It was like somebody got tired of dealing with it and just handed me the keys,” Bomar says. Since then, he’s been steadily selling off the inventory, keeping just enough to fuel his own restoration projects. Today, he’s down to one used Gen 1 engine, 10 complete Gen 3 engines (including two assembled short blocks), three used Gen 3 car engines (reserved for builds), four Gen 4 blocks and three Gen 5 blocks. To trim the stockpile, he’s started listing parts on eBay.
Bomar’s not just sitting on his haul, he’s putting it to work. One standout project is an automatic transmission regular cab Viper truck. After restoring and selling it, the truck came back into his hands, and he’s since turned it into his shop truck. Then there’s his pride and joy: a rare 2006 regular cab Viper truck in Bright Silver Metallic, one of just six ever made, and the rarest Viper truck. Bomar tracked it down through a random Craigslist search in Oregon, verifying its VIN and chasing leads across the country. The trail led him to northwest Idaho, from an older owner, originally a Chrysler executive in Detroit. For two and a half years, Bomar checked in periodically, to see if he was ready to sell. The day he quit his oil field job, waiting at the airport, his persistence paid off. The owner called, ready to sell. Bomar flew to Oregon, rented a car, and drove hours to find the pristine truck with only 27,000 miles. “It’s the rarest one out there,” he says proudly.
Boomer’s Auto, out of Romance, Arkansas, has many Mopar vehicles waiting in line for restoration and repair. Up next is a 2006 Regular Cab Night Runner, another highly sought after Ram SRT-10. He’s also restoring a Gen 3 Viper, with some nice touches such as a Gen 4 hood, headers, heads and cam. That Viper is set to hit the market once the weather warms up.
From motorcycles to metal fab, drag strips to Detroit warehouses, Kyle Bomar has turned a lifelong passion into a thriving business. For enthusiasts hunting rare Viper parts or a fully resurrected beast, Bomar’s eBay listings and garage doors are open. Follow Kyle’s builds on Instagram @Kboomer82
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