For Sale In Steamboat: Fire-Breathing 1998 GMC Minivan

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By Nathaniel Minor
· Sep. 25, 2015, 5:10 pm

Charlie Holthausen of Steamboat Springs is selling a 1998 GMC Safari minivan this weekend. Be warned, though, he's made a few modifications:

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Holthausen's "Phoenix 2.0" is a 35-foot, fire-and-smoke-breathing dragon mobile. And it's up for auction this Sunday, the Steamboat Pilot & Today reports. 

A word of caution to prospective buyers: If you need to get it back to Denver, you'll have to take the Phoenix over Berthoud or Loveland pass. 

“Right now, we can’t take this car through the Eisenhower Tunnel,” Holthausen's wife Gail told the newspaper. 

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