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#142 -

General Info:
Owner's Name: Sherm Watson
City: N/A
State: CA
Country: USA
Car Info:
FE Sequence Number: 142
VIN: 102795
MDH: N/A
ACR (Y/N): N
Dealer & location: Woodhouse Dodge, Blair, NE
Mods: Daytona #9 of 9, BBS Wheels
Web Site: N/A
Comments: N/A

In 2000, a French team, Oreca, ran a group of international drivers driving Dodge Viper GTSR cars in the LeMans series of endurance racing. These races lasted from 12 to 24 hours in length. Their number 91 car won ten races and came in second in two races against other Oreca Vipers. Bob Lutz kept the Oreca cars brimming with parts and used much of this racing as R&D for Chrysler. The three cars of Oreca usually finished first, second, and third in the GT2 category. The 91 car was so dominate that it was used to promote everything Chrysler from Mobil 1 to MoPar car parts. Photos of the 91 and 92 cars decorated everything Dodge and Chrysler during those years. The 91 car was priminently displayed in the Walter P. Chrysler Building with racing bruises and damage. In 2001, Dodge dealer Bob Woodhouse and Viper sales manager Bill Pemberton pushed for a replica of the 91 car as a limited edition car, sold right off the showroom floor. Autoform was contracted to build the parts necessary to build a proposed 24 replicas of the 91 car. In 2001, a prototype was built for production. Somehow this car was damaged and no longer exists to my knowledge. Nine subsequent cars were built. Seven cars were built in 2001. All were sold through Woodhouse Dodge. These cars had the Dodge red with white painted stripes, a four point roll bar and carbon fiber area above the console, a hollow front spoiler, rear wing attached to the chassis, special decals and the number 91 on both doors, a splitter in the rear of the car made of steel, smooth tubes, a K&N filter, stock Viper wheels and exhaust, a hood scoop painted for the car(attached with only 3M tape, stored in a box), stock GTS suspension and wheels, PIAA extra headlamps with a switch velcroed to the left steering column. The car was designed to be priced competitively with the ACR, without the adjustable Koni shocks. In 2002, two cars were built from the Final Edition Viper Coupe production of 360 cars. Daytona's number 8 and 9 were selected and subsequently sent to Autoform for the "Daytona" conversion. These would be the last of the Daytona's and also came with a Certificate of Authenticity from Autoform. These cars were identical to the other seven with the exception of the Final Edition designation. This car is #142 of the final editions, and is nine of nine of the Autoform production.

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