| General Info: |
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| Owner's Name: |
Sherm Watson |
| City: |
N/A |
| State: |
CA |
| Country: |
USA |
| Car Info: |
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| 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: |
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| Comments: |
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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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