WHO WANTS TO GO TO ORECA PLANT, MARSEILLES (ish)??

[Chesta]

We have been offered an exclusive day at the Oreca plant, along with US Viper owners, German & Swiss owners also.......who is interested?????? Nil/ next to nothing cost (apart from fuel/ ferry & accom!)
Date proposed is 28th/ 29th Aug, depending if our US owner/ guests want to drive or fly from the Netherlands.....
This is a bolt-on extra for www.vdev2003.com they are doing, just a short extension.......
Please let me know if you guys/gals fancy this asap. (PS- can somebody come and help me with my Viper?)
email: [e-mail]
Happy motoring.............. I hope the rain goes away soon!
Chesta.

[VENOM500]

I think a lot of the U.K Viper owners would be up for this,(we would!!),Maybe Paul Lacey the "PRESIDENTA",could find out some more on this,sound to good to miss,thanks for your e-mail.

[viper paul]

Chesta,

Count me in and some of the others too I suspect, Steve Kingshott will be up for it.

Help you with your Viper, do we know you?

I would gradly help with any Viper probs.

[viper]

Chesta aka Paul Hadley, guy in Solihull. Email from Skip at viperdays mentioned 2 F1 cars available around
Oreca own track as well, be nice if it came off but dependant on enough US people fancying it off their schedule, don't think France was on their schedule but a great oppurtunity for them

>> Edited by viper on Tuesday 19th November 09:09

[Chesta]

Skip is currently working on the possibility of an F1 car drive, maybe a tie in with the DC McLaren Mercedes passenger F1 car- don't know at this stage about how this will happen, maybe a prize or raffle-type offer to all.........I'll let you know how this part develops. Currently on offer are: "Visit of the track of Le Mans 24 hours. Visit or our racing car factory, near Marseille (south of France). Visit of the famous Paul Ricard F1 test track (situated at 1 km of
our factory)
. Racing School on this track (Viper Days Event?!)
. Various other hospitality"

Obviously, there's a few miles between La Sarthe & Marseilles (Paul Ricard), but if Viper owners want to drive on them both, this can also be sorted quite easily (Le Mans will be a reduced circuit, it's only open as a racetrack at certain times of year, public road the remainder).
Please keep the replies coming- it's a good guage for us to see exactly what need organising.

[Chesta]

Oreca have offered 2x F1 cars for all @ Paul Ricard, Marseilles! There will also be many race-prepared Vipers available too.........Fantastic- all we have to do is figure out how we are going to get the people interested to form an orderly queue! Sorry, but people of large frame will not fit in, so that's me off the list for a start! Skip is still working at the McLaren Mercedes angle- the car is available, they are just trying to find a F1 driver available to give the rides.
One thing though- people that wish to drive will possibly need a Competitors License (still checking this part), are they are easy to get? Maybe Paul or somebody here can point us all in the right direction????????????? Please keep the replies coming.

[viper]

Chesta what problems are you having with the RT, still
unable to source parts for the repair ?

[SkipViperDays]

Fellow VCA members and Viper owners,
This is Skip from Viper Days speaking and I want to say hello and say that we are looking forward to bringing up to 20 Vipers to Europe for a "Viper Days European Vacation". Please visit our web site at www.vdev2003.com To answer an earlier post we WILL be coming no matter the size of the group!! Two added features NOT on the web site is a Mercedes-Benz plant tour, museum and private museum tours. Plus an Oreca plant tour with the possibility of a drive in an F-1 car on the Oreca test track. WOW!!!
Please contact Paul Hadley at [e-mail] for specific information on how European owners can join the festivities at VDEV 2003. Look forward to seeing you in Europe.
Skip

[Chesta]

Viper, thanks for the question.......I've got the major parts (apart from the side sills) boxed up in the US awaiting shiping. I fancy the Autoform "Smoothie" type to replace the damaged one's I've got here, but am not too sure about the fit- I've read conflicting reports on both .com & .org sites about them, so may investigate getting my sills looked at by a bodywork speciallist in the UK to see if they can be repaired before I take the plunge and spend vast money on some Fibreglass ones (or Ali if my budget stretches) from JonB.
After that, there will be "the odd bit" that's missing from the front of the car (up to the radiator is missing, but I've got the facia waiting to be shipped)and then I'll be looking for expert advise & mechanical assistance so I can get the car ready for VDEV2003......but man the dealers are asking for stupid money to do the work- it would be cheaper to fly an expert from the US for a couple of weeks!

[viper]

a few pictures from Oreca
www.ukviperclub.org/page4.html

[Chesta]

Please read the thread "VDEV2003 Postponed".
This postponement will also affect the opportunity to visit Oreca & Paul Ricard, but hopefully if all goes well for 2004, we shall attempt to include something as planned for 2003.

[nigel greensall]

Hi Chesta

Are you stilllooking to go to Oreca/Paul Ricard in 2003 ? I have sorted events at the circuit before along with factory tours so let me know if you need assistance.

Nigel
www.nigelgreensall.com