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>Talk about kick-ass!!
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>http://guide-p.infoseek.com/Content?arn=PR3868-19961104&qt=dakota&sv=V1&lk=noframes&col=NW&ud3=7D6692F4D743464379E7FA4DE40E0B66
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>It's all about the 97 dakota sidewinder..
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>enjoy
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>Mark
That's sick... I WANT!!!! =)
Wow! Thanks for bringing that to our attention, Mark!! Too bad there's
no pictures. :P
I expect the price will be disgusting though. :P I hope they continue
to produce this truck. In several years, when I'm in a better financial
position, I might just pick one of these puppies up... :) (If the price
is right, of course.) :)
For those of you who don't have WWW access, or don't feel like looking
it up, here's what's on the end of that URL:
As Mark said: Enjoy!! (I get the feeling you will.) ;)
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Big, Bad, Bold: Chrysler Unveils 1997 Dodge
Dakota Sidewinder Concept Truck at SEMA
16:19 Nov 04, 1996 EST
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- What do you get when
you combine Dodge Viper GTS-R's monstrous 600-plus horsepower
engine with a Trans Am-based chassis and design cues from great
pickup trucks of yesterday and today?
The answer, the 1997 Dodge Dakota Sidewinder concept truck, was
unveiled early this afternoon by Robert A. Lutz, President and Chief
Operating Officer, Chrysler Corporation, at the Specialty Equipment
Manufacturers Association (SEMA) convention in Las Vegas.
"If a truck enthusiast were to take the front end of a 1997 Dodge
Dakota to a garage and build the rest from the ground up, the result
might look like our Dakota Sidewinder," said Lutz. "Dakota
Sidewinder takes trucks to the extreme. We built this for the street
truck nuts."
"We've been waiting for some time now to design a real street truck
with a real attitude," said Thomas C. Gale, Executive Vice President
of Product Design and International Operations, Chrysler
Corporation. "Dakota Sidewinder is just that -- it's a raw, powerful,
bare-bones design that combines design cues from our 1997 Dodge
Dakota with cues from great trucks from the 1920s, 30s and 40s."
Styling cues from the 1997 Dodge Dakota production vehicle include
its bold off-set hood, fenders and distinctive Dodge "cross hair" grille.
Remaining design elements were inspired by street truck forms of the
past.
Dakota Sidewinder's most notable form is its bucket-shaped cab, a
shape common to trucks of the 1920s, particularly Ford's T-bucket
roadsters. "From the side, this distinctive curved shape gives the
vehicle a 'muscular jaw look'," said Trevor M. Creed, Chrysler's
Director of Advanced, Exterior Jeep(R)/Truck, Interior Design, &
Color & Trim. "This look gives Sidewinder the appearance that it will
devour anything that gets in its path. And it probably will."
Other distinctive elements include a removable one-piece roadster
soft top, a narrow 4X6-foot box, a billet style headerless windshield,
hydraulic clamshell hood, and a small, distinctive sidestep on each side
of the vehicle. The headerless windshield offers drivers and passengers
better visibility, gives the truck an "open-air feel," and plain just looks
cool.
Cleaned and refined in the tradition of the All-American hot rod,
Dakota Sidewinder discards several design elements in favor of
showing off its muscular curves. "It's a pure truck design that flows,"
said Creed. "In order to achieve this flowing design, we left all
unnecessary visual elements -- including door handles, bumpers and
trim pieces -- at the curb."
Dakota Sidewinder's interior is a seamless continuation of the
exterior and features a painted metal instrument panel, machined
aluminum controls, and purple leather seats. To start the engine, the
driver must first flip a switch labeled "Arm" which activates the fuel
pump and then press a switch labeled "Ignite" to start the vehicle.
"With the interior, we re-defined the task of starting a vehicle and
created the sense that something special is about to happen," said
Creed. "With 600-plus horsepower and only 2,700 pounds of curb
weight, drivers will want to think twice before launching this thing."
The instrument panel is classic street rod with only the essentials. A
large speedometer is strategically placed on the passenger side while
the tachometer is on the driver's side. Interior elements are playful
and animated. Dakota Sidewinder's gas pedal is labeled "Go" and its
brake pedal "Whoa!" The left turn signal on the instrument panel
reads "Louie," the right reads "Ralph."
"Because Sidewinder's design screams fun, power, speed and
performance, we felt obliged to arm it with our Dodge Viper GTS-R
endurance engine," said Gale. "From its bold design to its
high-performance engine, Sidewinder is pure Dodge."
Basic vehicle dimensions are as follows:
Overall Length 189.2 inches
Overall Width 74.2 inches
Overall Height 55.9 inches
Wheelbase 111.9 inches
Front Track 65.3 inches
Rear Track 61.3 inches
SOURCE Chrysler Corporation
Copyright 1996, PR Newswire
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Make mine a 6-speed. Black. :)
-Jon-
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