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Date:         Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:31:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
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From:         Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Dakar Rally starts soon
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> Yes, they were the 959s. One of my favorite Porsches the other the 917K.






In '84, the 911s were modified regular 911s with 3.2 air cooled
motors and the 4 wheel and lifting suspension added.


In '86 Porsche entered the 959s, with water cooled
heads.  They came in 1st, 2nd, 6th.  Maybe the mechanics
were 6th AGAIN....?


Those were Porsche's two years in the Paris-Dakar.  I think
they just were testing their 911 4 wheel drive ideas--confirming
that they worked.  For Porsche that usually means 1st.  ;-)


The "new" 911 of '89 was the Carrera 4, with 4 wheel drive.
In '93 they changed the 4 wheel system to a "simpler" one
using a viscous coupling.  There--that's the (near) (Syncro)
Vanagon content....


                                Richard A Jones
                                Boulder, Colorado
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