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1971 Lemans, the little Porsche that could... |
LongARM |
Mar 18 2006, 10:08 AM
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it's better to burn-out , then it is to rust Group: Members Posts: 222 Joined: 6-March 05 From: Kingston Ontario Canada Member No.: 3,720 |
this photo says it all , final 8 minutes of the race(in the movie) and the 914 is still going......
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Joe Bob |
Mar 19 2006, 01:51 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
No....they stopped the 914 because of Federal bumper height and impact changes, smog changes, prices from VW/Karmann to Porsche increase because the VW president died, VW wanted to pull out, and a few other reasons......
All combined killed the car....no ONE reason did it..... The LeMans win did keep the stock sixer HP below the 911 model though.... |
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