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Tim Polzin Tim Polzin is offline
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Join Date: Dec 1969
Location: Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada
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Originally posted by aylanco

Also, the ignition was on the right of the cars mentioned above for "Le Mans" style racing starts. They wanted the driver to be able to jump in and close the door and turn the key in one motion. I swear this is true!!!
Sebastian:
Actually I believe the key on the left was from that tradition (and I honestly did not know any "real Porsche" had it on the right).

"The ignition key is on the left, a tradition carried from an era when Le Mans starts required drivers to run across the pit lane to their car, jump in and take off, fastening their harnesses as they headed onto the front straight."

Nice suit of cars. At one time or another, I had all of them all, except my KG was a 60 Coupe with a "B" normal engine.

Go Blue....

Tim
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