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Originally Posted by kevin993
Yes, but I think that only three 959 rally cars existed at that point. All three were run earlier in the year at Paris Dakar as numbers 185, 186 and 187. I know where 185 is now, so presuming that 186 and 187 were used as the two cars entered during the Egypt rally as #1 and #2. #2 won and #1 burned. I just don't know which car was which and where the "winner" is now.
I believe that three new cars were used for the 1986 Paris Dakar and also run as 185, 186 and 187. Porsche finished 1-2-6.
I think that a total of 6 959 rally cars were built.
A few assumptions and presumptions buried in there, but trying to fill those gaps. Thanks for the interest and observations.
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Ah yes (duh). Was getting the rally dates jumbled there. They were the #18X cars for the 1985 Dakar, then #1 & #2 cars for the 1985 Egypt rally, then back to the #18X cars again for the following Dakar in 1986.
I guess those 3 initial DNF's in early `85 really lit the fire, so to speak, lol...
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Originally Posted by kevin993
With the help of a friend, the working theory is as follows:
- based on plate numbers is that the #187 1985 car became the Egypt rally winner and the #186 car was the one that burned.
- the pics I posted in the first part of this thread are indeed two different cars. One with the #185 numbering is the 1985 Pharoah Rally winner and the ones with no numbering are press/media photos in advance of the 1986 season.
Still don't have any chassis numbers though.
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Yeah, chassis numbers would certainly make things easier! I know Ickx stuffed the original 185 car pretty good in the `85 Dakar (hitting a boulder or some such) but not sure if it was a total write-off or not. If so (big "if"), then the #1 car for the following Egypt rally would've been a new chassis and not re-numbered then? I'm so confused.
