From Porsche launch of the 911 Dakar, there has been plenty of renewed interest in the company’s previous off-road efforts. Hell, even Porsche he took one of the 953 he ran in the Paris-Dakar on his debut its newest, dirt-friendly 911.
A big part of what makes the 953 so special and successful is its unique four-wheel drive system, and now if you have the Cashish, you can buy one for yourself. And by one, I don’t mean a 953; I mean only four-wheel drive, minus the engine. Weird, right?
The transmission is for sale on CollectingCarsand from publication, the tender is up to 16,250 Australian Dollarydoos with four days left for the auction. The drivetrain itself is located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and is one of two manually controlled four-wheel drive drives sold by Porsche in the early 1980s. This is a manual transmission setup, while the other is automatic.
According to the seller, this has never been installed on a car and is considered new old stock. It’s not explained exactly how they came into possession of it, or how it got from Germany to the Antipodes, but we’d guess it’s a pretty interesting story.
So what could you do with this unit if you bought it? Well, in theory, since it’s complete and manually controlled, you could (with a lot of chassis surgery, we suppose) install it in a G-body Porsche 911 and make all your P-car nerd friends cry of jealousy inside. pedestrian safari constructions. The most likely outcome is that the winner will just put it on a garage wall or put a glass top over it and make a very expensive dining table. Either way, it’s a piece of Porsche racing history.
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