Friday, April 19, 2024

the 1979 Porsche 924 Sebring was built to commemorate the victories at Sebring with a car that regular people could buy, so they took the absolute slowest car they sold and slapped a few stripes and stickers on it



and it was powered with an AMC Gremlin engine. 

The Porsche 924 Sebring 79 is, essentially, the base-model 924, powered by the VW-designed EA831 four-cylinder, 2-liter engine that was also used in such performance luminaries as VW LT delivery vans and trucks, the 1979 DJ-series Postal Jeeps, the Audi 100, and, yes, the AMC Gremlin.

and it was built with VW parts bins stuff... 


2 comments:

  1. In 1987 they put the Porsche 944 engine in it. It had perfect 50/50 weight distribution and weighed only 2650 lbs. It was their entry level car and was introduced at $19,500. I bought one new, and dusted 911 and 944 drivers at a Porsche dealer sponsored autocross day at Portland International Raceway.

    Don in Oregon

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    1. that must have been a blast!

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