Yes, they were the 959s. One of my favorite Porsches the other the 917K.

At 12:02 AM 1/2/2007, Sudhir Desai wrote:
>those were the 959s?
>that used to be my dream car (until tvr came out with the cerbera :D )
>sudhir
>
>On 1/1/07, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>"In '84 when Porsche entered the first 4wd 911, they entered two
>> >cars.  In typical Porsche fashion, the first car was the "race"
>> >car and the other was packed with spares and driven by mechanics--
>> >to support the first car.  They came in 1st and 6th--typical Porsche
>> >fashion!  ;-)"
>>
>>I wonder if the rest of the teams/drivers knew that mechanics w/tools took
>>6th that year? ;>)
>>
>>Bob Stevens
>>'87 Westy Syncro
>>"Passion Fruit"