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Now That’s What I Call Driving This is Stuart McFarlane´s beautiful Porsche 911 SC Safari, a 1974 machine built to tackle Rallying events on gravel, equipped with the iconic 3.0L Flat 6 Naturally Aspirated and still using the Gravel-spec suspension. Such a combination makes for some spectacular wheel-lifting action. Mr....
In 1978, the works team fields two 911 SC at the East African Safari Rally. The name of game is to survive 5,000 kilometres of the toughest tracks in sweltering heat and torrential rain. The conditions take their toll: of the 72 starters, 13 reach the finish line. Martini Racing Porsche System Engineering signs on two specialists to drive: Sweden’s Björn Waldegård (Start No. 5) and Kenyan Vic Preston Jnr (Start No. 14).