It's an ancient technology and when I was reading about it I saw numerous references to Porsche and the rear tranny Vettes using it, I could've gotten some bad info though.
It meant that the car had to be pushed back to the paddock after which there were 30 minutes of wrenching on a heat-soaked car to replace it... it being a $5k part. The driver was usually pulled out and yelled at, and everyone glared at him, and he felt really bad and bought us lots of beer. This was the "table of money" from one of our 24 Hr races: Only one of those was a result of the dropped clutch burnout attempt with hot slicks. (the one in the middle)
It makes sense that the old front engine, rear-wheel drive Porches used it... like those I listed. I see them all having torque tube replacement parts, but no other model does... probably because there aren't any other front engined rear wheel drive models.
I assumed they were talking about R/R Porsches, but that makes no sense now that I think about it. I can understand the rear tranny Vettes using one. It pretty much negates my entire comment when I brought up the tubes. It still leaves me puzzling why Porsche used such an old technology on their F/R cars. I think Ford was the last US maker to go to a driveline and they did that in '49.
I've seen a Hemi Charger from '69 or '70 that was pretty much nothing more then a firewall sell for $20K. Somewhere, someone now owns what was probably once a 318 Charger with a Hemi, a VIN to match, and an enormous value.
When a vintage race car burns to the ground, they can rebuild the entire car around the vin plate. I've seen a Ferarri GTO rebuilt from the Vin plate up.
Needless to say there can be a lot of outrage over what is or can be considered "vintage" in those cases.
I like how the description says "color: burn." And the estimated retail is really $42.8k? Is that an estimation based on facts, or one based upon drunk purchase history of billionaires?
He's baaaaaack! https://drivetribe.com/p/back-behind-the-wheel-EST5CpXTTKWAOQto-NMz5g?iid=aXyTwiBnQkq0b4oAx8up0A
Not buying it, 30 years outside means that interior is nowhere near that condition, let alone single stage paint.