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In 1979, the world was treated to the first edition of what would become a legendary event, the Paris-Dakar Rally A cheerful modified vehicles band put out of the French capital in the hope of completing the nearly 6000 km journey 3728 mile across the barren wasteland to reach Dakar, capital of Senegal monster trek was organized by French racer Thierry Sabine Sabine was a racing fanatic off road motorcycle endurance, he had made a name for himself France after instigator of the famous beach race Enduropale to Le Touquet, France experienced the Sabine with the exhausting American enduro racing had motivated him to introduce the concept to the European crowd.
A year later, Sabine participated in the Abidjan-Nice Rally in the deserts of Libya through a series of apparent navigational errors, he found himself alone and lost horribly He managed to survive the harrowing ordeal, and 'prompted him to make the African desert the scene of a monstrous amateur rally across the continent in 1979, his dream was realized, and 182 trucks, cars and motorcycles lined up for departure to Paris only 74 of them would reach the end on the beaches of Dakar, Senegal.
Thierry Sabine law has been revered as benevolent creator of the rally.
Sabine's vision of a rally based on intense scene through the beautiful African landscape awakened a new sense of adventure found in many a French entrepreneur in the early large companies still had noticed the event and the race was dominated by good spirits enthusiasts slightly modified vehicles.
Everyone helped each other in times of need, and although competition could heat up, the only goal was primarily to just reach the finish The camaraderie and free spirited atmosphere paris-Dakar has increased its popularity at breakneck speed, the area increasingly dozens every year.
The first Jules was a Rolls-Royce Corniche bodied prototype.
In 1981, one of these bold new faces was Thierry Montcorgé A fan of the game, he bet some of his friends, he could run the Dakar Rally in a Rolls-Royce His friends took the challenge very seriously, and of Montcorgé was forced to put his money where his mouth.
Eventually he cut a few corners with a specialized tubular chassis frame constructed with four-wheel drive system of a Toyota Land Cruiser and a 5 350 7L V8 Chevrolet This frame was then fitted with a fiberglass replica glass of a Rolls-Royce Corniche body the extravagant car drew the attention of the prestigious perfume Christian Dior, which has just launched a new fragrance.
Despite not finishing in the rankings, from Montcorgé and Dior have made quite the statement in 1981.
This new product, Jules, was destined to soft but strong, brave and free Dior men campaigned actively as a sponsor in the world of motorsport, and has seen the draft Montcorgé as a great publicity stunt THE company decided to sponsor the upscale Rolls runner and enjoyed all the publicity they could possibly want, despite the car's finish on the rankings after lengthy repairs.
But with the arrival of Thierry Montcorgé had won his crazy gamble, then all was well with the world in his book clearly eager to return to a low profile, he chose to participate in the upcoming rally with a Mercedes 280GE classic yet he longed for an even more difficult rally Three years after his surprise appearance with Rolls-Royce, which is exactly what has been delivered.
The crazy categorically 1907 Peking to Paris rally was one of the most difficult ever.
Dakar founder Thierry Sabine had rediscovered Beijing absolutely crazy rally in Paris The event took place only once, and crossed three times the distance of the Dakar Rally Held when the concept of the car was only 25 years old in 1907, the s titanic rally route covered, for 15 000 km 9320 miles of uncharted territory for most.
The forty brave teams that the challenge would travel through parts of the world where the car had never been before, and the people would probably fear that some magic fuel iron dragon had to be taken ahead of the riders on camels, and the road had to follow a telegraph line to keep contact with the outside world in the end only five cars made in Paris Thierry Sabine was amazed at the history of the legendary race and I wanted to revive.
Thierry Sabine wanted to recreate the wonderful and flawless swagger heroism of the Beijing 1907 event in Paris.
For Thierry Montcorgé this idea came as a gift from heaven as he had already finished the Dakar Rally, he presented him IMPOSE over the prospect of an almost endless ordeal traveling the world was like music to his ears.
Due to the severe nature of the coming Beijing to Paris Renaissance From Montcorgé knew his puny Rolls-Royce wouldn t be the task Instead he needed to build a vehicle that could be completely self-sufficient, for it to survive in total isolation Chinese wastelands.
When the power model of the body of kevlar and the base frame under construction.
To this end, he gathered his faithful technical personnel, and set on a familiar path As Jules original base car has been formed by a tubular steel frame, which is equipped with an exotic composite body developed by DuPont, which has been reinforced plastic kevlar Montcorgé s imagined his new drummer in the world quite like V8 engine six-wheeled monstrosity difficult to take anything futuristic body conjured up images from a mix of films science fiction dystopian like Dune or Bladerunner, with perhaps a strong signal of Mad Max with these looks Montcorgé assured once again there to gain attention wherever he went.
The very unusual layout seen the faithful V8 Chervolet the car earlier mounted between the rear axle mated to a Porsche 935 manual five-speed transmission Besides the first seat of the rear wheels, the V8 has power 370 515 nm 379 lb-ft of torque to the front wheels and a long shaft assembly for transmitting the rearmost axle is therefore not powered, and served only to distribute surprisingly low weight 1400 kg 3086 lb car better top speed was 200 kph incredible 124 mph on virtually any surface.
took special care to make as many interchangeable parts possible, the team would not pack excess spare parts bearings, semi-axles, hubs, springs, dampers, levers and universal joints were all made identical Besides helping the distribution of weight across the rear axle could also be sacrificed to provide spare parts when needed.
The freewheeling rear axle wasn t just for the ride.
The car would then simply continue his journey on four wheels, he left fully locking differentials on both axles assured power wasn t lost on the side without a wheel each time one of the broken axle assemblies this meant that the car could run on three wheel drive with the rear assembly providing support.
Julius II demonstrates its versatility by driving on three wheel drive.
All aspects of the foreign vehicle reflects the theme of the complete autonomy of Montcorgé intended to contest the event without any form of external support in the countless storage spaces vehicle were made for spare parts, food, tools, fuel, water and other essential fluids prototype was also equipped with a generator for supplying electricity integrated in the welding unit.
Another smart feature was El Camino as the rear deck of the car, which could function as storage for spare wheels, a dining room and a campground to set the tent crew sleep Like Kevlar tub of one piece didn t account for stupid old fashioned things like doors, the team had to slip into the cabin Dukes of Hazzard style through the side windows.
The rear axle flat filled with many practical reasons.
Christian Dior has joined as a sponsor of the ambitious project, and lead to the car being baptized Julius II in honor of both Dior and Rolls-Royce However, as the car was almost over, the team received the effort bad news for Thierry Sabine restart the rally Peking to Paris had failed, then the team nowhere to run their landspeeder six wheels.
With too much money, time and effort put into the car, the team decided to enter the Paris-Dakar rally in 1984 instead They had designed their machine to complete a journey three times longer than the famous rally Africa, so that the event would be a walk in the park for Julius Thierry Montcorgé again took the pipe itself functions, and was joined by browser and Dakar rookie Jean-Pierre Nicole.
Julius trip through France for the first leg of the rally 1984.
As expected Julius II caused quite a stir in both the race and the recovery in the paddock looks otherworldly and six positions on the car wheels have won the heart of many racing fans Traditionally, the rally started with a small exposure step and unchallenging on the way the ferry across the Mediterranean sea Naturally Julius barely flexed his muscles while climbing through the French countryside a true test of its durability would follow when the ferry docked in Algeria.
The big hitter is admirably treated in the Algerian desert.
The wonderful machine performed well in the arid environment of the desert of Algeria The car sped across the plains with a steady pace, and seemed on track for a decent high speed classification stability was excellent on these long distances without interruption with long wheelbase of Proto and additional rear axle Montcorgé and his team were in good spirits as their bold design seemed to be in excellent condition.
Unfortunately, the pair quickly ran to their misfortune, slows the third stage of In Salah to Tamanrasset through the heart of Algeria, disaster struck the constant beating of the car had been traveling at high speed on land accident had taken its toll Despite meticulous preparation and cars implicit tenacity, chassis sheared between the two rear axle assemblies accordingly, the team failed 400 kilometers 248 miles of Tamanrasset.
As De Montcorgé had largely kept its promise not to use a TA truck outside, the small team had to work feverishly to try to get Jules patched again Unfortunately their valiant efforts proved futile, the chassis had been irreparably damaged their car rear end hanging by a thread, the team was forced to throw in the towel It would be the last time that Julius would turn a wheel in anger.
After the disappointment of Dakar, Thierry Montcorgé sold Julius II to an unknown French collector as rolling chassis The engine and transmission have been removed, and the unique vehicle has become a static display piece Its new owner died shortly after acquiring the runner, who saw in the darkness fade as he wallowed in storage.
The car was rediscovered by French fans in the early 2000s, and quickly fitted with a turbocharged 2L blasphemous four-cylinder engine and gearbox raised a Renault to get the big beast in motion in 2004, the car appeared a car show Val D'Isere to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its participation in Dakar in February 2007, Julius II was auctioned, always equipped with the Renault powertrain He finally sold for 65,000 to an undisclosed person in 2008.
The Julius Proto 6x4 is a massively ambitious machine to conquer a huge part of the globe at once designed by an idealistic entrepreneur with boundless imagination, he was destined to be one of the racing cars worlds more versatile as trekked through China on its way to the other side of the continent amazing vehicle dubbed as a house with six wheels, cafeteria, shop and occasional long distance race car.
Unfortunately, the unfathomable monster rally, it was built for never came to be, and the car was relegated to the challenge of the Dakar Rally As even turn this much smaller event was too much for Jules to handle, the rear end tried break for freedom after only three steps his racing career was quickly ended by the side of a road Algerian stifling heat, and he was stripped of his vital organs.
The futuristic look of its bodyshell Kevlar kept alive as a static museum piece for two decades before it was stuffed with chicken entrails and quickly auctioned again One can only hope a fan of rally raid rich with an empty studio, he picks up a day to restore its garish glory V8 soon.
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