Originally Posted by manda3000gt

It was for selecting two or four wheel drive as in old Land Rovers, Following the test drives by Fords drivers they prefered the car in full time four wheel drive and the extra lever and the option of running in 2wd was dropped, Following the messy and desperate operation just to get shut of the RS200's following the cancellation of Group B some cars did make it throu to sale with the extra lever still in place.