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Solved NIC#932 - 1960 Omega Mk II Formula Junior
« on: February 16, 2018, 07:14:44 AM »
Please tell me the driver and name of the car.
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2018, 07:39:11 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2018, 08:17:25 AM »
Eastern Europe?
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2018, 09:11:32 AM »
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2018, 01:12:58 PM »
Europe?
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2018, 03:43:05 PM »
North America?
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2018, 05:36:17 PM »
Quote from: D-type on March 19, 2018, 03:43:05 PM
North America?

Not Europe, because it is from North America.
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2018, 05:46:45 PM »
Is it formula Junior?
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2018, 06:03:47 PM »
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2018, 09:13:53 PM »
Could it be Bill Shaw's Cockroach-DKW,  I have never seen it from the front.
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2018, 05:05:05 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 21, 2018, 09:13:53 PM
Could it be Bill Shaw's Cockroach-DKW,  I have never seen it from the front.

Not that car.
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2018, 07:53:37 PM »
Is it DKW engined?
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2018, 05:30:03 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 22, 2018, 07:53:37 PM
Is it DKW engined?

The website which could possibly tell me is unavailable at the moment. This matter is being discussed on well-known sites.

I'm pretty sure I tried to find out at the time the puzzle was first posted - I can tell you that the capacity was 1098cc.
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2018, 06:28:42 PM »
It couldn't be the 1960 RSM could it - I have never seen a photo of it.
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2018, 04:56:16 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 25, 2018, 06:28:42 PM
It couldn't be the 1960 RSM could it - I have never seen a photo of it.

Not that.
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2018, 08:09:14 PM »
These are the cars I do not know but which appeared in FJ races in the US in 1960. Is it one of these?

Reno Special
Ferguson-DKW
Jocko-Fiat
Isis-Fiat (although I think this is a De Tomaso)
Triumph Special
BS mark 11 special
Special-DKW
Xeitler- DKW
Omega MX XI


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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2018, 03:55:50 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 29, 2018, 08:09:14 PM
These are the cars I do not know but which appeared in FJ races in the US in 1960. Is it one of these?

Reno Special
Ferguson-DKW
Jocko-Fiat
Isis-Fiat (although I think this is a De Tomaso)
Triumph Special
BS mark 11 special
Special-DKW
Xeitler- DKW
Omega MX XI

Yes. It is one of those, althought the "mark" designation does not tally with my records. That cuts it down a bit!
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #17 on: March 30, 2018, 05:20:53 AM »
All I have is that one Al Souter, a Canadian, raced a car called the    BS Mark 11 Special at Harewood Acres, Canada in 1960. It was also driven on other occasions there by Ed Bradley.
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #18 on: March 30, 2018, 05:49:41 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 30, 2018, 05:20:53 AM
All I have is that one Al Souter, a Canadian, raced a car called the    BS Mark 11 Special at Harewood Acres, Canada in 1960. It was also driven on other occasions there by Ed Bradley.

It's not that one, which leaves...........
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #19 on: March 30, 2018, 08:40:56 AM »
the Omega MX XI is listed at the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix, Laguna Seca Raceway, California, USA in 1960 driven by Ray Ingalls. It came 30th out of 32.
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #20 on: March 30, 2018, 08:51:00 AM »
On another site I cannot open it appears to be listed as the Omega Mk II
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Re: NIC#932
« Reply #21 on: March 30, 2018, 12:12:04 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 30, 2018, 08:51:00 AM
On another site I cannot open it appears to be listed as the Omega Mk II

That's what I have, and as you've mentioned the driver in yoiur last post you've now completed the puzzle.

The photo was in a programme for a meeting at Vaca Valley in 1960.
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