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SOLVED: GTE 608 - Roach (aka Cockroach) DKW FJ of Bill Shaw
« on: March 13, 2024, 05:13:25 AM »
Please identify this car for a point:
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Re: GTE 608
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2024, 08:34:00 PM »
Experts?
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Re: GTE 608
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2024, 04:56:23 AM »
Pros?
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Re: GTE 608
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2024, 05:08:38 AM »
DKW-engined Formula Junior ?
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Re: GTE 608
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2024, 05:29:34 AM »
AFM Formula Junior raced by Becker and Runte in 1960
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Re: GTE 608
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2024, 08:28:15 AM »
Quote from: knewit on March 27, 2024, 05:29:34 AM
AFM Formula Junior raced by Becker and Runte in 1960
No
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Re: GTE 608
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2024, 08:30:36 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on March 27, 2024, 05:08:38 AM
DKW-engined Formula Junior ?
Yes. LOCKED for you.
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Re: LOCKED: GTE 608
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2024, 09:04:41 AM »
It's American. The Cockroach of Bill Shaw.
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Re: LOCKED: GTE 608
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2024, 11:08:34 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on March 27, 2024, 09:04:41 AM
It's American. The Cockroach of Bill Shaw.
That's it!
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Re: SOLVED: GTE 608 - Roach (aka Cockroach) DKW FJ of Bill Shaw
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2024, 04:08:44 PM »
Here are unaltered images of the car at Santa Barbara in the early 1960s. I believe it was actually raced under the title Roach, but misremembered as Cockroach by the image source.
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Solved: GTE 670 - DKW-powered 'Roach' (aka 'Cockroach') FJ of Bill Shaw, USA
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2024, 03:12:38 AM »
Please identify this car with details for a point:
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Re: GTE 670
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2024, 04:08:58 PM »
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Re: GTE 670
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2024, 04:21:01 PM »
German Formula Junior DKW engine
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Re: GTE 670
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2024, 04:28:57 PM »
Quote from: knewit on November 18, 2024, 04:21:01 PM
German Formula Junior DKW engine
German Formula Junior DKW engine

EDIT: To be fair, this car may have originated as a German FJ car; I'm missing information about its origins. However, at the time of the puzzle image, it was regularly competing outside of Germany, and under a non-German name.
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Re: GTE 670
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2024, 05:15:34 PM »
By the way, I was about to withdraw/delete this puzzle, but then decided to let it remain active when I saw you'd posted a response. Figure out why I was going to delete it and the solution will become easier. ;)
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Re: GTE 670
« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2024, 01:37:37 PM »
I think it is built by Walter Weeke who later moved to the Usa
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Re: GTE 670
« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2024, 02:11:22 PM »
Quote from: knewit on November 19, 2024, 01:37:37 PM
I think it is built by Walter Weeke who later moved to the Usa
Again, I have no info about this car's origins. Even so, I doubt that it was built by Weeke. Weeke's DKW eigenbau was mid-engined and looked nothing like this car. Also, there would have been overlap between the time Weeke was racing in Germany and this car was racing elsewhere.
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Re: GTE 670
« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2024, 06:26:29 PM »
Open to Rookies, Experts, and Professionals.
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Re: GTE 670
« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2024, 05:48:55 AM »
I'm not sure I should solve this, since I solved it last time!  It's the Cockroach of Bill Shaw.
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Re: GTE 670
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2024, 07:20:50 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on December 29, 2024, 05:48:55 AM
I'm not sure I should solve this, since I solved it last time!  It's the Cockroach of Bill Shaw.
Well, another point for you! I completely forgot I'd already posted this one.  :-[
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Re: SOLVED: GTE 608 - Roach (aka Cockroach) DKW FJ of Bill Shaw
« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2024, 07:25:24 AM »
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