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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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