How many vintage racing machines can you name that were originally powered by an ear-piercing DKW power plant? Not such an easy question, but I’m able to recall a few.
In the Formula Junior class, there was Erick Sobriery’s 1959 FJ and Lyle Powell’s 1960 FJ, both well-constructed one-offs with hand-formed aluminum bodies. Haverford Sport Motor (HSM) produced at least one and perhaps as many as three DKW-powered FJs, and Zeitler Racing Design built one Zeter Mk. 1 and four Zeter Mk. 2 FJs with DKW engines. In the sports racer realm, Bobsy built an SR1 motivated by a DKW engine, and Zink built two (or three) DKW Petits and at least one DKW-driven Z-4.
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