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(TOP) X6 undergoes scrutineering at an SCCA event in the northeast. (Fernández Collection)
(ABOVE) X6 in the paddock at the Beverly Airport in Massachusetts during the summer of 1955. (Fernández Collection)
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Perhaps the best known of the privateers in a former works car was Andy Rosenberger from Wisconsin, who purchased X14 from Nash only a few months after it had raced at Le Mans and immediately entered it at an event at Stout Field in October 1953, where it retired due to overheating. Undaunted, he returned to the track later that month and then pursued an ambitious calendar in 1954, competing in five races, including the Wisconsin Grand Prix, finishing fifth overall and first in class.37 In 1955, Rosenberger entered the 12 Hours of Sebring, but retired with gearbox trouble after 14 laps, but did better the following year at Lawrenceville and Road America, where he recorded class wins. With a new Packard V-8 engine, the car continued to compete through 1957, but it was sold in the fall to a new owner named Palmer who rolled the car, requiring replacement of the original aluminum coachwork with a fiberglass facsimile.38
Andy Rosenberger behind the wheel of X14 during the 1954 Wisconsin Grand Prix. (Paul Sable Collection)
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