A while ago I
wrote about famed stylist
Gordon Buehrig and the Tasco, a car he considered his worst mistake. Or as he put it, "The Tasco, you might say, was my personal Edsel ... it still exists to haunt me..."
That quote and more from him regarding the project can be found at the link.
It turns out that the Tasco and a scale model of it still exist. They can be found in the
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, Indiana that has much more to offer the automobile enthusiast.
Below are some Tasco photos I took while visiting the museum.
Gallery
The detailed model is in a case, so reflections and case structure elements interfere with views of it.
And here is the car itself. That's Burhrig's personal Cord 810 in the background.
The scale model includes many items seen here in the car's cockpit.
1 comment:
This car was actually donated to the ACD by Ralph Engelstad from his Auto Collection. Mr. Engelstad purchased the TASCO at the Harrha's auction on June 28, 1986 at a cost of $35,000.00. This car was still owned by Mr. Engelstad as of June 31, 2001, even though the car had been on display at the ACD for many years previous to that. This infomation comes from the accounting sheets of Bradshaw & Smith of Las Vegas, who at the time were Mr. Engelstad's accounting firm.
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