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20 Nov 2010 22:06 #18478 by oldbanger71
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like most unusual bodystyles..... i like the TASCO.

The more i know, the more i realize that i don't know enough.
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24 May 2010 03:54 #16839 by balinwire
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This low car must have been scrapped, there was a LaLee in Ca. that was working in aircraft in the midwest. Acording to SS records LaLee died in 1973. Not much info on this car.

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13 May 2010 17:52 #16761 by balinwire
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Some interesting design exercises are posted in this weeks Hemmings.
blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2010 ... -the-rage/

"Why is the closest distance between two points always under construction?"

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13 May 2010 13:07 #16758 by DJT
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hmmm.... I've always liked the Tasco :D

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12 May 2010 18:12 #16749 by Greg Frownfelter
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a couple of years ago the Museum sent the Tasco
to Amelia island for display-I got to go with it as its handler
to my amasement lots and lots and lots of people were suprized
to see it, they knew a lot about it-flat head ford with Duntov
heads and many quirks like the t tops, its aviation carry overs
I came away from there with a new concept of what I considered
an unattractive exercise
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12 May 2010 15:58 #16747 by Chris Summers
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Bill Hummel wrote: Just what was he thinking .... yuchh!


Gordon Buehrig in his autobiography, Rolling Sculpture:

Someone once said, "Show me a man who never made a mistake and I'll show you a man who never did anything." When I think of the Tasco I repeat this to myself. It helps a little.

People often just sum up the TASCO as "that ugly prototype." Buehrig's book actually tells you how everything went so horribly wrong...and it wasn't all his fault.

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12 May 2010 15:02 #16746 by
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He inherited a truck load of giant bumper overriders and needed to sell them. One at a time on the front of that odd car probably leemed like a plan.

I liked the Phantom more the first time I saw it. I remember it as a simpler design.

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12 May 2010 06:57 #16744 by Bill Hummel
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Just what was he thinking .... yuchh!

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12 May 2010 03:57 #16743 by Chris Summers
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Now that you mention it, I do see more Buehrig Motor Car in this than TASCO.

I also see a lot of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in it. Photo from the IMDB.


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12 May 2010 03:29 #16741 by DJT
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lol Chris.... what's the other two toned blue thing he created. Is that what I'm thinking of instead of the Tasco...?

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11 May 2010 21:56 #16736 by Chris Summers
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No, no, the TASCO is much scarier...

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11 May 2010 21:43 #16735 by DJT
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auburn-kid wrote: Really it looks more like the TASCO concept created by Buehrig


I thought the same thing when I first saw it.

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11 May 2010 21:19 #16734 by auburn-kid
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Really it looks more like the TASCO concept created by Buehrig

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11 May 2010 20:47 #16733 by Chris Summers
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Cord-inspired styling on another chassis...could this qualify as a Second Generation?

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11 May 2010 18:45 #16730 by DJT
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strange.....

"The Essen Motor Show had it share of modified and cool cars, however there was one which stood out. Created by William Burge an artist from Houston was the Phantoms? car. You wont believe what is underneath the strange metal work and gargoyle heads. A 1968 Volkswagen Beetle."




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11 May 2010 16:43 #16729 by Bill Hummel
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Yes, I know my Cabriolet is a little scarey, but check out this Art Car! It's called "Phantoms" and it was part of the Houston Art Car Parade this past weekend. I've seen it numerous times over the years.

The similarity is undeniable. The builder will claim he didn't pattern this after any car, but if Gordon Buehrig were alive today, he would have a good case for patent infringement!

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