Tasca Mustang ?

[ss426]

a friend of mine just bought this Mustang was wondering if anybody knows anything about it i have a couple of images it's been a race car and someone has sanded various spots on the car but you can still see the hand painted letters that says Tasca Ford on the door
It had SS/B on the pillar and said "contestant 1967 Winternationals Feb 5-6-7 " above the rear wheel

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by ss426

a friend of mine just bought this Mustang was wondering if anybody knows anything about it i have a couple of images it's been a race car and someone has sanded various spots on the car but you can still see the hand painted letters that says Tasca Ford on the door
It had SS/B on the pillar and said "contestant 1967 Winternationals Feb 5-6-7 " above the rear wheel

Sounds fishy. First off, in 1967, Feb 5,6,&7 was Sunday, Monday,and Tuesday,and its hard to tell from the 2 photos, but the car appears to be a 68, based on the 1/4 panel trim, but with 67 fenders. Do you have a shot from the grille, and aVIN number. Also, if it was a 67 Mustang, the biggest engine was a 320HP 390, hardly SS/B material. And if it was a 68, the 428 CJ was available, but at the 68 Winternationals, the only CJs were the special factory race cars, which were all fastbacks, painted white. Have to wonder if that car has been treated to the fake `patina`that the rat rod crowd likes.

[ss426]

dont know my fords very well he sent me the images and ask me i told him i thought they were all fastback cars it is a 68 i knew someone on here would know. he was excited started sanding and seen this under the paint thought he had stumbled on to something

[quickford1]

I don't remember Tasca ever running a 67 coupe, so I called John Healy and he doesn't either. The car sounds fishy.
Rich

[boster]

Call Carl Tasca at Tasca Ford . He will have the answer

[Bob Moulton]

Tasca had a green 67 coupe that was the prototype for the cobra jets. It started as a 390 automatic that they put a 428 T-bird engine with 427 lo-riser heads, PI intake, headers, 780 holley and a small cam. That car was used to street race any and all the fast cars that would come out to the dealership! Bob Tasca sr would go out to the hyway with his t-bird with one of those 5th wheels in his trunk and measure off a quater mile. The only time I saw that car loss was to a D/gas 55 chevy!!!!!!!!!!! The car was plain green with no lettering.

[Gumby40]

Just Registered, so first off this is a great place cause I've snooped. This is actually my Mustang. I realize that there are cars that has been painted to look like an old racers but a lot of things has me curious just a little. This car is a 68 with the factory 302 4v, it has never been painted. The man I traded said it was an old race car and didn't know any history on the car. All the letters have been sanded off (not by me) but the letters were all hand painted and the paint has raised so you can read everything. I just asked my friend if he had ever heard of Tasca building a coupe, or even a small block beside the 302 tunnel port in 68. Any input would greatly be appreciated. Tasca won't even talk to me. Thanks again

[Paul Iaconis]

Iam sitting between Carl Tasca and John Healey and they said Tasca ford never campaigned a notch back ford. Also confirmed by uncle Burt
Paul

[Jeff Lee]

You can't imagine how many times I've heard "yea, my Uncle/brother/neighbor had on of those red / white / blue factory Super Stock AMX". Seems better than 75% of the old AMX race cars were painted some form of red/white/blue. When I had Greg Ozbuco design my paint scheme, the first words out of my mouth were "anything bet r/w/b!