When I worked for Jack Roush in NASCAR I had a Ford rep tell me everybody else might end up losing their factory deal but Tasca and the Wood Brothers would always get Ford support.
Top photo is me in 1975 working on the 505. The bottom photo was my soon to be wifes 67 sitting next to the 505. Old thread but hoping the current owner brings it out of hiding someday.
I bought this Hilborn setup. Called Hilborn and gave the the serial number and they said it was sold to Tasca Ford on February 22 1968. It was shipped to Daytona beach. Wondering if they used it on their funny car.
Tasca is now in Berlin, CT also...Bought out Morande Ford....Some wheres around early 2014, just after I bought a 14 explorer new years day..Lotta vehicles on the lot, many trucks.. .......
Sorry for the hijack guys. OK, I seem to recall a Dodge setting a record at Daytona around 1966 (ish) with a blown and injected 426 Hemi. Maybe Tasca and Ford got wind of this and wanted to do some testing of their own.
Anyone have more pics of this f100? Trying to recreate it Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A using Tapatalk
Found this in this old thread http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-drag-racers-with-their-cars.400138/ Bill Lawton
Bob Tasca Sr. began racing in 1962 when he had Tasca Ford mechanics John Healey and Dean Gregson prepare one of the dealership's new Galaxies with a 406-cid engine. Healey drove that first car, but its potential caught the eye of Chevy standout Bill Lawton, who came on board with the team and drove its cars for many years, including this '63 Galaxie that replaced the original 1962 entry. In 1965, Bob Tasca Sr. built an A/FX '65 Mustang equipped with Ford's new single overhead cam 427-cid engine. Lawton drove the car to several wins, including the Factory Experimental title at the 1965 Winternationals. Later in 1965, Bob Tasca Sr. built the first of the Tasca Ford Mystery Mustangs, cars designed to compete against the Chrysler altered-wheelbase Funny Cars. The first one was called the Ford Mystery 9 for its nine-second elapsed times. The Tasca Ford Mystery 8 was a flip-top Mustang, and like its predecessor, it got its moniker from its elapsed times. The final of the Tasca Ford Mystery Mustangs was the Tasca Ford Mystery 7, which, as one might guess, ran seven-second times in the quarter-mile. Bob Tasca Sr. with driver Bill Lawton, campaigned the car through 1969 when he left the sport.
I always thought the mystery 9 and mystery 8 were the same car with updates. Opening door or doors and lift off hood
Found this great recent interview with Carl Tasca. Please excuse the car behind him but he talks more about the OLD DAYS and not the new car. Good section on how the Cobra Jet came into being. Great shot of the T Bolt launching about 6:59 in. http://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/...g-racing-family-history-and-ford-performance/
...more TASCA This is a recreation/forerunner of the original Thunderbolt. A buddy built the car years ago and his couisn built a replica of the '63 Fairlane. '62 Fairlane '63 Fairlane
#95 is a pic of my ford,i was backed by tasca,my car was the first tasca ford racing.healey worked on the car,he never drove it.the pic was at charlstown r.i. running for stock eliminator.when the factory cars came in i chose to run my car.big mistake,but that was how bill lawton ended up being the driver. i won a total of 19 trophys and turned a best time of 12.9 at 106 mph. my name is gordon carlson.don't know how to download pics.
Great story Gordon!! If you email me any photos you have I will get them posted on here for you. [email protected]
the first tasca ford was gordon carlson...62 ..406 gal....it was his daly driver....lets not forget who started it all...i bought two cars from tasca ford a 64 mustang and a 59 ex ri state police car and a ton of parts for my race car.....ralph one of the first crew (standing on the far right )still works for tasca
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