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"Tasco" Prototype Automobile
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1948
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Aviation
Business and industry
People
Transportation
WW II
World War II
Racing cars
Wichita (Kan.)--Pictorial works
Business and industry
People
Transportation
WW II
World War II
Racing cars
Wichita (Kan.)--Pictorial works
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Prototype car, acronym name stands for "The American Sportscar Company." Based on a design by Gordon Buehrig, built of post-World War II aluminum. It was shown in Wichita in 1948 in the hope of contracting with Beech Aircraft Company for production of the aviation-inspired automobile. This model is the only one ever built, it is now owned by the Cord Auburn Dusenberg Museum in Auburn, Indiana. Shown here at the Cardwell Manufacturing Company in Wichita; owner H. W. Cardwell and employees are identified (on file).
8 x 10 inches
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8 x 10 inches
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Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, http://www.wichitahistory.org/