American Collector Cars At the Cincinnati Concours

One of the more popular classes at the Cincinnati Concours d'Elgance is always the cars in the American Collector Class. This year's group included a 1951 Chrysler Windsor Deluxe, a 1965 Pontiac Grand Prix, a 1969 Chevy Corvair Monza convertible, a 1965 Ford Thunderbird (owned by my friend Don Budke), a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Delray, a 1965 Ford Mustang 2+2 Fastback, a 1963 Plymouth Fury Sedan, and a 1967 Chevy Biscayne.

Asian Tuners At the Cincinnati Concours

In addition to being the longest, continuously running concours event in America, the Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance was one of the first to recognize Asian automobiles. This year, in addition to its regular Asian class, the organizers had a special class for Asian Tuners. The group included a 1997 Acura NSX-T, a 1984 Toyota Corolla, a rarely seen in America 1989 Nissan Laurel, a 1992 Toyota Crown Royal Saloon, a 1989 Nissan Skyline GT-R, a 1989 Nissan Skyline R 32 GTS-T, and a 1994 Toyota Supra.

Antiques At the Cincinnati Concours

The longest continuously running concours event in the USA is the Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance. This year it suffered from rainy weather that kept a number of the entrants from showing up. This greatly affected classes such as the Antiques as only three owner chose to show their cars. Still, those three were pretty impressive. There was a 1911 Cadillac Model 30, a 1921 Premier 6D four door touring car, and a 1919 Detroit Electric, which, as the name implies, was an early electric automobile.

Limited Release Mid Century Modern Classics In Cincinnati

The 42nd Annual Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance featured the amazing design of mid century automobiles, including this class that was dedicated to those cars that saw only limited release. Included in this group was a 1954 Kaiser Darrin Roadster convertible, a 1958 Dual Ghia, a 1954 Hudson Italia Coupe, a 1949 Cadillac Coupe de Ville concept car from the Motorama, a 1952 Packard designed by Pinin Farina, and a 1957 Chevrolet El Morocco which was designed to resemble an Eldorado.

Later Mid Century Classics At Ault Park

The Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance celebrated its 42nd year with a featured collection of mid century modern automobiles (see last week for more). Today's class featured those cars from the later years of 1957 through 1968. Among these hard tops was a 1963 Studebaker Avanti, a 1963 Chrysler 300, a 1960 Chrysler Windsor, a 1963 Chevy Corvette, and a 1958 Buick Caballero Model 69 station wagon.

Later Mid Century Design At Cincinnati

Open topped cars from 1958 through 1965 were the subject of today's class from the Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance. This group includes a 1959 Oldsmobile 98 convertible, a 1963 Ford Thunderbird roadster, a 1965 Chevy Impala SS, a 1958 Edsel Pacer, a 1959 Cadillac El Dorado Biarritz, a 1965 Cadillac El Dorado, and a 1962 Cadillac Series 62 convertible.

Closed Mid Century Modern Designs At Cincinnati

The brilliance of the closed top mid century designed cars from 1948 through 1957 is the subject of today's class post from the Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance. This class included a 1956 Lincoln Continental MK II, a 1957 De Soto Firesweep Sportsman, a 1953 Studebaker Commander Regal Starliner, a 1955 Chrysler C 300, a 1957 Cadillac El Dorado Brougham, and a 1957 Lincoln Premier.

Mid Century Modern Design

Following World War II, the nation was ready to get down to business, including the automobile business. Car companies began designing and manufacturing some of the most iconic cars of the century during this time. Mid Century Modern was the special marque at this year's Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance. Today's class was for open top cars manufactured from 1948 through 1957 and included a 1953 Buick Skylark convertible, a 1956 Cadillac El Dorado Biarritz convertible, and a 1956 Chrysler New Yorker convertible.

Muscle Cars In Cincinnati

The American Performance class at the Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance is always one of my favorites. These are the cars I grew up with and I have memories of driving or at least riding in many of them. This year's event saw a 1968 Oldmobile 442, a 1969 Pontiac GTO convertible, a 1962 Chevy Impala SS convertible, a 1967 Camaro SS/RS, a 1971 442, a 1969 Camaro Z 28, a 1969 Hurst Olds, a 1970 Ford Torino, and a 1971 Torino.