Postponed Due to Rain: Bring on the Vintage

My original plan by now was to be showing cars that had been at other shows I had been to and to come back to those I hadn't had the chance to post from the Ault Park Concours d'Elegance later in the year. Unfortunately the weather has not co-operated. The last four shows I had planned to see have all been rained out, including our annual 4th of July show.

The car at the top is a 1903 Cadillac Model A, the first year of production for the Cadillac. Fewer than 2500 were built and this is number 1779. It ran on a single cylinder 98 cubic inch engine that generated all of 10 horse power. The next car is a 1917 Locomobile Model 17-Passenger Touring luxury car. Once deemed the "Best Car in America" it ran on a 50 horse power chain drive engine.

This is a 1911 Thomas Flyer K6-70 Flyabout, a car that was made famous as being the winner of the 1908 New York to Paris road race. Take a look at the massive 784 cubic inch inline six that generated 70 horse power. This car has won Best in Show at three different Concours events.

Here is a 1920 Pilot Model 45 Touring car, a car that was built in Richmond, IN and is on display at the Wayne County Historical Museum there. You can read about that museum and some others in my part of the country in my current column in Cincinnati Profile magazine.

For those of you who think electric cars are a recent development, think again. Here is an example of a 1911 Milburn Light Electric Car. It had four forward and two reverse speeds and featured a range of between 50-70 miles on a full battery. That is, of course, if you maintain a "normal" speed between 6 and 20 MPH.

A very rare 1923 Auburn 6-43 Touring Sedan is the only one of its year and model known to still exist. This is the first model year that E. L. Cord took over the company. It ran off of a 195 cubic inch Continental Red Seal six cylinder engine that pumped out 50 horse power.

Next is a 1934 Cadillac V-16 Fleetwood convertible sedan. With a 154" wheelbase this was the longest American production car on the road at the time. It got an impressive for the day 165 horse power form its 452 cubic inch V-16 engine. If you can see the photo you see that this car was Grand National in 2002 for all classic Caddilacs in its division.

This is a 1927 Rolls Royce Phantom I Newmarket convertible sedan.It was assembled in Massachusetts at a Rolls plant established just to provide left hand drive vehicles. A 7668 cubic centimeter six cylinder engine gave this big car 95 horse power.