The 44th Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance Opens With Antiques

Starting in 1978 and running continuously until the global Covid pandemic slammed on the brakes, the Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance has been bringing some of the finest automobiles to Ault Park. This year's 44th installment showed cars old and new and featured some of the finest luxury machines ever created. For the next couple of weeks I'll be posting from this event starting with the Antiques class which featured automobiles from 1924 and earlier. Here is a 1909 McIntyre Touring which is believed to be one of the last in existence. It featured an 18 horse power air cooled two cylinder engine and could make a top speed of 20 miles per hour.

This 1914 Packard 4-48 Touring Runabout is owned and displayed by America's Packard Museum located in Dayton (and well worth the trip for it's an amazing museum). The car had a massive 520 cubic inch L head six cylinder engine that made 60 horse power. While 441 of these were built fewer than 10 are known to survive.

This 1902 Holsman High Wheeler is one of only 2440 vehicles built by this New Castle, IN company. The car is rare in that it was one of the first high wheelers to have a powered reverse gear. It ran on a 12 horse power two cylinder engine.

Cincinnati based Schacht manufactured over 8000 cars and trucks from 1904 until 1940 including this 1910 K Auto Runabout. Priced new at $680 the car ran on a 20 horse power four cycle double-opposed horizontal engine. This car has never been restored and features the original paint.

Here is one of only two existing 1909 Packard Model 30 Runabouts known to exist. One of the first four cylinder cars it has a 432 cubic inch T Head engine that generates 40 horse power.

Starting in 1909 the Detroit, MI firm Hupmobile started manufacturing automobiles and continued until 1940. In 1910 the firm sold 5000 cars including this Model 20 B Runabout. This Hupmobile had a 112 cubic inch water cooled four cylinder engine that put out 17 horse power. It spent 30 years on display in a museum.

Most everyone knows that the Ford Model T opened the roads to the masses by providing an affordable automobile to just about anyone. Henry's company did the same with trucks. Ford built a highly successful one ton truck between 1917 and 1928. This 1924 Model TT is one of them. To help with hauling this truck featured 12 forward and two reverse gears.

A true barn find, this 1920 Packard Twin Six Runabout finished first in its class at the 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Packard started making cars with a V12 engine in 1915 but used the term "twin six" to describe the 424 cubic inch power plant that generated 90 horse power. This car was restored to factory condition in 2021.