Early Full Classics at the Cincinnati Concours

The Classic Car Club of America was founded in 1951 with the idea of honoring certain pre-war automobiles the club deemed as significant. These cars they have come to call Full Classics. The cars can be from the USA or from foreign countries but must be manufactured between 1915 and 1948. There are exceptions for pre-1915 cars but nothing beyond the cut off year. The Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance holds two classes for CCCA recognized autos with the earliest being cars from 1915 through 1935. This class included a 1932 Packard 902 Deluxe 8 dual cowl phaeton. There were 955 of these cars built but only 50 sported this body style. It is powered by a 385 cubic inch inline eight-cylinder engine which generates 135 horsepower. The average car in 1932 cost $650 but this model sold for $4000.

Manufactured in the United States, this 1929 Rolls Royce Springfield Phaeton has a 7.7 liter inline six-cylinder engine that puts out 108 horsepower. It was made specifically for the North American market and has an all-aluminum body.

Only 30 of these 1932 Chrysler CL6 Roadsters were ever built and fewer than 12 are known to still exist. With a 146-inch wheelbase, this car was bodied by LaBaron. It sports a 223 cubic inch inline six-cylinder engine that puts out 82 horsepower. It has a vacuum controlled clutch.

Housed at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, IN, this 1932 Duesenberg J. Murphy Boattail Speedster was once owned by J. Paul Getty. It originally cost $15,000. It is powered by a 420 cubic inch inline eight-cylinder engine and puts out 265 horsepower which allows a top speed of 119 miles per hour.

This is a 1930 Cadillac 452 V-16 roadster. The V-16 signifies that it has 16 cylinders in its 452 cubic inch engine. That engine generates 175 horsepower and also 320 foot pounds of low-end torque. It needs that power since it weighs over 5000 pounds. This car originally cost $6000.