What is a Classic Car?

The Classic Car Club of America defines a Full Classic as a “Fine” or “Distinctive” automobile. American or foreign built, produced only between 1915 and 1948. Many factors come into play but, generally, a Classic was a high-priced, top end vehicle when new and was built in limited quantities. No "Mass produced" assembly line vehicles are considered Classics. Other factors, including higher engine displacement, custom bespoke coachwork and luxury accessories. Mechanical developments such as power brakes, power clutch, and “one-shot” or automatic lubrication systems, help determine whether a car is considered to be a Classic.

Only certain models of the following vehicles built during 1915 through 1948 are recognized as CCCA Classics: Be sure to check the list of recognized cars to see if all models of a particular marque are accepted as Full Classic cars. Application may be made for Full Classic consideration by applying to the National CCCA Classification committee.

Approved CCCA Classics

Minerva – All except 4-cylinder

Nash – Nash – 1930 Series 480, 490; 1931 Series 880, 890; Nash – 1930 Series 490;1931 Series 890; 1932 Series 990 and 1090; 1933 Series 1190; 1934 Series 1290; 1940 Sakhnoffsky Special Cabriolet, 1930-1934 80 Series (480, 880, 980, 1080, 1180, 1280) 932 Series 980, 990 and Series 1080, 1090; 1933 Series 1180, 1190; 1934 Series 1280, 1290; 1940 Sakhnoffsky Special Cabriolet

National – 1916-1919 All

Owen Magnetic – 1915-1921 All

Packard – All 1915-1922 6 and 12 cylinder models, except model 116; All 6, 8 and 12 cylinder 1923-1934; All 12 cylinder 1932 through 1939; 1935 and 1936: all 1200-1205 models, 1936 all 1400-1405 models, 1937 all 1500-1502 models, 1938 all 1603-1605 models, 1939 all 1703-1705 models; 1940: all 1803-1808 models; 1941: all 1903-1908 models, plus 160 and 180 Clippers; 1942: all 2003-2008 models, plus 160 and 180 Clippers; 1946-1947: all 2103, 2106, 2126 models; All Darrin Bodied, other custom bodies please apply

Paige – 1916-1927 All 6-55, 6-66

Pathfinder – 1916-1917 All

Peerless – 1925 Series 67; 1926-1928 Series 69; 1929 Series 8-125; 1930-1931 Custom 8; 1932 Deluxe Custom 8

Pierce-Arrow – 1915-1938 All

Railton – Application Considered

Renault – 1928 45 HP (40CV) , 40 hp (41CV) Reinastella, Reinasport, 1929-1934, 8-cylinder Nervahuit, Nervastella, Nervasport (Suprastella)

Reo – 1931-1934, Royale 8-cylinder

ReVere – 1918-1926 All

Richelieu – 1922-1923 All

Roamer – 1916–1929 All

Rochester-Duesenberg – 4-cylinder; All 1925 6-54E; 1925-1929 8-88; 1929-1931 8-125

Rohr – 1928-1935 R, RA, F and FK

Rolls-Royce – 1915-1948 All

Ruxton– All

Squire – All

S.S. and SS Jaguar – 1932-1940 S.S. 1, S.S. 90, SS Jaguar and SS Jaguar 100

Simplex (and those also known as Simplex-Crane) 1915-1924 All

Stearns Knight – 1919-1922 All 4-cylinder;1915-1924 All 6 and 8-cylinder; 1925-1929-All

Stevens Duryea – 1915-1927 All

Steyr – 1923-1929 Type VI Sport, VI Klausen, SS Klausen and Austria

Studebaker – 1928 8-cylinder President; 1929-1933 President except Model 82; 1934 President

Stutz – All except 1915 HCS

Sunbeam – 8-cylinder and 3 litre twin cam

Talbot – 1930-1935:(GB) 105 and 110; (F), Darracq (GB),Talbot-Lago (F) – 8-cylinder 1936-1939; 4-Litre 6-Cyl; 1946-1948 4-1/2 Litre

Tatra – 1927-1948 Models T70, T70A, T80, T77, T77A and T87 with prewar styling

Templar – 1915-1924 All

Triumph – Dolomite 8 and Gloria 6

Vauxhall – 25-70 and 30-98

Velie – 1928 Model 8-88

Voisin– All

Wasp – 1919-1924 All

White – 1915 -1918 All

Wills Sainte Claire – All

Willys-Knight – Series 66, 66A, 66B; Custom bodied only (Considered by application)

Winton – 1915-1924 All

AC – 1925-1940 All

Adler – 1928-1934 Standard 8

Alfa Romeo – All

Alvis – Speed 20, 3 1/2 litre, Speed 25 and 4.3 litre

Amilcar – Application Considered

Apperson – 1925-1926 Straightaway Eight

Armstrong-Siddeley – 1924-1933 Model 30; 1933-1939 Special

Aston-Martin – 1927-1939 All

Auburn– All 8- and 12-cylinder

Austro-Daimler – All

Ballot – 2LS, 2LT, 2LTS, RH,RH2 and RH3

Bentley – 1919-1948 All

Benz – 1925-1926, 10/30, 11/40, 16/50,16/50 Sport

Biddle – 1915-1922 All

Blackhawk – All

B.M.W. – 327, 328, 327/8 and 335

Brewster – 1915-1925 All; 1934-1936 All

Brough Superior – 1934-1939 All

Bucciali – TAV 8, TAV 30,TAV 12 and Double Huit

Bugatti – All except types 52 and 68

Buick – 1930 Series 60; 1931-1942 Series 90; 1931-1933 and 1936-1939 Series 80; 1940 Series 80 Limited; 1940-41 Buick Roadmaster 70 series

Cadillac – 1915-1947 All 1948 – Series 75

Chadwick – 1915-1916 All

Chrysler – 1926-1932 Imperial and Series 80, Includes Series CG, CH, CL; 1932-1939 Custom Imperial Series – CL, CX, CW, C-3, C-11, C-15, C-20, C-24; 1934-1937 Airflow Imperial Eight models CV, C2, C10, C17;1940-1948 Crown Imperial – Includes Series C-27, C-30N, C-33, C-37, C-40; Newports and Thunderbolts; 1941-1948 Town & Country

Cole – 1916-1925 All 8-cylinder

Cord – All

Corinthian – 1922-1923 All

Cunningham – 1916 All; V Series from 1916 All

Dagmar – 1922-1926, 6-70 and Series 6-80

Daimler – 1925-1934 6-8-12-cylinder, 3-1/2 Litre and larger

Daniels – 1916-1924 All 8 Cyl; 1920-1926 Model D

Darracq – See Talbot

Delage – 1924-1926 GL and GLS Models; Model D-6; Model D-8

Delahaye – Series 135, 145, 148, 165

Delaunay Belleville – All 6-cylinder

Doble – All

Dorris – All

Duesenberg – All

duPont – 1919-1931 All

Elcar – 1925-1933, 8-80, 8-81, 8-90, 8-91, 8-92, 120, 130 and 140

Excelsior – 1919-1926 Adex Models; 1925-1932 Albert 1 (Premier Models)

Farman – 1925-1931 All

Fiat – 1923-1927 Model 519; 1928-1931 Model 525; 1938-1940 Model 2800, No Military Vehicles

Fox – 1921-1923 All

Franklin – Pre-1925 please apply; 1925-1934 All models except Olympic;

Gardner – 1925-1926 Line 8; 1925-1926 Model 8A; 1926-1927 Model 8B; 1927 Model 890; Model 90; 1928 Models 8-85, 8-90; Model 130; 1928-1929 Models 85, 95; 1929 Models 125-135; 1930 Models 145,150; 1930-1931 Model 150; 1931 Models 148-158

Georges Irat – 1922-1929 2 Litre & 3 Litre; 1930-1934 Lycoming 6- and 8-cylinder, No Military Vehicles

Graham-Paige/Graham – 1928-1929 Series 835, 837; 1930 Series 837; All Custom 8; 1931 All Custom 8; series 834

HAL – 1916-1918 All

Haynes – 1916-1923 All V-12 Models 1922 All 6 Cyl Model 75; 1923 Models 75 and 77

HCS – 1920-1924 All

Heine-Velox – 1921-1922 All

Hispano-Suiza – 1919; H6; All French models; Spanish models T56, T49, T56BIS, T64

Horch – All

Hotchkiss – 1929-1940 All 3 & 3-1/2 Litre, AM80, AM80S, 620, 680, 686 Paris-Nice ,686 Grand Sport

Hudson – 1929-Series L, 1931 Greater 8 Series T Boattail

Humber – 1930 Pullman model 6

Hupmobile – 1930-1932, Series H and H-255, U and U237

Invicta – All through 1938

Isotta-Fraschini – All from 1919 except Tipo 8C Monterosa

Itala– All

Jaguar – 1946-1948 - 2-1/2 litre, 3-1/2 litre (Mark IV)

Jensen – 1936-1939 All, except 2 1/4 Litre

Jordan – 1929-1931 Models G, 90, Great Line 90, and Speed Way Series Z

Julian – All

Kissel – 1915-1924 6- and 12-cylinder; 1923-1928 6-55; 1925-1927 8-75; 1928 8-90 and 8-90 White Eagle; 1929-1930 8-95 White Eagle; 1929-1931 8-126

Kleiber – 1926 Model 212; 1927 Model 178; 1928 Model 133; 1929 Model 37

Lafayette – 1921-1924 All

Lagonda – All through 1940 Two Post-War V-12 (except 1934-1940 Rapier,)

Lanchester – 1919-1931 Models 21, 23, 30 and 40

Lancia – 1928-1939 Dilambda and Astura

LaSalle – 1927-1940 All

Leach – 1920-1923 All

Lincoln – 1920-1940 All models L, KA, KB, and K, 1941 168 H; 1942 268 H

Lincoln Continental – 1939-1948 All

Locomobile – 1915-1924; All includes left hand drive models 48 and all model 90; 1927-1929 Model 8-80; 1929 Model 8-88

Lozier – 1915-1916 All

Marmon – All Models 41, 48, and 34; 1915-1924; All 12- & 16-cylinder, 1925-1926 D-74, 1927 E-75, 1928 75, 1930 Big 8, 1931 88 and Big 8

Maserati – Application Considered

Maybach – All

McFarlan – 1915-1924, All, TV6 and 8

Mercedes Benz – All

Mercer – All

M.G.– 1935-1939 SA, 1938-1939 WA

Miller – 1928 & 1932