1912 Cadillac Model 30 at the 32nd Annual Ault Park Concours d'Elegance

32nd Annual Ault Park Concours d'Elegance

Antique Through 1924

Pre-War Vintage, 1925-1942

Early Classic, CCCA, 1925-1934

Late Classic, CCCA, 1935-1948

Collector Foreign, 1946-1975

Collector Asian, All Years

Sports Contemporary, 1960-1975

Sports-Classic, Through 1959

German Pre-War Sports & Touring, Through 1946

German Post-War Touring, 1946-1975

German Post-War Sports, 1946-1975

German Racing, All Years

German Contemporary Exotic, 1975-Present

Collector American, 1946-1968

American Performance, 1961-1971

Racing-All Years

Morgan Automobiles

Future Classic, 1975-Present

Special Display

Antique Through 1924 Vehicles

1904 Premier Model F

1909 Buick Model 10

1910 Flanders 20

1911 Cadillac Model 30

1912 Cadillac Model 30

1912 Ford Model T

1914 Packard 4-48

1924 Ford Model T

Information on the 1912 Cadillac Model 30

More photographs of the 1912 Cadillac Model 30

This is the first vehicle to use the electric starter designed by Charles Kettering, of Dayton, Ohio. His business would become a household name (Dayton Electric COmpany) and the electric starter (known as a 'World Wonder') revolutionized the car industry setting women behind the wheel of what would otherwise be a difficult car to start by hand cranking the engine. Cadillac was truly, as their logo declared, 'Standard of the World!'

The electric starter also brought with it another innovation - electric lighting for headlamps, cowl lamps, and a tail lamp. Prior to this innovation, driving at nigt required using gas powered lamps which used either calcium carbide gas mixed with water in a generator device or use of Prestolite gas.

This automobile has been in the same family for 45 years and has passed from Grandfather, to Father and Son.

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Ault Park Concours d'Elegance >> Antique through 1924

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