1928 Classic Cars for Sale

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Ford Model A arrives, Duesenberg Model J announced, and the closed car becomes American orthodoxy

Ford returned to market in December 1927 with the Model A, and 1928 was its first full production year. The new car offered a sliding-gear transmission, four-wheel mechanical brakes, and styling that Ford's competitors found uncomfortably modern. Roughly 633,000 Model A units were built in 1928 as production ramped. It was a genuine engineering leap from the T, and buyers who had waited through the production gap responded accordingly.

Duesenberg announced the Model J at the New York Automobile Salon in December 1928, and the industry processed the news carefully. A twin-overhead-cam straight eight producing a claimed 265 horsepower was a figure nobody else in American production could approach. The price, starting at roughly $8,500 for the chassis alone, made the Model J a commission for coachbuilders rather than a catalog car, and the best American and European houses began competing for that business immediately.

Nineteen twenty-eight is a particularly well-documented year for collectors because the automobile press was sophisticated by this point and covered the market with real specificity. Road tests exist. Salon coverage survives. Coachbuilder records are more complete than for earlier years. That documentation trail matters when you are tracing a car's history, and 1928 gives you more of it to work with than 1923 or 1924 typically does.

Notable 1928s: Ford Model A Tudor Sedan Duesenberg Model J Murphy Convertible Coupe (announced) Packard Model 443 Dietrich Convertible Sedan Lincoln Model L LeBaron Cabriolet Cadillac Series 341-A Fisher Town Sedan Chrysler Series 72 Imperial Roadster Stutz Model BB Black Hawk Speedster

1928 in automotive history

Ford produced approximately 633,594 Model A units in 1928, its first full production year after the lengthy Model T-to-A transition, recapturing significant market share from Chevrolet.
Errett Lobban Cord introduced the front-wheel-drive L-29 Cord at the New York Automobile Show in January 1929, though announced and engineered through 1928, establishing front-drive as a viable American luxury concept.
Duesenberg unveiled the Model J chassis at the New York Automobile Salon in December 1928, with Frederick Duesenberg citing the twin-cam straight eight's 265 horsepower output as the highest figure claimed for any American production engine.

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