Director's Message

The Spirit of St. Louis Region of the Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) welcomes you to our official website. We were founded in 1985 by visionaries who owned and appreciated Full Classic automobiles recognized by CCCA. Our mission, as a non-profit organization, is to promote the enjoyment, restoration and preservation of distinctive and fine motorcars produced during the Classic and Coachbuilt Era from 1915 through 1948. We wish to foster a spirit of fellowship among those interested in the pursuit of perfection in the art and engineering of innovative and distinguishing automotive design.  

Our Region is based in St. Louis, MO and serves close to one-hundred members within the Eastern half of Missouri and Southwestern Illinois. We have also attracted members from outside our Region as we welcome a broad spectrum of individuals that share our passion for fine Full Classic automobiles. We are an active club, and our event calendar includes monthly dinner outings called “Spirit Nights.” There are Spring and Fall driving tours to places of local interest and on occasion we embark on weekend overnight tours to more distant locations of an historical nature. We host an annual picnic and encourage co-participation of local single marque clubs. Our newsletter, the print-copy Spark Plug and digital Spirit magazine enable us to recap past events and capture notice of future events of interest to our membership. The goal of our publications is to provide interesting stories, accounts for places we have been, and highlight things we have done.

Ownership of a Classic automobile is not a requirement for membership. We encourage anyone with an appreciation or interest in the Full Classic automobiles of the era from 1915 to 1948 to consider membership in CCCA and Spirit of St. Louis Region. We would love to have you in our organization.

Please come join us….

John J Lowell
Regional Director, Spirit of St. Louis Region

Upcoming National and Regional Events

April 25-26, 2026 Route 66 Cuba and St. Robert Tour. For more information, contact John Hartmann at jhartm1101@att.net, or 314-313-0305

April 30, 2026 Spirit Night
Vangel’s Restaurant & Bar, 10017 Manchester Road, St. Louis, MO 63122, 6 pm. Hosted by Rob Hosenfelt

May 3, 2026 58th Annual Model T Club Swap Meet, 2301 Grizzlie Bear Blvd. Sauget, IL 62206, 6am - 4pm

May 23-24, 2026 Overnight to Urbana, IL Allen & Nancy Strong Collection. For more information, contact Todd Tobiasz at ttobiasz@sbcglobal.net, or 314-540-2431

 





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Classic Car Club of America 

the pinnacle of engineering, styling and design for their era
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dedicated to the collection, preservation and enjoyment of the world’s finest cars.
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