1907 Classic Cars for Sale
The Silver Ghost earns its name on a 15,000-mile RAC trial, and Buick outproduces every American rival with its valve-in-head engine.
By 1907, the question is no longer whether the automobile will replace the horse. The question is who will build the automobile that middle-class buyers can actually afford. Buick, under William Durant's aggressive management, produces over 4,600 cars this year, more than any American manufacturer. The valve-in-head engine in the Model 10 is genuinely superior to most of its domestic competition.
The Silver Ghost earns its informal name this year during a 15,000-mile RAC-observed reliability trial, running London to Glasgow and back repeatedly without a recorded mechanical failure. The AAA observer's report is effusive. Rolls-Royce reprints it. The car's reputation is made in a single summer.
The financial panic of 1907 slows American buying across all luxury categories, including automobiles. Several smaller manufacturers fold quietly. This is the moment where survival requires either volume production or a very wealthy clientele. Companies like Pope, which has been trying to serve both markets, begin to struggle.
- Buick produces an estimated 4,641 vehicles in calendar year 1907, surpassing Ford and Cadillac to become the largest American automobile manufacturer by unit output.
- The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost completes a 15,000-mile RAC-observed reliability trial without a single involuntary stop, the longest observed reliability run on record to that date, establishing the marque's durability reputation.
- The financial panic of October 1907 triggers bank runs across 12 American cities, contracting credit and slowing automobile sales sharply in Q4, forcing at least six small manufacturers to cease production before year end.
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Browse Pre-War ClassicsMarket: Nineteen-oh-seven Buick Model 10 examples are among the more attainable brass-era American cars, trading in the $35,000 to $75,000 range when mechanically sorted. Silver Ghost tourers from this year command significant premiums over later examples because of the documented trial cars and early chassis numbers. Original coachwork, never rebodied, adds more to value than any mechanical upgrade.
Buyer's note: On Buick Model 10 examples, inspect the valve-in-head engine castings for hairline cracks around the water jacket, a known weakness when engines have been run lean or overheated on early ethanol-blend fuels.