1908 Buick Model 10 Touring Runabout

The Buick Model 10 was introduced at the New York Automobile Show in November of 1907. The Gentlemen's Light Four-cylinder Roadster would soon become the company's best seller. It was the lowest-priced Buick and sold for just $900, including acetylene headlamps, oil lamps for side and tail illumination and a bulb horn. It was priced very close to Henry Ford's new Model T, and over 4,000 were built in the first year and 8,100 the next. In 1910, its last year, production approached 11,000, by far the greatest of any Buick model until 1914.

This Model 10 example wears an older restoration. It is painted in its correct off-white shade called 'Buick Gray.' It has period-correct brass lamps, and correct accessory top and windshield.

In 2010, this Model 10 was offered for sale at the Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey auction presented by RM Auctions. The car was estimated to sell for $25,000 - $35,000 and offered without reserve. As bidding came to a close, the car had been sold for the sum of $28,600 including buyer's premium.

By Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2010