1907 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Silver Ghost Touring

Rolls-Royce began building the Silver Ghost in 1907 and continued until 1926, with only marginal mechanical updates. This car was purchased by prominent businessman Samuel B. Stevens of New York state and sailed on the S.S. Caronia from Liverpool to New York on June 18, 1907. With a 7-liter, 6-cylinder engine, the Silver Ghost could outperform nearly every production car and was named for its silence while running. The third oldest of five surviving Silver Ghosts from their inaugural year of production, this is also one of the most original 1907s extant. It has passed through several collections, including that of Nelson Rockefeller, arriving at the Lee Collection in 1993, where it was restored in-house.

The original Barker body on this car was transformed to its neighbor, then replaced with a Brewster body. The original Barker body selected by Mr. Stevens was a simple two-seater body of his own design. It was used in this configuration in local motoring events for years before being fitted with a Barker-built side-entrance tonneau from another Rolls-Royce (chassis 60553) owned by Stevens.

This car is two chassis numbers away from the first Rolls-Royce 40/50 hp that was christened The Silver Ghost, registration number AX-201.