Interestingly that $2,000 William Durant spent back in 1908 would now be roughly $52,631 in current US dollars.

Back in 1908 an ounce of gold was priced at $20.67 making $2,000 = 96.758 ounces of gold.

At today's gold prices of about $1,316 per ounce that incorporation figure expressed in gold would be a sum of $127,334.30!