Durant Motors and its dealers published sales brochures, folders, price lists, instruction manuals, repair manuals and parts books for every model. This guide lists the pieces known to the club, by type and year, with the cover of each. The code of each item gives its type (A sales literature, B repair manual, C instruction manual, D parts book), its year and, at the end, its number of pages.
Sales brochures and folders were given by dealers to prospective customers. They typically show the cars and their specifications. Some were printed well before the cars went into production, so their details are not always accurate. The guide has no covers from 1926 or 1927; if you have a piece from those years, please contact one of our technical advisors.
A-32-101-2: Resources Behind Durant Products (2 pages)
Code
Cover title
Pages
Model fact sheet
A-32-101-2
Resources Behind Durant Products
2
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Repair manuals
Repair manuals show short cuts and methods for the repair and upkeep of specific cars.
B-29-0001
B-29-0001: Models: Star C, CC, F, M; Durant M-2, M-4; date: January 1929; size: 6" x 9"; 116 pages. A complete copy is in the members’ Durant Digital Library.
Instruction manuals
Instruction manuals tell the owner how to operate and maintain a specific car.
C-23-0101: Model: A-22; date: May 1923; size: 6" x 9"; 63 pages plus 3 page lube chart pull-out. The members’ Durant Digital Library has an A-22 instruction manual dated April 1, 1923.
C-24-101-60: Model: A-22; date: December 1924; size: 6" x 9"; 60 pages.
C-28-101-68: Model: M-2; date: May 1928; size: 6" x 9"; 68 pages.
C-29-101-72: Model: 40; undated (1929); size: 6" x 9"; 72 pages; Durant Motors of Canada.
Parts books
Parts books list the parts used in a specific car: typically the Durant part number, a description and the quantity used. They have no diagrams showing how the parts fit together, but some give a cross reference to the other models a part fits.
D-26-101-45: Models: A and B; date: December 1, 1926; size: 6" x 9"; 45 pages.
D-28-0101: Model: M-2; date: March 1928; size: 6" x 9"; 72 pages.
D-28-0102: Model: 65; date: April 1928; size: 6" x 9"; 80 pages.
D-28-0103: Model: 55; date: May 1928; size: 6" x 9"; 44 pages.
D-28-0104: Model: 75; date: June 1928; size: 6" x 9"; 44 pages.
D-29-101-50: Model: 40; date: December 1929; size: 6" x 9"; 45 pages.
D-31-101-80: Models: 612 and 614; date: May 1931; size: 6" x 9"; 80 pages.
D-28-0001: Models: Star C, CC, F, L, M, R; Durant A, B; date: January 1928; size: 6" x 9"; 100 pages.
D-29-0001: Models: Durant: A, B, M2, M4, 40, 55, 60, 65, 66, 70, 75; Star C, CC, F, L, M, M2, R; Rugby: L, S4, T, 401, X; date: July 1929; size: 7" x 10"; 64 pages. A complete copy is in the members’ Durant Digital Library.
More Durant manuals in the Digital Library
These complete Durant manuals are also in the members’ Durant Digital Library (the password is printed in The Durant Partner):
Parts Book, Model A-22 four cylinder, February 1, 1922
Parts Book, Model A-22 four cylinder, February 1, 1923
Repair Parts List, Model A-22 four cylinder, May 1, 1925
Instruction Manual, Model 60, April 1929
Instruction Manual, Model 66 six cylinder, June 1929
Repair Manual, Durant and Star four-cylinder models, January 1929
Repair Parts List, Durant and Star four-cylinder models M, M2, M4 and 40 and six-cylinder models R, 55 and 60, July 1929
Do you have a Durant brochure, manual or parts book that is not listed here? Please contact one of our technical advisors or the club librarian.
Sources: original Durant literature in members’ collections, compiled for the club’s Durant literature guide.
