Books and periodicals used to build the Model Reference, with notes on what each covers, and museums with Durant family cars.
Books and periodicals
- Baldwin, Nick; Georgano, G. N.; Sedgwick, Michael; Laban, Brian. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers. Facts on File, New York, 1987. ISBN 0-8160-1844-8.
- Ben P. Branham Company. 1933 Branham Automobile Reference Book. Chicago, 1933.
- Burness, Tad. Monstrous American Car Spotter’s Guide 1920–1980. Motorbooks International, Osceola, Wisconsin, 1986. Notes and illustrations covering the De Vaux, Durant, Eagle, Flint, Locomobile and Star.
- Collins, Robert. A Great Way to Go. Ryerson Press, 1969.
- Editors of Cars & Parts. Ultimate Collector Car Price Guide 1900–1999. Amos Press, 1999. ISBN 0-880524-27-9. Four pages of Durant prices by year, model and body style.
- Durant Family Registry. Durant’s Standard. The magazine of the Durant Family Registry, predecessor of the club: an extraordinary collection of information about Durant cars.
- Georgano, G. N. (ed.). The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885–1968. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1968. Covers every Durant Motors make except the Mason truck.
- Godshall, Jeffrey I.. “Locomobile: Bridgeport’s Beautiful Beast”. Automobile Quarterly, vol. XXII no. 4.
- Gunnell, John A.. 100 Years of American Cars. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, 1993. Includes a picture of a 1924 Star station wagon.
- Kimes, Beverly Rae. Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805–1942. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, 1984. Model-by-model coverage of the Durant Motors cars; a classic.
- Madsen, Axel. The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999. Durant’s life from birth to death, with about 50 pages on the Durant Motors years.
- Moloney, James. Encyclopedia of American Cars 1930–1942. Crestline Publishing, Sarasota, Florida, 1977. ISBN 0-912612-12-6.
- New York Times. Reports on the New York Automobile Show, 1922–1932. The Times usually ran one article per manufacturer each January.
- Sedgwick, M.; Wood, John W. (illustrations). Passenger Cars 1924–1942. Macmillan, New York. A color plate of a 1931 De Vaux coupe and sedan, with a write-up.
- Sherk, Bill. The Way We Drove. Boston Mills Press, Erin, Ontario, 1993. ISBN 1-55046-065-X. A picture of a 1927 Star roadster and the story of a Toronto Durant dealership.
- Wagner, William. Continental! Its Motors and Its People. Aero Publishers, Fallbrook, California, 1983. The history of Continental Motors from 1902 to the 1980s, with about six pages on the Continental car.
- Weisberger, Bernard A.. The Dream Maker: William C. Durant, Founder of General Motors. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1979. A 60-page chapter, “King of the Bulls”, covers the Durant Motors period, mainly Durant’s financial dealings.
Museums
Museums with Durant family cars in their collections:
- The Nethercutt Collection, 15200 Bledsoe Street, Sylmar, California 91342
Know of another museum with a Durant, Star, Flint or other Durant family car on display? Please tell one of our technical advisors. See also the Links page for related clubs and museums.