Articles, documents, photos, music and stories about Durant Motors and its cars that do not fit anywhere else. Many of these were contributed by club members over the years.
On this page: Articles and Documents · Factories and Dealers · Durant Park · Club and Dealer Publications · Company Music · Personal Stories
Articles and Documents
- Price Changes for 1929 (Automotive Industries, May 1929)
- An Entirely New Line: The Durant Four Cylinder 4-07 by Harvey Frid
- New for 1930: Two Chassis Models Instead of Five (Automotive Industries, January 1930)
- New Sixes for 1928 (Motor Age, PDF)
- Durant Rival to the Ford (PDF)
- 1929 Durant OEM Suppliers
- Budd Company History (PDF, 18 MB)
- Museo del Automóvil, Argentina (PDF)
- 1923 Star Poem (PDF)
- Durant Heroes of the World, script of the Durant-sponsored radio program, George Washington episode, December 29, 1929 (PDF, 23 MB)
Factories and Dealers
- Durant Plant, Oakland (history, photos and Durant Square today)
- 1929 Tour of the Oakland Plant
- We Returned to the Factory (the 2002 West Coast meet)
- Durant Lansing Factory, 1923
- Oakland Star Dealership
- Durant Square Today (architect’s site)
- Durant Sales Manual (Durant Motor Company of California)
- 1926 Star Dealer Brochure
- Durant Dealerships, 1928 (The Lansing Motorist)
Durant Park
- Durant Park, Lansing (history, the arch, Friends of Durant Park and the 2000 club picnic)
Club and Dealer Publications
Durant’s Standard, the Durant Motors company magazine of the 1920s (large files):
- November 1922 (PDF, 40 MB)
- December 1923 (PDF, 14 MB)
Spark & Throttle, the Canadian dealers’ publication:
- August 1927 (PDF, 12 MB)
- October 1929 (PDF, 13 MB)
Durant’s Standard, the quarterly of the Durant Family Registry, the club’s forerunner, edited by Jeff Gillis (1981–1982; searchable scans, 15–20 MB each):
- Vol. 6 No. 1, May 1981
- Vol. 6 No. 3, November 1981
- Vol. 6 No. 4, February 1982
- Vol. 7 No. 1, May 1982
- Vol. 7 No. 2, August 1982
- Vol. 7 No. 3, November 1982
Company Music
- Durant Speaks (Billy Durant’s voice at his Hall of Fame induction)
- I Want to Drive a Durant (sheet music, lyrics and recordings)
- Rugby Tango Sheet Music (PDF)
- Durant song (MIDI file)
Personal Stories
Every story, with a line about each, is on the Personal Stories page.
- 1928 M2 Restoration
- Durant Odyssey
- 1929 Coupe Found by Accident (East Bay Times)
- 1929 Durant Coupe: Before & After
- 1929 Durant Model 66
- Norwegian Durant
- 1930 Durant 614 Coupe Restoration Diary
- 1930 Durant Restoration
- 1931 Durant 619 Restoration
- Diamondville Garage
- 1924 Flint Model 55 with California Top
- 1924 Flint Project
- Road Test: 1926 Rugby M Tourer
- 1929 Rugby Model D40 Touring Car
- Rugby to the Rescue
- Rugby Wedding
- 1923 Star Touring
- 1923 Star Touring Car
- From California to Nebraska in a 1923 Star
- 1925 Star Model F Touring
- 1925 Star Special Sedan
- 1926 Star
- The Star of My Life
- Jack and “Popcorn” Nixon’s 1928 Star
- Star Coupster