Stories written by club members about finding, driving, restoring and living with their cars. Many first appeared in the club’s magazines over the years: The Registry, the Durant Standard and today’s Durant Partner. If you have a story to tell, send it to the webmaster.
Stories from the club magazines
- 1928 M2 Restoration
Ed Asselstine’s “Junkyard Jewel”, from The Registry, February 1981. - Durant Odyssey
Floyd Coleman drives a $50 1928 Durant roadster 2,400 miles from Utah to Fort Benning in 1936, picking up a family of thirteen on the way. - 1929 Durant Model 66
Gerhard Aspaas’s Durant, bought new in Trondheim in 1929 and restored in Norway. - Norwegian Durant
Torielf Broto’s Durant in Norway, from The Registry, February 1979. - 1930 Durant Restoration
Ray Zenz restores a 1930 coupe, from The Registry, May 1976. - Diamondville Garage
Paul Canoso on his family’s Durant agency in Diamondville, Wyoming, and the cars built to carry moonshine. - Road Test: 1926 Rugby M Tourer
A vintage-club road test of a Rugby tourer, from The Registry, February 1978. - Rugby To the Rescue
A Rugby truck earns its keep on a wet Australian tour, from The Registry, November 1978. - Rugby Wedding
A Rugby carries the bride in Brisbane. - From California to Nebraska in a 1923 Star
Allen Eberhart recalls a 21-day family drive across the desert in 1924, from The Registry, August 1980. - 1926 Star
Diane Shager’s first old car, “Felicia Flivver”, from The Registry, December 1976. - The Star of My Life
Moe Wright’s long search for, and life with, a 1926 Star sedan in Ontario. - Jack and “Popcorn” Nixon’s 1928 Star
A Texas restoration with 360 board feet of magnolia, from The Registry, May 1979. - Star Coupster
Norm Miller of Davenport, Iowa buys the Star his father sold years before.
Owners’ cars and restorations
- 1929 Durant Coupe: Before & After
Tony Burke’s 1929 Durant coupe, photographed before and after its restoration. - 1930 Durant 614 Coupe Restoration Diary
A step-by-step photo diary of a 1930 Model 614 coupe restoration, from the club’s early website. - 1931 Durant 619 Restoration
A photo record of a 1931 Model 619 sedan restoration, from the car as found in 2010 to new floorboards and trim. - 1924 Flint Model 55 with California Top
Mike and Irene Babick’s Flint in Vallejo, California. - 1924 Flint Project
Terje Bråtveit’s 1924 Flint E-55 Sport Touring restoration in Sand, Norway. - 1929 Rugby Model D40 Touring Car
Raul Berdini’s Rugby in Buenos Aires, bought new by an Italian immigrant farmer in 1930. - 1923 Star Touring
Gaute Öiseth tells the story of Norwegian Star “N-3067” from its first owner through the war years. - 1923 Star Touring Car
Edward Vomero’s Star, bought as a leftover in 1924 and still in the family. - 1925 Star Model F Touring
Chuck Faulkner’s Star in Riverside, California. - 1925 Star Special Sedan
Gerald Eckland of British Columbia rebuilds a Star in his home machine shop.
More member cars, with photo galleries, are on the Cars page.