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	Durant (automobile) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Durant was an automobile make assembled by Durant Motors Inc. from 1921 to 1926 and from 1928 to 1932 in the United States.
		Durant Motors was founded by William Crapo Durant (a.k.a.
		Durant Motors was found insolvent and automobile production ended early in 1932.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Durant_automobile (209 words)

	Durant Motors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Durant Motors Inc. was established in 1921 by former General Motors CEO William Crapo Durant (also known as Billy Durant) following his termination by Alfred P. Sloan and the GM Board of Directors.
		Durant Motors attempted to be a full-line automobile producer of cars and fielded the Flint, Durant and Star brands which were designed to meet Buick, Oldsmobile, Oakland and Chevrolet price points.
		Durant Motors had a relationship with the Dort, Frontenac and DeVaux automobile name badges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Durant_Motors (356 words)

	William Crapo Durant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Durant was one of the exceptions and was suggested as a possibility.
		Durant was smart enough to realize the necessity of having reliable suppliers so he had the Buick Company buy all the raw materials and then he had factories to process only what Buick would need.
		Durant had been very close to his mother throughout his life and was severely shaken by her death.
	www.crapo.org /william_crapo_durant.htm (2294 words)

	Billy Durant: From Carriages to Cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Durant, always the imaginative marketer, discovered that easterners preferred their carriages to be painted fl, but that midwesterners liked more variety in color, including pinstripes.
		Durant's meteoric rise in the carriage industry occurred at the same time that Michigan's timber resources were rapidly dwindling.
		Durant Motors was liquidated; Durant himself declared bankruptcy in 1936.
	www.libertyhaven.com /thinkers/billydurant/billy.html (3225 words)

	Rearview Mirror
		William Durant, unlike most of the early automotive pioneers, was not a tinkerer or a mechanic or an inventor - he was a salesman.
		Durant was to resign and a five-man committee would run GM for the duration of the loan.
		Durant had heard that Chrysler was making a bid to take over Packard and he offered him $500,000 a year to continue at Buick.
	www.fortunecity.com /greenfield/lamprey/862/CORVETTE/gm/gm.htm (1774 words)

	General Motors - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		General Motors was founded in 1908 as a holding company for Buick, by then controlled by William C. Durant, and acquired Oldsmobile later that year.
		During the 1920s and 1930s General Motors bought out the bus company Yellow Coach, helped create Greyhound bus lines, replaced intercity train transport with bus es, and established subsidiary companies to buy out tram (streetcar) companies and replace the trams by buses.
		General Motors bought the internal combustion engine d railcar builder Electro-Motive Corporation and its engine supplier Winton Engine in 1930, renaming both as the General Motors Electro-Motive Division.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /general_motors.htm (729 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Some of the great events in Durant’s life were a result his singular talent and control, while others were the result of actions taken by his adversaries and competitors.
		Durant continued his expansionist plans for GM, even building a new head office in Detroit, at the time the largest in the world.
		Durant and his wife then moved to New York, where they lived in relative obscurity thanks to the financial generosity of four of his long-time associates, but not GM.
	www.tv.cbc.ca /newsinreview/sept98/flint/icon.htm (1457 words)

	Our Company - History
		I was made a director of General Motors corporation, and took part in the adventurous events of the early years of the industry - events largely sparked by the energy and enterprise of William Durant.
		Durant was a daring, farseeing man, in my opinion the greatest in the auto industry of that time.
		Durant and I went to his office and talked to John Thomas Smith, later to become vice-president of General Motors in charge of the vast legal office.
	www.colonelsam.com /RSbioPart3.html (5985 words)

	Flint Timeline Project-William "Billy" Crapo Durant
		In 1904, Billy Durant was approached by James Whiting of the Buick Co. to promote his automobiles.
		Billy Durant was still determined to start this new auto company and at Satterlee's suggestion dropped the proposed name "Internatonal Motor Car Company" and chose General Motors.
		Billy Durant was not bitter nor did he regret his actions.
	www.flint.lib.mi.us /timeline/autohistory_0798/durantW.html (441 words)

	Durant Stuff
		With the Great Depression taking a stronger hold on the nation, and Durant Motors suffering from financial problems already, it seems hard to believe that the 4 cylinder car that carried the company through lean years would be dropped.
		In late November, Durant Motors announced the addition of the "pullman" attachment which would be available on the US model 610 and the 6 cylinder model 612 which had been introduced a month earlier.
		Since the 407 and 6-14 Durant's for 1930-31 used the same body shell, frame and running gear, it was a relatively simple matter to install the Continental W8 engine in the 6-14 deluxe sedan.
	www.ronjpics.com /durantstuff.htm (2748 words)

	General Motors Building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Founded in 1908 by William C. Durant, General Motors grew to be a leader in the automobile industry by acquiring Buick, Oldsmobile, Oakland (later named Pontiac), Cadillac, Chevrolet, and several lesser known automobile manufacturers and parts suppliers.
		Between 1908 and 1923, General Motors was headquartered in a number of rented offices, first in New York and then in Detroit.
		Sloan, who became president after Durant was ousted in 1921, created a decentralized management plan that became a model for much of the rest of American industry.
	www.cr.nps.gov /NR/travel/detroit/d30.htm (228 words)

	Cross-Canada Trip in 1923 Canadian made Star Automobile
		The Star was built in Leaside, now part of Toronto, by Durant Motors, a company started by Billy Durant, a flamboyant Michigan entrepreneur who had founded General Motors at the start of this century, but lost control of it for the second time and was trying to recoup his fortune.
		Durant went broke again, and finished his days running a bowling alley and diner in Flint, Michigan, the town that General Motors pretty much built.
		Curl is the Eastern Canada representative of the Durant Motors Automobile Club, which includes owners of Durants, De Vauxs, Rugbys, Flints as well as the Stars and Frontenacs.
	www.geocities.com /lostnprofound/starcar.htm (804 words)

	Billy Durant: From Carriages to Cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the case of Billy Durant, the founder of General Motors, he was like his father and also his grandfather—even though the two men were polar opposites.
		Durant had never ridden in a cart like Alger’s before—small and durable, two four-feet wheels, two seats wide, and very smooth on bumps and turns even when the horse trotted briskly.
		Furthermore, with charm and finesse, Durant managed to work out the contracts so that he would be paid quickly for carts delivered—his company was too short of cash to have much lag between sale and payment.
	www.fee.org /vnews.php?nid=3984&printable=Y (3184 words)

	Flint Timeline Project-Flint Motor Co. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Flint Motor Co. began as a division of Durant Motors by William Crapo Durant.
		Around 1922, Durant was forced to resign as president of General Motors.
		Durant then purchased 100 acres on South Saginaw Street to build the "Flint Six" cars which included sedans, roadsters and touring cars.
	www.flint.lib.mi.us /timeline/autohistory_0798/flintmotorco.html (276 words)

	The Durant Motors Automobile Club
		I am checking on having the 30 Durant wire wheel hubcaps reproduced by the gentleman from Argentina who posted a message here on the web forum about the 29 Durant hubcaps.
		If these are the Durant wire wheel caps with the crest put me down for 2 sets......
		A friend said I would have to change from the 5 stud wheels to the 6 stud so that he can have those wheels-----I said OK Soooo---what are 6 hubcaps of the 6" size worth.
	pub24.bravenet.com /forum/2014460939/show/418467 (968 words)

	The rise and fall of Billy Durant
		William C. Durant's name is prominently recalled in Michigan historical markers in front of the old Durant-Dort Carriage Co. headquarters (restored a few years ago as a National Historic Landmark) and at Buick Motor Div.
		Durant's voice is heard again -- a New Year's on Jan. 1, 1932, spoken with a slight Boston accent, even though he left that city by age 10.
		Durant was a giant in his accomplishments, his failures, his sense of the dramatic, his ability to attract intensely loyal followers and an almost equal number of critics and enemies.
	waw.wardsauto.com /ar/auto_rise_fall_billy (1061 words)

	A Brief History of Durant Vehicles
		January 12 - Durant Motors is incorporated in New York.
		Reports vary some say availability of the new four-cylinder Durant (A-22) is in May others say it is available late fall of the year.
		An advertisement of the time explains that Durant was unable to use the Star name for cars sold in the British Empire as a company in Wolverhampton had the rights to the name.
	www.durantcars.com /basics/history.shtml (939 words)

	The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Durant that Madsen reveals is a business visionary truly worth getting to know, the "Great Gatsby of carmaking" who understood the big picture but lacked the personal patience and managerial skills necessary for long-term success.
		Thriving on the art of the deal and moving at warp speed, Durant was buying companies at the rate of one every thirty days at the peak of his career.
		General Motors chairman Alfred P. Sloan was the ultimate organization man: he rose to the top of the auto industry after pioneers like Henry Ford built it, and then he transformed it with innovative management practices that today are studied and copied by business executives everywhere.
	www.enotalone.com /books/0471283274.html (1145 words)

	THE FORMATION OF THE GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		William Crapo Durant Durant was born on December 8 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts, though he was raised in Flint, Michigan.
		Durant was 16 years old when he quit school over a discrepancy in morals with the school's principal.
		The Great War saw large requirements for General Motors cars and trucks, but from 1917 the entry of the USA meant that allotments of cars was severely restricted and allocations had to be made as “judiciously as possible among its distributors throughout the world”.
	www.gmhistorian.btinternet.co.uk /GENERALMOTORS1909TO1933.htm (6123 words)

	The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors - Interactive Reviews
		After growing a Flint, Michigan, carriagemaker into 1 of the biggest players in a booming industry, Durant got caught up in the automotive frenzy sweeping the world and in 1908 established General Motors by acquiring a stable of existing carmakers (including Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac) as well as parts companies and manufacturing plants.
		The Durant that Madsen reveals is a business visionary honestly worth getting to know, the "Great Gatsby of carmaking" who understood the big picture however lacked the personal patience and managerial skills necessary for long-term success.
		It wasn't long until those working on the carriages understood what Durant and Dort were doing, and wanted their own piece of the pie.
	www1.interactivereviews.com /product/0471283274 (623 words)

	William C. Durant
		When the Buick Motor Car Company was failing in 1904, Durant invested in the firm, eventually expanding it to become General Motors Company (1908).
		Undeterred, Durant partnered up with Louis Chevrolet to form Chevrolet Motor Company in 1911 and used the profits from Chevrolet to regain control of GMC.
		His last two ventures, Durant Motors and a chain of bowling alleys, were both unsuccessful.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0771889.html (182 words)

	Gray-Dort Motors and Wm. Gray & Sons Carriage Enthusiasts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The ornament has the logo of the Lycoming Motors Corporation and is engraved with the name William M. Gray Lycoming was the manufacturer of the four-cylinder engine used in most Gray-Dort automobiles.
		Gray & Sons Campbell Co. of Chatham incorporated as a subsidiary “Gray-Dort Motors Ltd.”; and gave to the Dort Motor Car Company, a 30% share of the stock for the privilege of the use of their dies, their engineering and their various purchasing sources and contracts of supply.
		In the meantime, frantically, I had made a hook-up with the Gray Motor Car Company of Detroit - a late-comer to the field, with a car very similar to the Model T; and headed by Mr.
	www.graydortmotors.com (3002 words)

	durantcars.com
		Through out their life, the Durant companies produced a large number of makes and models of cars and trucks.
		The interest in Durant Motors material goes beyond the actual cars and brochures.
		Here you will find references for the material used as background to the site, as well as links to other sites on the net that may be of use to you in your restoration and research work.
	www.durantcars.com (306 words)

	Remanufactured Engines and Parts
		Motor Works, Inc: We are a production engine remanufacturer operating since 1980.
		Who We Are: Motor Works employs 105 people in Spokane and 12 outside sales people in 9 Western states, as well as offering our product lines directly to the public via the Internet.
		Cores: Motor Works maintains a liberal core policy, as well as instant core credit on most cores.
	www.motorworksengines.theshoppe.com (545 words)

	Durant Motors, Incorporated 1930
		The Company was founded by William C. Durant, (1861-1947): The founder of General Motors Corporation.
		Durant began his career with a horse-drawn carriage company in 1886 and took over Buick in 1904, forming the General Motors (GM) Company in 1908.
		He was forced out for good in 1920 and founded his own company, Durant Motors, Inc., in 1921.
	www.scripophily.net /durmotin.html (295 words)

	Durant Motors Automobile Club Guestbook
		I have a Durant 619, made in 1931 which as far as i can tell is the only one over here in the u.k.
		I own a Durant, but don't know what year it is and would like to find out.
		I believe it was parked in a warehouse sometime in the 1950's and hasn't been touched since.
	pub24.bravenet.com /guestbook/show.php?usernum=2014460939&cpv=2 (974 words)

	Food-4-Less opens new Oakland store - 2004-02-23
		The new store, which is 48,000 square feet, allows Durant Square to count itself one of the high-profile smart-growth projects in construction across the Bay Area.
		The 20-acre project, built on the site of the former Durant Motors and General Motors plant, consists of 43 single-family homes, 168 condominium homes and 56 residential lofts.
		"Durant Square has been a very rewarding project and we hope that the opening of our major retail partner will continue the positive impact to the area and its residents".
	www.bizjournals.com /eastbay/stories/2004/02/23/daily7.html (632 words)

	1926 Durant Motors Star Four (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		MOTOR: Four-cylinder, L-Head type, detachable head; bore, 3 3/8 "; stroke, 4 ¼ "; piston displacement, 152 cubic inches.
		Choke, ignition and lighting switch mounted on instrument board.
		STARTING, LIGHTING, IGNITION: Generator, starting motor, igniter, coil, motor horn.
	www.freewebs.com /durantmotors/index.htm (266 words)

	1922 Durant Six Model B-22 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The 1922 Durant Six had clean and simple lines, could go 60 miles per hour and was priced at $1,600.
		An unusual chassis design of tubular backbone construction supported a six-cylinder overhead-valve "vibrationless" engine that developed 67 horsepower at 3,200 RPM.
		William C. Durant was the man behind the formation of a company known as General Motors.
	php.iupui.edu /~harrold/indiana/durant.html (57 words)

	As I Read It, "m", Wm.Tienken
		As the new century dawned, William was a millionaire at the age of thirty-nine.
		In 1908 William had the idea of the United Motors Company and with the help of J. Morgan on September 16, 1908, General Motors Company was born, with Buick as the jewel in the crown.
		By 1928 Durant Motors was failing and the stock was falling.
	members.aol.com /asireadit/m.html (23034 words)

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	ebaymotors.com (262 words)

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