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	Durant (automobile) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Durant was a make of automobile assembled by Durant Motors Corporation of New York, New York from 1921 to 1926 and again from 1928 to 1932.
		Durant Motors was founded by William Crapo Durant (also known as Billy Durant) after he was terminated as the head of General Motors.
		Durant Motors was found insolvent and automobile production ended early in 1932.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Durant_(automobile) (243 words)

	William C. Durant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Crapo "Billy" Durant (December 8, 1861–March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, creating the system of multi-brand holding companies with different lines of cars.
		Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was the grandson of Michigan governor, Henry H. Crapo, William was a high school dropout, yet had become a leading manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles by 1890, based in Flint, Michigan.
		In the 1920s, Durant became a major "player" on Wall Street and on Black Tuesday joined with members of the Rockefeller family and other financial giants to buy large quantities of stocks in order to demonstrate to the public their confidence in the stock market.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_C._Durant (453 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.
		Between 1904 and 1908, Durant was Buick's president.
		Durant operated several bowling alleys in Flint near the Buick complex.
	www.flint.lib.mi.us /timeline/autohistory_0798/durantW.html (441 words)

	William Crapo Druant: A Brief Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Durant felt that if company was to succeed it would be his success but if it were to fail it would be his failure.
		Durant was smart enough to realize the neccessity of having reliable suppliers so he had the Buick Company by all the raw materials and factories to process them that Buick would need.
		Durant had been very close to his mother througout his life and was severly shaken by her death.
	www.millville.org /Workshops_f/kess_mech/Kess_Auto/FuInject/Durant.html (2303 words)

	Promotex Online - W.C. Durant: Salesman Extraordinaire
		Durant, however, was convinced this concept was the wave of the future.
		Durant was forced to give up his management position and accept a position on the board of trustees.
		Durant was to be president of GM and in day-to-day control of operations.
	www.promotex.ca /articles/cawthon/2002/05-01-2002_article.html (2023 words)

	Billy Durant: From Carriages to Cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Durant's grandfather was Henry Crapo, who came to Michigan in the 1850s and soon helped that state lead the nation in lumber production.
		Crapo's fortune and fame, pleasing as they were to him, could not resolve tension in his family.
		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.
	www.libertyhaven.com /thinkers/billydurant/billy.html (3225 words)

	BookRags: William Crapo Durant Biography
		William C. Durant was born in Boston, Mass., on Dec. 8, 1861.
		Durant overextended himself, and by 1910 General Motors needed the intervention of a bankers' syndicate to lift the burden of debt.
		Durant Motors was already shaky when the 1929 crash occurred; the Depression then sharply reduced automobile sales and resulted in 1933 in dissolution of the firm.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/william-crapo-durant (483 words)

	all things William: A List of Firsts
		William of Vercelli (aka William of Monte Vergine) was the founder of the Hermits of Monte Vergine, or Williamites, in 1119.
		William Whewell invented the English word "scientist" in 1833; before this time the only terms in use were "natural philosopher" and "man of science." The term "palaetiology" was coined in 1837 by Whewell to refer to those sciences which have as their object the reconstruction of the past based on the evidence of the present.
		William J. Schroeder became the first artificial heart recipient to be discharged from the hospital in 1985, as he moved into an apartment in Louisville, Ky. Among all artificial heart recipients, Schroeder lived the longest, surviving 620 days with a Jarvik-7 heart until his death in 1986.
	www.allthingswilliam.com /willynilly/firsts.html (9199 words)

	Durant, William James - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		DURANT, WILLIAM JAMES [Durant, William James] 1885-1981, American historian and essayist, b.
		Durant then embarked upon a life-long project, the writing of a comprehensive history of civilization.
		William Davis and the road to completion in Ontario's Catholic High Schools, 1971-1985.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-durant-w1.html (242 words)

	William Durant - Biography History
		Durant became financially overextended and consequently, lost control of GM to banking interests in 1910.
		Durant was not bitter, nor did he regret his actions.
		On March 18, 1947, William Durant died in New York City, the same year as Henry Ford, thus, marking the end of a remarkable era in automotive excellence.
	www.classiccar.com /articles/william_durant.asp (707 words)

	HISTORY :: Beginnings of Buick Performance.
		When first approached by the investors, Billy Durant was not very interested in the “horseless carriage” business but conceded to try out a Buick for a few weeks, after which he became enthusiastic.
		Durant’s initial interest and his success with Buick came down to the obvious superiority of Buick’s valve-in-head engine.
		As Durant assembled the General Motors Company, he recruited some of the best drivers of the day to make up his Buick racing team, including "Wild" Bob Berman and the three Chevrolet brothers (Louis, Arthur and Gaston).
	www.gnregistry.org /buick.htm (935 words)

	WILLIAM DURANT Autograph
		William Crapo Durant (1861-1947) wrote this letter while en route to Michigan from California, where he had established a contract to promote his pet project, the Flint car.
		One of the automotive industry's pioneers, Durant had dreamed of motorcars while building buggies and wagons for his Durant-Dort Carriage Company (founded in1886, it was the country's largest carriage company by 1890).
		After founding Durant Motors the following year, Durant produced a number of cars that were targeted to different markets, including the PY, known as the "wonder car" because of its success, particularly in France.
	www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=100430 (354 words)

	Durant
		Durant is the seat of Southeastern Oklahoma State Univ. The ruins of Fort Washita, on nearby Lake Texoma, include 48 buildings.
		William James Durant - Durant, William James, 1885–1981, American historian and essayist, b.
		Thomas Clark Durant - Durant, Thomas Clark, 1820–85, American railroad builder, chief figure in the construction of...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0816407.html (193 words)

	TIME.com: Durant Drama -- Jan. 21, 1929 -- Page 1
		In April 1927, William Crapo Durant, founder and for two terms controlling power of General Motors, bought advertising space in the daily newspapers, published therein the statement that he had resigned from several directorates to devote his full time and attention to Durant Motors Inc.
		Durant announced he would quit the presidency (not his stock control) of Durant Motors.
		Durant denied vigorously that the resignation from active management meant giving up financial control of Durant or any other motor company.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,732199,00.html (383 words)

	Durant Cars Model Range Types
		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.
		Billy Durant) after he was terminated as the head of General Motors.
	www.ukcar.com /carspecs/basicmodels.asp?maker=Durant (287 words)

	AU Archives--Rickenbacker Papers Historical Sketch of Adelaide Rickenbacker
		She attracted the attention of Russell Clifford Durant, son of financier William Crapo Durant who founded General Motors, Chevrolet, and Durant Motors.
		Adelaide married young Durant just after the turn of the century and moved to the family estate in California.
		William Durant settled a trust fund on his former daughter-in-law that made her wealthy.
	www.lib.auburn.edu /archive/flyhy/101/adelaide.htm (536 words)

	HA: General Motors
		General Motors was founded in 1908 as a holding company for Buick, then controlled by William C. Durant, and acquired Oldsmobile later that year.
		William "Billy" Crapo Durant was born in Boston, Massachusetts, 8 December 1861, the grandson of a Michigan Governor, Henry H. Crapo [Governor 1864-8] his mother being from the New Bedford area.
		Durant talked his friend Josiah Dallas Dort into putting up a $1,000, Durant parted with $50 of his own money and borrowed another $1,450 to cover the $2,500 cost of buying the business and setting up a shop in Flint to final-assemble and display the road carts.
	hermosaautomotive.com /GM.html (1091 words)

	Coachbult.com - Walter M. Murphy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		His uncle, William H. Murphy, was the son of Simon J. Murphy (1905), one of Detroit’s first millionaires and the founder of the Simon J. Murphy Co., one of the country’s largest lumber producers.
		William inherited full control of the family’s holdings upon his father’s death in 1905.
		By 1909, Cadillac had become part of William Crapo Durant’s fledgling General Motors, but after a 1917 dispute with Cadillac’s new owners both Lelands left to form the Lincoln Motor Company in order to fulfill a contract to build Cadillac-based Liberty aircraft engines for the US Army.
	www.coachbuilt.com /bui/m/murphy/murphy.htm (6478 words)

	As I Read It, "m", Wm.Tienken (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		William had done this by lowering his costs, and by reducing the number of models.
		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.
	members.aol.com /asireadit/m.html (23031 words)

	Michigan Historical Marker: W. C. Durant / Durant-Dort Carriage Company
		William Crapo Durant (1861-1947), one of Flint's most important historical figures, was a pioneer in the development of the American auto industry.
		Durant's vehicle ventures began in 1886, when with a borrowed $1,500, he bought the rights to build a two-wheeled road cart.
		It was originally the headquarters of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, one of the largest volume producers of horse-drawn vehicles in the United States at the turn of the century.
	www.michmarkers.com /Pages/L0343.htm (266 words)

	GM - Corporate Info - History - 1900 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		William Crapo ("Billy") Durant of Durant-Dort Carriage Company, Flint, Michigan, takes control of Buick Motor Company on November 1, 1904.
		Under Billy Durant's leadership, General Motors Company is organized in 1908 (Sept 16), incorporating the Buick Motor Company.
		Bankers turn down William Durant's request for a loan to buy Ford Motor Co. for about $9.5 million.
	www.gm.com /company/corp_info/history/gmhis1900.html (541 words)

	BW Online \| April 27, 2004 \| Billy Durant: Greasing Detroit's Wheels
		William Crapo Durant, a fellow Michigan native and archrival of Ford's, is best known for founding General Motors (GM) in 1908.
		Durant was the grandson of a former Michigan governor and member of a still-influential Flint family when he dropped out of high school in 1878 at age 17 to become a clerk in his grandfather's lumber mill.
		Durant had an empty carriage factory in Jackson, Mich., which soon was running at full capacity producing Buicks.
	www.businessweek.com /bwdaily/dnflash/apr2004/nf20040427_0647_db078.htm (1192 words)

	A Brief History of Durant Vehicles
		April - Durant Motors of Indiana is established.
		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)

	Henry Howland Crapo family papers collection
		William W. Crapo and his family are well represented by photographs, including two of his house in New Bedford.
		Crapo, Henry Howland, I. Address Delivered by His Excellency, Gov. Henry H. Crapo, at the Dedication of the Library Building of the Ladies Library Association of Flint, on June 30th 1868.
		Crapo's Feat of Crossing the Atlantic in the Tiny Boat the 'New Bedford,' from New Bedford Massachusetts to Penzane [sic]: The Captain's Yarn, Telling the Chief Events of the Voyage" (New York: Damon and Peets, 1877?) 31 pp.
	lib.umflint.edu /archives/Crapo.html (3362 words)

	Flint Timeline Project-Henry Howland Crapo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Henry Crapo (pronounced Cray' po) was the son of Phoebe and Jesse Crapo.
		In 1856 Crapo moved to Flint, Michigan and became Flint's mayor in 1860.
		(1) His daughter, Rebecca, married William Clark Durant and their only son, William Crapo Durant (Billy Durant) became the leader of Flint's carriage and automobile industry.
	www.flint.lib.mi.us /timeline/civics-project-0399/crapoH.html (149 words)

	Museum of American Financial History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The story of Allan A. Ryan, son of William Fortune Ryan, and his investment in Stutz Motors.
		William Crapo Durant and the Development of General Motors (21, 22 and 24) Ira Unschuld.
		Three-part story of the entrepreneurial skills of William Crapo Durant, who transformed the struggling Buick Motor Company into one of the most powerful corporations in the world.
	www.financialhistory.org /MAGAZINE/list_automotive.htm (254 words)

	Henry H. Crapo's legacy of entrepreneurship to William C. Durant
		Henry Howland Crapo succeeded in the lumber business in Flint, became governor of Michigan and railroad president, a proud legacy to his grandson.
		After six tough years of operating on the verge of bankruptcy, Henry Howland Crapo finally succeeded and made one of Michigan's first million dollar lumber fortunes.
		In 1863, he built a railroad from Flint to Holly, which was then already connected to Detroit, and a few years later merged it into the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad of which he became president...
	www.raken.com /american_wealth/automobile_aviation/Durant_2.asp (159 words)

	Kettering University - Formerly GMI
		The Kettering University/GMI Alumni Foundation Collection of Industrial History was established in 1974 with the acquisition of the William Crapo Durant Collection.
		Durant was the founder of General Motors Corporation.
		The collection seeks to collect and preserve manuscripts, photographs, printed materials and miscellaneous memorabilia that relate to the development and growth of the automobile and related industries.
	www.gmi.edu /acad/histcoll/Welcome.html (168 words)

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		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
	restored-classics.com /rugby/page2.html (201 words)

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