Hi All.
Cathy's Star roadster is ready for the interior.
We need some pictures and ideas for the interior.
Please help with this project.
Thanks, Cathy & Frank
Just received this note last night.Pamdoud@aol.com From a friend that recently passed away. Splash aprons marked 30-31 Durant,NOS. Can bring to Hershey, otherwise might go to scrap. If NOS get them and hang on your shop wall. Ross
Hello everyone, I’m still looking for a dash pull knob or control knob for the free wheeling on my 32 devaux,it says F.w. And below it says in.i don’t know how to describe it other than it looks like it has vertical wings on each side,I’d appreciate...
It's starting to turn to the fall season and it's time for the largest car show and flea market in America again. The Hershey Car show is loaded with lots and lots of things to do. Car Corral with over 500 cars for sale, thousands of flea market spaces, antique car r...
Found a 1923 Star engine, need info please
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Hello all, I have been a lurker on the forum for a while but finally have something worth posting....
So on this 1928 Sedan I am re-building what do you guys use for a replacement for the weather seal on the windshield? I see it fits into a groove all around the sides and bottom but have not seen any available that matches the original. Does anyone sell something lik...
Their is going to be an auction coming up in Kingston, ID which is in the Kellogg area....150 cars with parts cars/junk....I see in one of the back corners of building is a Star Touring (what model?...could go cheap?)) This was on facebook and my son brought it to my...
Anyone interested in an ongoing progress reports with pics, check out the work on my 1924 Star "C" Touring. Go to Facebook and search Automotive Wood Bodies. While there note the finishing work on a 1928 Durant Sedan. Verrrrry Impressive!
Greetings, DMAC Members!
My name is Paulette Ford and this is the first time I've been here on the "Forum" part of our Durant website! So, I HOPE I'm doing this correctly! Just want to let everyone know that things are pretty much in place for our upcoming Septem...
need help locating brake shoe return springs, takes 2 per wheel,1- 6 3/8" between the hooks and 1- 3 5/8" between the hooks, both are 7/16 diameter
Thank You
It's just a few days before this years DMAC annual meet in South Dakota gets underway.
Guess what, Phil Peters has already been been working on next years event and I'm happy
to announce that we'll kickoff the New Roaring Twenties in Clackamas, Oregon.
Check the C...
Hi Friends,
I would like to thank Rick Botti for convincing me to attend the Visalia Run this past spring. It was a real endurance drive for Rusty and me. I had a great time and will always remember the event and the wonderful people that I met.
Also, I would l...
Hello, First time for me here. I was at a scrap yard recently and saw a small transmission someone marked, "32 Devaux". Would that be a 1932 De Vaux transmission? How do you identify one? It is marked W G T2 C-1. I went ahead and bought it. Probably another boat anch...
1926 Star "M"
I am trying to adjust my steering. At 30 MPH it is hard to keep the car between the lines.
Not much fun and a little scary. I have played with the two adjustments on the worm gears in the steering gearbox and think
I have them adjusted as well as...
Looking anxiously for our annual meeting in the Black Hills, Just 23 miles from my house in Custer. My car will be there but at this writing it very well maybe on the trailer with a for sale sign on it. Everything motor wise is correct and it should start but hasn't....
Where can I get tune up parts ; spark plugs, points, condenser, rotor, coil, carburetor kit. For 1930 Durant with 6 cylinder Continental Engine, i think15 U is model.
Curtis and Marcy Freih just returned from the Reno Hot August Night event. Curtis's 1924 Star Roadster/Speedster won the Judge's Pick Award. There were 7,000 cars there and after 3 days of judging, their car won the Blue Ribbon. Curtis is so proud of his Star, he dro...
Interesting A-22 on ebay. Looks to be a later one with four wheel brakes.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1924-Durant-4S/233311613057?hash=item365274b081:g:JgwAAOSwrHJdSHH6
Have a zenith on my 22A engine. Either I did not get tuning info with it or I've lost it. Help? I'd like to get it running optimum for September.
Also if anyone has info on air filters they've used on Zeniths I'd appreciate it. I think my hanky/rubber band model i...
This is posted over on the AACA site.
maybe some of you Flint guys can help him out?
Frank
https://forums.aaca.org/topic/331419-1926-continental-engine/
Joel Holley, Tulsa, is building a "C" model touring and is having a set of throttle.spark guides made up. These guedes mount on the center, bottom of the instrument panel. These will be aluminum and made with a CNC mill. The originals were cast. They are expected to...
If you haven't noticed, I've added a new button to the left side of this website.
The button can be found on the bottom of the list and it is called Facebook-AUSTRALASIA.
By clicking this button, you will be taken to a new Facebook page called DURANT CARS OF AUSTR...
Who can tell me an easy way to remove the valve springs from a W5 that's sitting in the car?? I have a stuck open #3 cylinder intake valve. None of the repair manuals for this Continental Engine nor my Model A Ford manuals tell you how to get the springs and the valv...
just a warning about this company I had sent my radiator for my 1924 star to this company in march, they received it and gave me a price of 2000 with a new honeycomb core and repairs which I agreed to the price , fast forward 2 weeks age I checked on rad and was told...
Is their a suitable 5 hole modern universal replacement sender that would work on our 1932 cars, namely my '32 DeVaux....Reading some old threads is sounds like I would need a 0-90 ohm unit? Am wondering if an "Equus 9982" would work? (I am thinking it could be rever...
Thought I'd start this post so we can keep up on what everyone is doing with their car. Now that it's getting cold up in the North county, Winter is the time many start their projects. Down here in sunny Florida we don't have winter so to speak so we can work on our...
It's time to put the 2020 calendar together. Stephanie needs pictures azsmith08@gmail.com
A little creativity, no modern cars or people, indoor/outdoor/projects we can make it work.
In need of one bottom oil ring for a piston out of a W5 that has 4 groves instead of three. All looks very good inside this engine except that piston 2 and 3 were locked up due to a bad head gasket. Broke one bottom oil ring taking them apart. Anyone got a spare pist...
I got to drive Rosalies 30 6-17 coupe down to a ladies tea with the HCCA so she could attend that function. At a stop it goes into first or second very well. However from 1st to 2nd or 2nd to 3rd it grinds badly. I am well versed in double clutching either up or down...
Hi Gang.
First of all Gary thanks for connecting up with master restorer Bill in our faithful club with your 32 DeVaux, wow, looks cool. Just got my May / June AACA magazine & inside the front cover a perfect red 32 De Vaux 6/75 4dr built in Grand Rapids production...
I had reached the age of 16 and was driving my first car, a 1949 Dodge sedan. It was the 4th of July, 1962. I had a friend in the front seat and my brother, all by himself, in the back seat, left to his own devices. We were going thru a back woods neighborhood, shoot...
A few weeks ago, I loaded the Star with vintage camping equipment and drove 80 miles south to the Santa Cruz area where several other HCCA members were having a 1920's camp out. Canvas tents, vintage Coleman lanterns and stoves and period clothing. There was even a 1...
This past Thursday my son and I made the trip over to Auburn, WA and picked up the 1932 DeVaux standard sedan that Gary Yelly had in storage...Everything worked out well, prior to going over we installed an 12volt electric wench on the front of our open trailer, the...
Hello everyone
Does anyone have a dash pull control for the free wheeling unit,this is on a 32 devaux but I know other cars used the same part,even a picture would help, also looking for a 31 or32 devaux parts car,if you want you can call me at909 918 7171. Thanks dave
Hi srs, very nice your site, I am starting a restoration of my Durant D75 and I like all information of this club, My car is a Brougham number E 3537. It is here in my house in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. Thanks.
Hello Mike, thank you very much for writing me...
I have reduced my asking price for my completely restored 1929 D40 four door sedan to $17,000 US. See the Photographs Section for many pictures and email me for more information. Thanks.
So the more looking and more comments, the more questions. I am fairly sure this is a close to original California 1927 Star M. C-405077, engine W5 437688. I know a lot can be changed in 90 years, and the paint, upholstery, and engine have all been worked on, but not...
I'm looking for a detailed go-by for the Bendix 3 shoe brakes that the 1928 Cars had on them. I took pictures before disassembly but I guess not enough. Anybody have an early motor manual out there or something from Bendix? Any help would be appreciated.
Hello all:
Having joined the DMAC only a few years ago, I have meet many members and learned about many of their fine cars. Those who have talked with me have quickly learned about my restoration experience and Flint c...