Did a club member get that '31 DeVaux on eBay?
That was a good buy in my book. If it hadn't have been in New York, I probably would own it. Was real tempting. But I didn't need another project.
Wayne
1926 Star 4 door for sale on ebay, Indiana. Is this one from our club member?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180152888714
Hello Durant people. I wonder of some of you can help me to find 6 our 7 valves to my 1924 Flint E-55.
The car has a Continental motor nr: 6E-6427 and car nr: 3755.
The valve part nr is 30226. It has the same part # for intake and exhaust valves. (see picture)
Ple...
Howdy, haven't dropped by in a while, but I noticed an ad for an unrestored/#4 or 5 '29 Durant sedan, thought I'd send it along.
Good news: Asking $1,800
Bad news: Argentina
http://www.arcar.com.ar/AutosAntiguosDet.aspx?qAuto=5333
Dave
Hi Fellows,
May be that this is not the place to post this request. Oh well, you know me....
Lost everything stored in my computer crash about two weeks ago including my address book and basically everything.
I have changed my ISP to Time Warner. Please note my e...
1930 DURANT ...LOOKS LIKE A 2 DOOR ....DOR SALE ON EBAY/....NEAR LARAMIE, WYOMING....
ITEM # 230163822068...NOT COMPLETE BUT BODY IS THERE PLUS DASH, AND MORE
I need the rear bumper bracket for a 30 DeLuxe Durant with the full rear bumper. It is the unplated bar with the big hump in it that bolts to the frame and the chrome face bars bolt to it.
THANKS!
Dave
By chance, I ran across an ad in our local paper for a Star engine. The engine had come from a mining operation in Nevada and was semi-stripped and very rusty. The pan was off and I immediately noticed an in tact rear main filler block, that miserable pot metal shiel...
Looking for modern day front hub seals and bearings for 1926 star sedan model M. Tech page shows bearing and seals for 1929 model 60. Are these the same for all? Please reply with any info.
Thank You Very Much,
Paul...
Just talked to Rick Botti this evening. Going to send in my membership dues & join the club
I'm begining to find a lot about the '27 coupe that I have. Boy....talk about good therapy
Question for today is....How to remove the window crank, aside from removing...
I just getting in to the re-build of the body on my 29 D40 Rugby.
I have read previously on the forum of people overseas using Oak or similar in the rebuild of the timber work for the body.
I am just wondering what others from Australia have used that is readil...
Some time ago I posted a message on the forum about members sending in their photographs of their cars to Rick for inclusion on this web site's photograph section. The responce was great and we updated our photograph section with many photographs. Well it's time agai...
Some sad news here with one of our very faithful Durant Club members Terry Rudi of Wisconsin passed away this last Saturday. I had been helping Terry with some parts for his cars and spent a bunch of time on the phone with him over a pretty long period of time now. H...
Hello all, i have found a 1928 Durant M2 coupe Serial # E 19730. I don't know much about these cars, they do look pretty cool. I would like to buy it from this guy. I would like to know if his asking price is a good deal or not. Also, how hard are these parts to come...
I´m doing a baquette 1929 with a Durant 66 deluxe 1929.I need the technical specification of a red color of Durant 1929.
Yours sincerely.
José Schneeberger.
Looking for a fan belt or two (for backup just in case). The existing is one inch wide and appears to be made of leather. Engine is Continental 6 cyl. (26 Star Coach.) Guidance please, with appreciation.
I've aded three updates tot he Photographs section, one Star and two Durants.
1925 Star Touring owned by Greg Krueger, Eau Claire Wisconsin.
1929 D40 Sedan-C owned by Cumberland Heritage Village in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Pictures were submitted by David True...
A few members had previously talked to this lady about her car in upstate NY. She has now put it on E-bay. The number is 141581199. The search "DeVaux" will also pull it up.
This can be a good one for some "East Coaster". She has the car running. It just needs...
Hey Everyone, car is going together awesome, does anyone have a tool for putting rims on tires for sale, or a picture of one to possibly make one,they keep binding when they spring together, not square end to end. Hope this makes sense. Thanks Dave
We have what i think is a 29 durant driver door, its to good to haul to the dump and a pair of fenders taken off our coupe when it was a truck. would love to find a home for these items as we will be moving cross county and trying to down size. free to a good home....
My ex-father-in-law passed away a few months ago. I am helping to clean out his workshop/machine shop in his basement. I have found an engine that was made by the Continental Motor Co. and is marked Durant. It is a straight six and does not seem to have the head for...
In the days when interchangeable parts were commonplace, components of our cars could be assembled more than one way. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. In the picture below is one occasion where this was done.
What’s wrong with this picture?
1928 Rugby Stake Truck -sale by auction/no reserve. also 400 other cars
See "rmauctions.com" for list of cars to be sold. Other pictures of same on "www.fawcett-movie-cars.com"
Preview Sept 14--Sale Sept 15&16
Some interesting cars available
WILL FRANK FORGET AB...
If anyone is experienced with tranny removal from a Durant without lots of removals, I'd like to talk to them. Couldn't find anything by seaching the forum and I do not have a mechanics manual. I have a '31 619 with the 22A Continental engine and 3 speed. I want to s...
The Annual meet is coming up and I was told that I need to replace the rear outer seals on our Differential. The brakes were to be replaced until my Mechanic said that I needed to replace the seals be fore he will do any more work. Differential is on my 1923 A22 Bang...
Search on "Durant Star" and check out the pick-up for sale! It's close by and my checkbook keeps saying "let's bid". Alas, my storage space is beyond full.
Durant fans,
Would anyone be interested in a barn find that looks to be in need of a total restoration? It's a neighbor's(that I don't know very well and who does not occupy the home anymore) and it's sitting under a tarp under his carport. A neighbor(that I do kn...
Looks like I have a '72 (+/-) VW vacuum distributor on my '23 Star C model. I need a mechanical one, but with the gears on the bottom of the shaft. Should I try for another VW one or what? Suggestions,please. Thanx!
We're still blowin' n goin' on our 1927 Star M Coupes. Presently I'm starting construction of finished body woodwork and Butch is working on the frames, axels, and leaf springs.
Concerning the leaf springs, is there a source of spring shackles, shackle bolts and spr...
Hi Fellow Durant Members,
Can you help with the name of a supplier & their web
site or email for a Head Gasket 425 for a 1929 D40. Parts are very hard to source down under. John
Hello,
I'm new to all of this but my family is starting to restore the car that my grandfather bought some years back. Everyone has their own jobs and mine with the cars is to research the history and be able to know where the car came from. I looking for any info...
FELLOW DURANTONIANS,
HOPEFULLY, YOU REMEBER THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER AN IDENTIFICATION MANUAL FOR THE IMPORTANT PARTS FOR EACH MODEL OF OUR CLUB CARS.THIS BIG TASK REQUIRES INPUT FROM AS MANY MEMBERS AS POSSIBLE. TAKE TIME THIS SUMMER (OR WINTER DOWN...
My '28 D-55 Coupe develops a bad vibration between 25 and 30 mph. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I should start looking to fix this. When the vibration starts it sounds like the entire drive train is going to fly apart. I have to assume that this is...
Can anyone help, I'm looking for a wiring harness, and is there a place I can get the outer rims for 29 Durant M2. Mine will not line up after I put new tires on, tried and tried. Thanks Dave
Hi All....
Thought you might like to see what the dash plaque for the National meet will look like.
Each registered participant will get one. Another good reason to get those registrations in to Mike.
If we do have any extras, they will be for sale after th...
Hi all,
The other day, as I was coming back home from a Model A club meet, My Star coupe was running fine, then all of a sudden it just came to a halt. Kind if like a brake locked up.....or maybe rear end? maybe transmission? I put it in reverse & drove it backwa...
A very close friend of mine is in the home stretch of completing his 1933 Beacon restoration and is in desperate need of a hood ornament to complete the package. The ornament is of a nude woman with her arms out stretched and flowing hair, his base that this attaches...
I've received about 6 registrations so far for the Auburn meet but I know there is more coming for sure. This is going to be a great meeting in a great part of the country, so don't miss out on this one. It's a chance for many mid-westerners to come to a meet and enj...
Hi Again, can anyone tell me where I can find a manifold nut that holds the exhaust ? and is it possible to find a radiator cover for my 29, mine will take a lot to repair.
I came across a company (Vintage Auto Parts) offering NOS hubcaps for a Flint. Here's the link for those interested:
http://www.vapinc.com/Oneofakind/other/other4.html
Yesterday Sat. 7/21/07
I motored our Durant to a car show for the Day.
What made this a good Day is that during the show I had 3 people through out the Day approched me. First person said that there is a Lady in Muskegon that has a 1924 Star convertable for sale, h...