Butch and I are planning a trip to Denver to deliver a late model (Throw Away Car)to one of his relatives.
We do not care to come back to East Texas with an empty trailer.
So,,,, does anybody have a Star Car derelict,("Pasture Princess"), or a pile of parts for sal...
Roy Contarino, over in Sicily, is needing a rear axle gear set for a Durant 666. It has a 10 tooth pinion with a 38 tooth ring.
All I have is Star parts which uses an 8 tooth pinion with a 38 tooth ring.
Will the Star pinion and ring gear/carrier assy fit in the 6...
I have three Continentail engine blocks from Star Cars with slight diferences,
One has cast-in front engine mounts and an enginetag # 277882,
the other two have bolt on front engine mounts,with higher tag #'s
two have cover plates for rectangular frost plugs n...
Hello everyone,
just a short update on my latest project.
After I finished the punch die set and had it hardened I went ahead and tried it out on my ironworker.
Since my ironworker operates via hydraulic ram, it pivots in a slight radius. This makes the spring ste...
When I sent in the pictures last year of my M-2, it was labelled a "coupe" by the Club editorial staff.Gale Crenshaw feels that it is a 2-Door Sedan. If so, my apologies. Thanks, Gale.
Just joined the club and am very happy with the magazine. It really helps with my restoration project. My Continental 14L badly needs a flywheel ring gear. Does anybody have any ideas to where I could find one? Thanks Just finished making the splash guards and no...
has anyone had trouble getting the club to respond to an address change,notice was in the partner but 1.5 yrs later my info is still going to my old address!
on the possitive side the owner of my old house is getting the durant disease we may have a new member soon....
Hello, this is my first post to this forum so I hope I don't violate any protocols. I am the manager of the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio which delights in owning a 1928 Durant Star Coupe which I believe is more correctly referred to as an M2.
Than...
I have my Duarnt stripped down to frame and am in process of wire brushing frame.
What treatment should i use when down to shiny metal.
I have rust-olium black paint. Is that acceptable for restoration or is there a particular type i should use?
What species...
Hi. I have decided to sell my 1929 D63 sedan. 614 & Toyota Crown coupe projects along with restord D65 & Crown sedan are enough. Photos are on DMAC site Any Aussie people interested?
Regards Sid
My friend,Tad Hall doesn't have a computer and has asked me to get the word out that he has one For Sale.
It is a 1928 DURANT ... M2 - 2 door Sedan
It looks like brand new as it has been completely redone from the underside on up.
Color : Medium Green with...
Hi Everyone,I can't seem to get my rear wheels to go completely on, either side. The brake drums are about 1/4 to 1/2 inch away from the back of plate area. It seems to stop on the axle before reaching through to the seal and to the bearing, make any sense ? I either...
Does anyone have a source for a complete refurbished gasket kit for a 1929 14-L engine.
I also need a source for the correct blue/grey engine paint color or possibly borrowing a paint chip to match color. Thanks in advance for any help!
Dennis
OK, it's probably in here someplace---
I got my transmission changed in my 31 model 619. But I cannot seem to find what weight oil to fill it with. I've have seen a couple different references that are very different. So does anybody know for sure? 30, 90 or 600?...
Hi Rick, just read your note about '28 Coupe in Texas museum. That's a great site to browse through. Glad to hear that you got your '28 coupe running again. I have been wondering and SEARCHING for info & photos of the '27 Star coupe like I have, but they are few & fa...
Hi All.....
If you are wondering where the new Posts about the Dusenberg went, be sure to click next at the bottom of the original listing. There is a PAGE TWO !
Enjoy the ride ! Have Fun ! See Y'all in Auburn....
Frank ---
g,day from oz , me and my 2 boys have picked up a durant we think its a 28 model , the starter motor clamps on , and the starter shaft is worn bad where it exits the housing i dont think i can build it up and turn it down as it is worn right next to the windings and...
The Texas Transportation Museum contacted me inform us that they have been able to get their 1928 Durant M2 Coupe back up and running. They have pictures at the link below.
http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/DURANT2007.htm
Rick
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?