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• PHOTOGRAPHS: William C. Durant, Durant, Star, Flint, Rugby, Mathis & Locomobile Automobiles
• This collection encompasses varios photographs of People, Places, Artifacts and Vehicles connected to Durant Motors Automobile Corporation. Exhibit consists of Durant Automobile Plants, Various production vehicles, People at work and associated with...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• ITEMS AND ARTIFACTS: William C. Durant, Durant, Star, Flint, Rugby, Mathis, Locomobile Automobiles
• Items and artifacts donated to the museum and housed in its collections as well as items loaned to the museum for exhibit. Items and artifacts cover the years 1922 to 1932....  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• ADVERTISING: Newspaper, Magazines, Flyers, Announcements, and other items of interest.
• During the years of Durant Motors Corporation advertising was a key corporate function in attracting the public to purchase the cars of Durant Motors. This exhibit shows various forms of advertising used by Durant Motors, over the years. This adverti...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS: Hardbound and Softbound books, Magazines, Magazine articles etc.
• Books and publications relating to Durant Motors Corporation. Includes copies of the original Durant Standard, Flint and Star publications. Many of the magazines can be viewed in their entirety....  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• AUDIO VISUAL MATERIAL: Movies, Recordings.
• Over the years William C. Durant and Durant Motors Corporation vehicles appeared in a few movies, and recordings. The items are rare, but a few do exist. This Exhibit shows several items made during this time period as well as modern day video record...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• STAR MOTORS: Star Motors a division of Durant Motors Inc.
• Designed and manufactured to be a low price automobile to compete with the Model "T" Ford, the Star, unlike the Ford "T" utilized a 3 speed manual transmission and an electric starter. Star became a very popular car among the Durant Motors family of...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• FLINT MOTORS: Flint Motors a division of Durant Motors.
• William C. Durant created Flint Motors to compete with General Motors Buick automobile. What was the FLINT Automobile was a prototype of a vehicle that was included in the purchase of the Elizabeth, New Jersey assembly plant when William C. Durant pu...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• LOCOMOBILE: 1922 through 1929
• Durant and Durant Motors purchased the Locomobile Company after the original company filed for bankruptcy. The vehicles of Locomobile continued to be manufactured at their Bridgeport, Connecticut factory location still manufacturing a high end automo...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• DEVAUX AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
• In 1930 Norman DeVaux purchased the Durant Motors Corporation California plant in Oakland, California. Norman DeVaux, a Durant executive in charge of Durant Motors California, along with a partner, Elbert J. Hall, formed their own car company DeVaux-...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• DURANT MOTORS AUTOMOBILE CLUB: Photographs, Videos, Club Magazines, Articles of interest etc. Pertaining to the Durant Motors Automobile Club.
• Durant Motors Automobile Club is the successor to two previous Durant automobile clubs. The Durant Owners Club came into existence in 1964 when it was organized by Gary Kauffman. In March 1976 the Durant Family Registry was organized by member Jeff G...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• FRONTENAC AND CONTINENTAL AUTOMOBILES: Information and items of interest for these automobile companies.
• In Canada, Durant Motors of Canada based in Leaside, Toronto, Ontario Province, Canada also ceased operation under the Durant name on January 14, 1931 but continued under the Dominion Motors name using various parts from the Durant line in their pro...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• DORT AUTOMOBILES: Items of interest pertaining to the Josiah Dallas Dort and his automobiles.
• Josiah Dallas Dort a good friend and early partner of William C. Durant in the Blue Ribbon Buggy Company would later follow Durant into the early years of General Motors. Upon leaving General Motors in 1915, Dort started his own car company the Dort...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• DURANT, STAR, FLINT, LOCOMOBILE DEALERSHIPS: Photographs of varios Dealerships around the world.
• A compilation of photographs of various Dealerships for cars connected to Durant and Durant Motors....  View Exhibit Page
  
  

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