The Engine Catalog – Durant Cars

Durant Motors bought most of its engines from outside suppliers, chiefly Continental Motors. This page lists which engine was used in which make, year, and model, as far as we know.

This page is a work in progress, based on Terry Kulchycki’s working notes. Entries marked “?” are unconfirmed. If you can confirm or correct an entry, please let us know.

Continental engines

Engine	Used in (year and model)
W-4	Star: 1922–24 C; 1923–24 CC; 1924 F Rugby: 1923 C; 1924 F
W-5	Durant: 1928–29 M2; 1929 40, M4, S4 Star: 1924–26 F; 1925–27 M; 1928 M2 Rugby: 1924–25 F; 1926–27 M; 1928 M2; 1929 40, M4 The 1929 Durant M2 and 1926 Star F are from their fact sheets (Continental four-cylinder, 3-3/8″ × 4-1/4″, the W-5 size).
W-5A	Rugby: X, X2, S, S2, S4, 401, 406 Star: 1926 M Rugby trucks; the 401 was a Rugby, never a Durant. The Star M is from one car in the registry (engine number W5A 359644).
W-8	Durant: 1930–31 610; 1930–32 407 Rugby: 1931 416 The Durant 610 and 407 were sold as Rugbys when exported. There was no Durant 401.
6E	Flint: 1923–26 E-55; 1926–27 E-80
6W	Flint: 1925 H-40; 1925–26 B-40
9L	Flint: 1926–27 Z-18
14L	Durant: 1928 55; 1928–29 60 Star: 1926–27 L; 1926–27 R Rugby: 1926–27 R; 1928–29 L, L2 The Durant 60 was made in two series: series 1 in 1928 and series 2 in 1929.
14U	Flint: 1927 B-60
15L	Durant: 1928 65; 1929 63, 66 The Durant 60 did not use the 15L.
15U	Durant: 1928 75; 1929 70; 1930 617
22A	Durant: 1930–31 612; 1930–32 614; 1931 611, 619; 1931–32 618 Frontenac: 1931 E (also called E 618); 1932 6-70 Rugby: 1930–33 615, 616 The Frontenac 6-70’s car number plate shows “E”; “6-70” does not appear anywhere on the car.
32A	Durant: 1932 618, 633 Frontenac: 1932 6-85
40A	De Vaux: 1931–32 6-75; 1932 6-80 The Continental-Hall engine; on the 6-80 the Hall name was removed.
41A	Continental: 1933 Ace 81 (US) Frontenac: 1933 Ace 91 (Canada) The 40A block from a 1931 casting, with the Hall name removed, renamed 41A.
C400	Continental: 1933 Beacon (US); 1934 Red Seal Four Frontenac: 1933 C-400 (Canada)
C600	Continental: 1933 Flyer (US) Frontenac: 1933 C-600 (Canada)

Continental engines by make, year, and model

Durant and Ansted engines

Engine	Used in (year and model)
OHV-4	Durant: 1921–26 A-22 Durant’s own four-cylinder overhead-valve engine, 3-7/8″ × 4-1/4″. The 1922 fact sheet says “Motor designed by Durant engineers, valve in head type.”
OHV-6	Durant: 1923 B-22 An Ansted six-cylinder overhead-valve engine, 3-1/4″ × 4-1/2″. The 1923 fact sheet calls it a Continental.

Overhead-valve engines of the Durant A-22 and B-22

Locomobile engines

Locomobile built its own engines for its larger cars and bought others from outside makers, including Lycoming.

Engine	Used in (year and model)
Locomobile	Locomobile: 1921–22 48-7; 1923–24 48-8; 1925–26 48-9; 1926 48-9/10; 1927–29 6-48; 1926–29 6-90 Locomobile’s own engines.
8P	Locomobile: 1925–27 Junior Eight (also called the 8-66)
10S	Locomobile: 1928–29 8-70
10P	Locomobile: 1925 Junior Six Shown only; never produced.
Lycoming H.D.L.	Locomobile: 1927–28 8-80; 1929 8-86, 8-88

Locomobile engines by year and model

Engine photographs

Continental 14L, left side — Continental 6E, right side

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