Dort demonstrates its durability in the 1920s era advertising image.

The Dort was an automobile built by the Dort Motor Car Company of Flint, Michigan from 1915 - 1924. Dort used Lycoming built engines to power their vehicles. Flint, Michigan is a city in Genesee County along the Flint River about 60 miles northwest of Detroit. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Lycoming engine were produced by Lycoming, one of the Errett Lobban Cords companies and were used in his Cord and Auburn brands as well as by independent automobile manufacturers in the United States of America in 1920s and 1930s. ...

Dort Motor Car traced its history back to its founding as the Flint Road Cart Company in 1884 by William Crapo Durant and Josiah Dallas Dort, who sold wagons, built by local suppliers for $8 a piece. In 1900, the company which by now was making 50,000 annually wagons, carts and carriages changed to Durant Dort Carriage Company. William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861-March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, creating the system of multi-brand holding companies with different lines of cars. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Durant and Dort’s largest competitor in the area was Flint Wagon Works, which acquired Buick Motors in 1903. Durant and Dort wanted to begin automobile production, and Billy Durant acquired Chevrolet with Dort’s backing. Buick is a brand of automobile built in the United States and China by General Motors. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Chevrolet, or Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of the General Motors group. ...

Dort was a Director and Vice President of Chevrolet in 1912; in 1913 Dort stepped down and by 1915 he and Durant cut their business ties. Chevrolet, or Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of the General Motors group. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Dort continued manufacturing cars until 1924, when the mounting price of development and distribution of the vehicles made it impossible to compete in the automotive markets of the 1920s. Josiah Dallas Dort’s death in 1923 sealed the fate of Dort Motors. Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy Gun. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...