Division of General Motors, and built mostly Buick bodies until its 1987 closure. Durant's Oakland, California, plant, located at the northeast corner of East 14th Street (now International Blvd.) and Durant Avenue (also the boundary between Oakland and San Leandro), later became a General Motors parts warehouse. Part of the plant survives as loft apartments and the Durant Square shopping center. The company's Canadian Leaside, Ontario, plant later became a factory for the Canadian Wire and Cable Company, though it was later demolished and is now a neighborhood shopping center. Durant's former plant in Elizabeth, New Jersey, housed one of the first supermarkets in the 1930s, and then was used as a cookie bakery by Burry Biscuits for many years. It was in use as a warehouse when it was destroyed by fire in December 2011. Billy Durant died nearly broke at age 85 in 1947, the same year as Henry Ford, aged 83. Production model specifications Durant Touring Car See also Flint (automobile) Rugby (automobile) Star (automobile) Mason Truck List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers References Further reading Tad Burness, 1920–1939 Car Spotters Guide, Motorbooks International External links Durant Motors Automobile Club Defunct manufacturing companies based in Lansing, Michigan Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Defunct manufacturing companies based in Michigan Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1921 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1931 1921 establishments in Michigan 1931 disestablishments in Michigan Companies based in Flint, Michigan