need info on dort automobiles

[1964 262 6]

stopped by my buddy's nursery to buy seed potatoes and onion sets and he showed me some pics and a letter from dort motor cars in flint, michigan from 1922. his grandfather had a shop in our town that sold horses. he expressed interest in selling dort cars and this letter invites him to see the cars in chicago. as far as we know he never followed up on this. i have the pics on photobucket but can't get them on here. anybody have info on dorts?

[slick4x4]

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.
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 apiece. In 1900, the company, which by now was making 50,000 wagons, carts, and carriages annually, changed its name to Durant-Dort Carriage Company.
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.
By 1917, Dort was offering four models: a closed sedan at $1,065, a convertible sedan at $815, a five-place open tourer at $695, and a Fleur-de-Lys roadster at $695.[1] By contrast, Ford Model Ts were selling for $440 in 1915.[2]
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.

I had never heard of them.....

[Johnny Canuck]

I have heard of Dorts but being a Ford man, never paid any attention to those off brands like Chevy, Buick, Dort, and star.

Good luck finding parts for those babys..

[1964 262 6]

my friend's grandfather had a business that sold horses and wagons. dort seems to have wanted him to sell their cars. in the letter they invited him to come to chicago to see their display at the auto show. they were gone in 2years. with an associate like durant, one wonders what would have happened if they could have worked through their problems.mr. durant proved he could sell cars. i have never seen one, and was hoping someone on here might have had one or maybe have seen one!