RUGBY

Durant Motors Inc. (1922-1932)
Elizabeth, New Jersey; Lansing, Michigan; Toronto, Canada

                                                                                 

This is a Rugby radiator emblem (1924-1925)     mjs
Size: 51mm diameter    MM: Unknown

Durant Motors manufactured a popular line of cars and commercial vehicles under the name Star from 1922 to 1928 (see Star). 

Star passenger cars and trucks were rebadged as Rugby for export to the UK, Australasia, India and South Africa, in order to avoid trademark issues with a different Star built in the UK. Most, but not all, Rugby vehicles were built in the Durant plant in Toronto, Canada, in order to take advantage of more favorable import tariffs for Canadian products in these markets.

After 1927, the Rugby name was also used for commercial vehicles sold in America.

Emblems

It has been suggested that the first Rugby export models in 1923 may have used a black and white painted Rugby radiator emblem similar to the illustration shown below. If you have better details of this Rugby emblem, please let me know, in order to update this post. If this Rugby radiator emblem does exist, it would be extremely rare.

                                                                                     

This is an illustration of a possible Rugby radiator emblem (1923)  ms
Size: 51mm diameter    MM: Unknown

The following blue and white enamel Rugby radiator emblem was used on export Star models from 1924 to 1926:

                                                                                   

This is a Rugby radiator emblem (1924-1926)     mjs
Size: 51mm diameter    MM: Unknown

The following Blue and white enamel Rugby radiator emblems were used respectively for the export versions of the new Star four-cylinder and six-cylinder models from 1926:

                                                                                    

This is a Rugby Four radiator emblem (1926-1927)    mjs
Size: 51mm diameter    MM: Unknown

                                                                                  

This is a Rugby Six radiator emblem (1926-1927)     mjs
Size: 51mm diameter   MM: Unknown

The following oval-shaped, blue and white enamel Rugby radiator emblem was used on the export versions of all Star models for 1928 and 1929:

                                                                                    

This is a Rugby radiator emblem (1928-1929)    mjs
Size: 57mm high 38mm wide     MM: Unknown

The following chrome plated "Rugby" script has been seen attached to the radiator grille of a 1926 Rugby car. This Rugby script is rare.

This is a Rugby car showing a radiator script (1926)  wiki

The following is a different chrome plated cast brass "Rugby" radiator script also seen on 1926 Rugby cars:

This is a Rugby car showing a radiator script (1926) justcars

The following is an un-plated version of the above "Rugby" radiator script. This Rugby radiator script is scarce.
                                                                               

This is a Rugby radiator script (c1926)     mjs
Size: Unknown

The following painted aluminum Rugby nameplate has been seen attached to the radiator of a 1926 Rugby passenger car. However, this Rugby nameplate may have been made for one of the Rugby commercials but I cannot confirm this. This Rugby nameplate is rare.

This is a Rugby nameplate (c1926)    lktec
Size: 220mm wide 78mm high      MM: Unknown

It is possible that export versions of early Star commercial vehicles based on the passenger car chassis carried the relevant Rugby radiator emblems as shown earlier above but I cannot confirm this.

The Star Six Compound Fleetrucks produced by Durant were replaced by Rugby commercials in late 1927 for the 1928 model year and carried the oval Rugby radiator emblem shown earlier above and again below for convenience:

This is a Rugby commercial radiator emblem (1928-1929)     mjs
Size: 57mm high 38mm wide     MM: Unknown

 

A new red, black and white enamel Rugby radiator emblem was used for all Rugby commercials for 1930-1932, see example shown below:

                                                                                  

This is a Rugby radiator emblem (1930-1932)     mjs
Size: 52mm high 34mm wide   MM: Metal Etchers (Canada) (Fox in US)

The following black painted Rugby nameplate was displayed on both sides of the hood on most Rugby commercial vehicles. This Rugby hood side nameplate is scarce.
                                                                      

This is a Rugby hood side nameplate (1928-1932)   mjs
Size: 224mm wide 44mm high    MM: None