Exhibit 31.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


I, Antony Gram, certify that:

1.   I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
     September 30, 2003 of The Deltona Corporation;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a material  fact or omit to state a  material  fact  necessary  to make the
     statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which such statements
     were made,  not  misleading  with  respect  to the  period  covered by this
     report;

3.   Based on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
     information  included  in  this  report,  fairly  present  in all  material
     respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and cash flows of
     the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and I are  responsible  for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))  and internal  control over
     financial  reporting  (as  defined  in  Exchange  Act Rules  13a-15(f)  and
     15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

               a) Designed such disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused
          such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  to be designed  under our
          supervision,  to ensure  that  material  information  relating  to the
          registrant,  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
          us by others within those entities,  particularly during the period in
          which this report is being prepared;

               b) Designed such internal  control over financial  reporting,  or
          caused such internal  control over financial  reporting to be designed
          under our supervision,  to provide reasonable  assurance regarding the
          reliability  of financial  reporting and the  preparation of financial
          statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
          accounting principles;

               c) Evaluated the  effectiveness  of the  registrant's  disclosure
          controls and procedures  and presented in this report our  conclusions
          about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,  as
          of the end of the period  covered by this report  (September 30, 2003)
          based upon such evaluation; and

               d)  Disclosed  in this  report  any  change  in the  registrant's
          internal  control over financial  reporting  that occurred  during the
          registrant's  most recent  fiscal  quarter (the third fiscal  quarter)
          that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably  likely to materially
          affect,  the registrant's  internal control over financial  reporting;
          and

5.   The registrant's other certifying  officers and I have disclosed,  based on
     our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
     the registrant's  auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of
     directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

               a) All significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses in the
          design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
          are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's  ability to
          record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

               b) Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management
          or other  employees  who have a significant  role in the  registrant's
          internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 15, 2003                         /s/   Antony Gram
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                                              Antony Gram, Chairman, President,
                                              and Chief Executive Officer