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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): MARCH 6, 2006

                          DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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                    DELAWARE                           000-21139                       38-3185711
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
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              2791 RESEARCH DRIVE, ROCHESTER HILLS, MICHIGAN 48309
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

                                 (248) 299-7500
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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following provisions:

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ITEM 8.01  OTHER EVENTS

      Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. ("the Company") has engaged J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. to arrange additional borrowings of up to $75 million in the
form of a new tranche loan under the Company's existing $150 million senior
secured second lien term loan due May 2011. Specific terms and conditions will
be announced at the Lender Meeting on March 9th. In conjunction with this
action, the Company is also requesting minor amendments to its existing $175
million asset-based revolving credit facility and the senior secured second lien
term loan. The proceeds from this new loan will be used for general corporate
purposes. The Company expects to close the transaction by the end of the first
quarter.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                    DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.


Date:  March 6, 2006            By  /s/ Keith R. Marchiando
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                                    Keith R. Marchiando
                                    Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                    (principal accounting and financial officer)