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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): APRIL 27, 2006

                          DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


                                                       
          DELAWARE                      000-21139                38-3185711
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


              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
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

[ ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
     CFR 230.425)

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     240.14a-12)

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)

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ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

          On April 27, 2006, Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. issued the press
release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 announcing earnings for the three months
ended April 2, 2006. The information contained in the press release filed as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is furnished pursuant to this
Item 2.02.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

          (a) None
          (b) None
          (c) Exhibits

     99.1 Press release dated April 27, 2006 filed herein.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the attached press
release shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any
filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly
set forth by specific reference in such filing.



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: April 27, 2006                  By /s/ Keith R. Marchiando
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                                         Keith R. Marchiando
                                         Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                         (principal accounting and financial
                                         officer)



                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS



EXHIBIT NO.   DESCRIPTION
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99.1          First quarter earnings press release dated April 27, 2006.