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A SPEEDSTER BODY with overhead valves were some-of the features of the 1921 ;
Marmon Model 34. Manufactured in Indianapolis the car was also entered in the big
Indy 500. (Courtesy of the Craven Foundation) _

he magnificent Marmon

Howard Marmon’s first
cars were highly advanced,
with air-cooled V-4 engines
of oversquare dimensions,
mechanically-operated ove-
rhead valves, and pressure
lubrication. He achieved a
kind of independent front
suspension by using double-
three-point suspension, with
a separate subframe for
engine and transmission.

Only his two-speed
planetary transmission was
in line with current
American standards.

These cars lasted until

introduced, featuring an
aluminum cylinder block,
body, hood and_ radiator
shell. It boasted 340 ci. and
74 bhp, and remained - in
stock until 1927, acquiring
Delco coil ignition in 1920,
and optional front wheel
brakes in 1923:

Marmons were expensive;
$5,000 for a 1921 touring
car. An unsuccessful 189 ci.
ohv straight-8 appeared ‘in
1927, but the following year
only eights were made, the
cheapest L-head 68 priced at

.

than $1,000. This model
name, however, appeared in
the 1930 catalogue as the
Marmon R, along with three
other eights: the L-head 69,
and two big ohv cars with
four-speed transmissions and
displacements of 21Y ci and
303 ci.

One of the last Marmons
was the finest: the
magnificent 491 ci. 200 bhp
16-cylinder model of 1931. It
was beautifully propor-
tioned, and had an alloy
engine. The list price was
$4,925. There was a comi-

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$1,395. panion 8-125 in 1932, but"
“only the Sixteen was lised for

1908, though in 1907 he 0s ee

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* Overhaul wheel cylinders

¢ Flush brake system

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© Repack wheel bearings (check seal)

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North Van AutoBrake

introduced selective sliding-
type transmissions and a
short-lived 60 hp V-8. In
1908 buyers could choose air

or water cooling, and
cylinder heads were
detachable.

The following year

Marmon switched to con-
ventional T-head in-line
fours rated at 40/45 hp and
50/60 hp, and two years latet
only the 318 ci. model 32,
with rear-axle transmission
was listed. Marmons did well
in competition, logging fifty-
four Ist places between 1909
and 1912.

Ray Harroun won the first
Indianapolis 500 in 1911 with
a specially-built six cylinder
car, the Wasp. An enormous
572 ci. six rated at 48 hp was
available in 1914.

In 1916
OHV

the advanced
6-Cylinder 34° was

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In 1928 Marmon entered
several front-wheel drive
cars at Indianapolis, but they
were actually revamped
Millers. The company sold
22,300 cars in 1929, thanks
to the Roosevelt, a new
straight-8 that sold for less

1933. At ‘the verys'ends-—-

Marmon was testing a 150
bhp V-12 with independent
front suspension, De Dion
rear axle, and tubular
backbone frame, but this
was never produced.

From the
dation

Craven Foun-

No Grand Prix

BRASILIA, Brazil (UPI) -
The Brazilian government is
studying the possibility of
banning = gasoline-powered
auto races, to save oil, but as

yet has taken no final
decision, it was reported
Thursday from the
presidantial palace.

Rio de Janeiro’s city

yovernment recently said the

fanuary 1980, Brazihan
Grand Prix was not welcome
in. Rio as had been
previously = planned. The
action threw the site of the
Brivzitian Formula One event
into question and now the

federale government's — at-

twude further clouds the

race's (uture.

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