marmon Cars
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Marmon is one of the finest names in automobile
history. It's unique place in history is that the Marmon won the
first Indianapolis 500-mile race.
At the age of 23, Brilliant Howard Marmon built his first car in 1902. It had an air-cooled V-twin engine, pressure lubrication and overhead valves. His second car in 1903 was an air-cooled V-4. He sold six of them to friends and by 1905 his production increased to 25 cars.
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| 1932 Marmon V-16 |
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The Marmon Wasp was a racing version of the car. The wasp name came from its yellow color and long pointed tail. The Wasp established Marmon as a reliable and fast racing competition machine. The Wasp driven by Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911. |
| The Marmon Wasp |
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n spite of its magnificence, the Depression had reduced America's demand for $5000 plus cars. The Marmon Motor Car Company went into receivership in 1933. Marmon's best car, the Marmon Sixteen is a priceless collectible today. There were only 400 of them made. |
| Marmon HCM- the last Marmon produced |