Steve Braverman Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Do any air-cooled Marmons still exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelroadster Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 None that is known. The earliest Marmon in the Marmon club registry is 1910 which is later than the air cooled engines. Of course if you have one or two in your barn the club would really like to know about them. They even had a prototype air cooled v8 which never quite made it into production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 As a Franklin enthusiast, I've always wondered about the air cooled Marmon, but never seen one. Were many built? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelroadster Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Air cooled Marmons were built from 1904 to 1908. I do not have total production but believe it to be in the hundreds with most of them made from 1906 to 1908. They started out building cars sort of as a hobby for their friends and neighbors (rich ones). They were rather exotic mechanically with such features as full pressure lubrication and double three point suspension which was basically two frames. It seems as if the early days were more for obtaining patents than building a whole lot of cars. They built mostly V4s which were as reliable as franklins. They also used cast aluminum bodies. For more information try to find a copy of "The Marmon Heritage". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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