-HCM, Howard Marmon's initials -Last Marmon Made -Made to meet the changing post-depression market -Cheaper than the V16 -four-wheel independent suspension, slidling pilars like Lancia in 1921 upfront, narrow center chassis, four springs at rear, swing axle. -chassis, tubular backbone, transmission mounted -retained the V16's bore, stroke and 45-degree, wet-liner aluminum construction -tested at Indianapolis Speedway July 1932, 113 mph, driver Wilbur Shaw -body design by Walter Dorwin Teague Associates, in New York designed by Walter Dorwin (son) -HCM followed Teague's design, with refinements -Cost $160,000 -Fall of 1933 receivership -Howard Marmon and George Freers toured across US, no buyers -bought from the Stevens Museum in 1999 -restored back to original color -Completed in 2001, PB '01. 2002 Cranbrook, ... Read More
