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-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,

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1932 Marmon HCM V-12 2 Door Sedan Prototype - did not sell for $475,000 An historic, highly advanced prototype. Well-known provenance and ownership history. A multiple concours award winner, including 2001 Pebble Beach Best in Class. Subject of an Automobile Quarterly feature by Beverly Rae Kimes.
Gallery: 2011 Monterey Auction by RM

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