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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,