Very cool old ride

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Why anyone would think they would try to sell that on CL is beyond me.
 
based off the number of exhaust ports I can see, it looks like a V-10 no a V-16
 
1970Duster said:
based off the number of exhaust ports I can see, it looks like a V-10 no a V-16
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In 1929, Marmon introduced an under-$1,000 straight-8 car, the Roosevelt, but the stock market crash of 1929 made the company's problems worse. Howard Marmon had begun working on the world's first V16 engine in 1927, but was unable to complete the production Sixteen until 1931. By that time, Cadillac had already introduced their V-16, designed by ex-Marmon engineer Owen Nacker. Peerless, too, was developing a V16 with help from an ex-Marmon engineer, James Bohannon.

The Marmon Sixteen was produced for just three years, with 400 examples made. The engine displaced 491 in³ (8.0 L) and produced 200 hp (149 kW). It was an all-aluminum design with steel cylinder liners and a 45° bank angle.

Marmon discontinued automobile production in 1933, the worst year of the Great Depression.

Marmon was notable as having introduced the rear-view mirror as well as pioneering both the V16 engine and the use of aluminum in auto manufacturing.
 
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