From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Sales brochure for 'The Little Marmon' car, detailing new developments, models, and prices.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\5\ Scan240 | |
| Date | 5th May 1927 guessed | |
| The Little Marmon Collapsible Coupe-Roadster New Developments The Little Marmon engine with 8 cylinders in line is approached by no other passenger car motor built today in horsepower per cubic inch displacement and range of performance. Built by Marmon in Marmon factories to highest precision standards. The chassis is unusually low swung but with normal road clearance, springs are mounted in new type of rubber insulators which are rattle-proof, trouble-proof, require no lubrication and last a lifetime; 6-inch channel frame, very rigid; self-energizing four-wheel brakes; unusually long, flat, semi-elliptic springs (total length of front and rear springs lack only 22 inches of equaling the wheelbase of the car); 70 honest miles per hour with ease. 18 to 22 miles to a gallon of gasoline. PRICES Type 35 4-door SEDAN - - - £650 " " 36 2-door SEDAN - - - £625 " " 31 4-passenger SPEEDSTER £670 " " 30 2-passenger SPEEDSTER £650 " " 38 2-passenger COLLAPSIBLE COUPE £675 " " 37 2-passenger COUPE - - £650 Extra for Wire Wheels, all models - £18 PRICES INCLUDE Lovejoy Hydraulic Shock Absorbers, Front and Rear Bumpers, Electric Clock, Cigar Lighter, Automatic Windshield Wiper, and other equipment naturally associated with a truly fine motor car. The little MARMON Companion to the Marmon Series 75 Printed in U.S.A. [Right Page] The Little Marmon Four-Passenger Speedster America's first truly fine small car The little MARMON | ||