Thursday, April 3, 2025

Marmon Sixteen - Main Body Types

The Marmon Motor Car Company (Wikipedia entry here) produced 390 16-cylinder cars 1931-1933.   Interestingly, the basic design was contracted out to Walter Dorwin Teague, a pioneer industrial designer in the earliest years of that profession.

LeBaron built nearly all of the Sixteen's bodies, but apparently did not do design work on most of its Marmon Sixteens.

Below are side views of the Sixteen's body styles.

Gallery

1932c. Marmon Sixteen 7-passenger sedan - unidentified photo source
Five-passenger sedans and limousines looked the same as the car above from the outside.

1932 Marmon Sixteen Close-Coupled Sedan - RM Sotheby's photo
This was the original style that Teague proposed.

1932 Marmon Sixteen Victoria Coupe - Mecum Auctons photo
Also called a Five-Passenger Coupe.

1931 Marmon Sixteen Convertible Sedan - Driehaus Collection photo
This body type was still fairly common in the early 1930s, though losing favor.

1931 Marmon Sixteen Two-Passenger Coupe - car-for-sale photo
For sportier buyers.

1931 Marmon Sixteen Convertible Coupe - RM Sotheby's photo
Even sportier ... and with a rumble seat.

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