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Marmon Motor Company

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Marmon Motor Company
IndustryPremium Trucks
Founded1963
Defunct1997
FateDissolved
SuccessorNavistar International (For construction plant only)
HeadquartersDenton, Texas, United States
ProductsVehicles

Marmon Motor Company was a Texas-based manufacturer of exclusive trucks from 1963 through 1997.

History

In 1963, after Marmon-Herrington, the successor to the Marmon Motor Car Company, ceased truck production, a new company, Marmon Motor Company of Denton, Texas, purchased and revived the Marmon brand to build and sell premium truck designs that Marmon-Herrington had been planning.

The Marmon truck was a low-production, handmade truck sometimes dubbed the Rolls-Royce of trucks.[citation needed] An overcrowded American truck industry and the lack of a nationwide sales network led to the eventual failure of Marmon trucks in the USA. The last Marmon was made in 1997, and the production facilities in Garland, Texas, were taken over by Navistar’s Paystar division.

Models

Models of Marmon trucks over the decades have included:

Marmon Class 8 Trucks
Model Family Name Production Years Cab Configuration Notes
Marmon 57P Undefined-1997 Conventional
Marmon 57L Undefined-1997 Conventional
Marmon 57P Aero Undefined-1997 Conventional
Marmon 110P Undefined-1997 Cabover/COE
Marmon 86P Undefined-1997 Cabover/COE