1930 Marmon Big 8 7 Passenger Sedan

The Nordyke & Marmon Company of Indianapolis, soon to be renamed the Marmon Motor Car Company, produced its first experimental car in 1902. The Marmon Big Eight was introduced in November 1930, a year before the company's famous 16-cylinder car, and both cars remained in production until the company closed its doors in 1933. Howard C. Marmon was a mechanical genius and the Marmon marque was known as one of the best-riding and best-performing luxury cars of that era. Five different Big Eight models appeared in the Marmon catalogue for 1930, including this seven-passenger sedan. This 1930 Marmon is one of four known to survive with this coachwork designed by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky and built by the Hayes Body Company.