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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 CHDT Undefined-1997 Conventional Heavy Duty Tractor
Marmon 54-F Undefined-1997 Conventional Fleet Shorthood
Marmon 54-P Undefined-1997 Conventional Premium Shorthood
Marmon 54-FB Undefined-1997 Conventional Fleet Short Butterfly Hood
Marmon 57-F Undefined-1997 Conventional Fleet Standard Hood
Marmon 57-FB Undefined-1997 Conventional Fleet Standard Butterfly Hood
Marmon 57-P Undefined-1997 Conventional Premium Standard Hood
Marmon 57-PHR Undefined-1997 Conventional Premium High Rise
Marmon 57-L Undefined-1997 Conventional Lightweight
Marmon 125-D 1996-1997 Conventional Sloped Hood
Marmon 125-DHR 1996-1997 Conventional Sloped Hood High Roof
Marmon 125-P 1992-1997 Conventional Premium Sloped Windshield
Marmon 125-PHR 1992-1997 Conventional Premium Sloped Windshield High Rise
Marmon SB57-L Undefined-1997 Conventional Setback Lightweight Shorthood Day Cab
Marmon SB90-L Undefined-1997 Conventional Setback Lightweight Shorthood Sleeper
Marmon SB103-L Undefined-1997 Conventional Setback Lightweight Standard Hood Small Bunk
Marmon SB125-L Undefined-1997 Conventional Setback Lightweight Standard Hood Big Bunk
Marmon SB125-LHR Undefined-1997 Conventional Setback Lightweight Standard Hood High Rise
Marmon SB-57R Undefined-1997 Conventional Setback Regular
Marmon 60-F Undefined-1997 Cabover/COE Fleet Day Cab
Marmon 60-P Undefined-1997 Cabover/COE Premium Day Cab
Marmon 86-F 1968-1997 Cabover/COE Fleet Single Sleeper
Marmon 86-P 1968-1997 Cabover/COE Premium Single Sleeper
Marmon 110-P Undefined-1997 Cabover/COE Premium Double Sleeper

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