Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-29
MARMON big SIX"
PROVES A WINNER

After yer two years of continued
tests, try-outs and improvements the
announcement of the new Marmon
Six was made yesterday al the In
dianapolis factory. 1t a been no
secret that this new addition to the
Marmon line was contemplated and
the big cars with unfinished bodies
have been seen often on the streets
during the past three or four months,
The announcement of the new six
cylinder Marmon comes after some
Of the most thorough tests ever p
piled to a new car. The first six
cylinder chassis achieved worldwide
fame in contests under the name of
the Marmon Wasp" In this
Ray Harroun won the first 500-mile
International sweepstakes race at the
Indianapolis Speedway on May 30,
1911, in competition with the greatest
and most representative field of for
eign and American cars ever entered
in any race A year previous the
same a won the Wheeler-Schebler
trophy In q most exciting 200-mile
contest against a big field. While the
public was cheering the winning car
in each of these races, the designers
and the manufacturers were adding
proof to their tests on the road and
In the shop of the mechanical details
of the new six. In a mechanical way
practically all of the principles of de-
sign of the Marmon T~hirty-two are
found in the new Marmon Six. The
six-cylinder motor has a 4h-inch
pore and 6-inch stroke and while II Is
rated at forty-eight horsepower by
the A. l.. A. M. rating 1t develops
eighty horsepower in actual use.
One of the new and distinctive fea-
lures of it's construction hat a
never been used before on any car
Is found in the front axle design. The
vertical spindles for steering are
placed directly in the centre lines OF
the front wheels, and the factory
claims 1t makes the easiest, safest
and surest steering mechanism ever
devised. 1t tracks r and minimizes
the liability of throwing the car from
it's course should a tire collapse at
high speed. 1t also makes 1t possible
to turn the big car with its long 14b-
inch wheel base in a forty-foot street.
The ears are furnished with left-hand
drive and centre control.
The fabrication is of the Marmon
automatic force feed type, direct to
the main shaft bearing through a
hollow cra%nkshaft-a system which
has been in successful use for years
in the Marmon four-cylinder motor.
during which time 1t has been widely
copied. In the six-cylinder motor,
however, the system is continued to
the camshaft bearings by means of
hollow camshafts.
An improved multiple disc, dry
plate clutch is used. The selective
type sliding gear transmission In
combination with the rear axle is of
the same distinctive design which
has been characteristic of the Mar
mon car since 1909. Another decidedly
new and distinctive feature Is the
improved brake adjustment, extreme
" easy of access and permitting IN
immediate and effective adjustment
without altering the adjustment of
the operating connections.
Especial attention has been paid to
the body designs and both the lines
and comfort of the new models are
said to leave little to be desired from
the motorists standpoint. The types
Of the Marmon Six include seven,
five, four and two-passenger bodies,
also limousine and landaulet.
The bodies are mainly Of cast alum
mum and the standard finish will be
a., bI,,a b1ocly Vba anuipmapt in
cludes a dynamo electric lighting sys-
TEN, self-starter, a new type of wind
shield and top and many other fea-
lures devised to meet every conve-
nlence of the user.