Monday, October 29, 2007


MARMON TRUCK

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

In 1963 , after Marmon-Herrington ceased truck production, a new company, Marmon Motor Co. of Denton, Texas, revived the Marmon brand to build and sell truck designs that Marmon-Herrington had been planning. These Marmons were premium trucks aimed at the owner operator, and were the epitome of a Texan truck.

The Marmon was always a low-production hand made truck sometimes dubbed the Rolls-Royce of trucks. An overcrowded American truck industry and the lack of a nationwide sales network spelled the end of the Marmon trucks in the USA. The last Marmon was made in 1997, and the production facilities in Garland, Texas, were taken over by International’s Paystar division.

In 1996 an attempt to revive Marmon trucks in Australia had been attempted using the Max Marmon name. It seems that only a few units were ever built and sold.