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Walter Lorenzo Marr

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first chief engineer from 1904 through 1918, staying on as consulting engineer until 1923. He was also the founder of the Marr Auto Car Company in 1903 which produced the
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in 1915 which was very narrow seating the passenger behind the driver. The car never made it to production, but the original prototype still exists today.
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production automobiles. He worked with Mr. Buick a number of times around the turn of the century, building Buick's first two one-off vehicles. He was the
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Walter Marr and Tom Buick (David Buick's son) on a prototype 1904 Buick Model B.
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Possibly his most important achievement was building one of the first
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where he also built a large home in which to retire.
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Lexington, Michigan
Automotive engineer
Buick
David Dunbar Buick
Buick
Buick Motor Company's
Marr Auto Car
overhead camshaft
overhead valve engines
Cyclecar
Kettering University
Signal Mountain, Tennessee


Kimes, Beverly Rae
"Marr Auto Car Company"
the original
"Walter L. Marr"
Kettering University
the original
"Remembering Signal Mountain's Walter Marr"
SHOW AUTOISTS OVERSPEED.; Bicycle Policemen Capture Three After Long, Hard Chases.
Categories
1865 births
1941 deaths
American manufacturing businesspeople
American automotive pioneers
Buick
People from Flint, Michigan

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