The book of Marmon
Reg Horner is one of life’s great enthusiasts and one of his passions is cars, of several different vintages. He has a 2007 Mustang and a 1976 Lincoln Continental but the most intriguing are a couple of Marmons. Yes, that’s right, Marmons.
It’s not a brand known to many, but Marmon made substantial cars — along the lines of Packards — right through until 1933. The marque was established in 1902 and a six-cylinder Marmon won the first Indy 500 race in 1911. There are a couple of Marmons in Dunedin and another in Whangamata but Reg owns three — two
