1930 Marquette Engine Cylinder Block Crankshaft Head Rear Sedan Door Buick on 2040-parts.com

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     A Marquette collector that needed the bell housing or clutch housing from this engine convinced me to remove it, pack it and ship it to him a few weeks ago. He needed that part to convert his right hand drive Marquette roadster to left hand drive so I decided to help him out. I am sorry that I have no up to date photos yet that show this engine without the clutch housing. I will get some this spring when I am at the home ranch where this engine is located. Please remember that if you buy this engine, you will not be receiving the clutch housing because I have already sold it. Thanks a lot, Bob Woodburn - phone 406-799-1847 in Montana 

       This listing is for the majority of the parts from a 1930 Marquette flathead 6 cylinder engine plus a door that I suspect is from the right rear corner of a 1930 Marquette four door sedan. I am definitely no expert on these very scarce Marquettes so please help me out on the identification of this door if you possibly can. 

     The Marquette nameplate was revived when the Buick Division of General Motors launched their own sister make of automobile for model year 1930. Along with Pontiac, Viking and LaSalle, the Marquette was conceived to span a price gap in General Motors' market segmentation plan. The Marquette was placed below Buick, but above Viking which was to be sold in Oldsmobile dealerships. The Marquette "arrived" in dealer showrooms on June 1, 1929.

     The Marquette line rode on an 114 inch wheelbase and was powered by an "L" head six displacing 212.8 cubic inches and producing 67 horsepower. The Marquette was built to sell in the $1,000 price range and was available in a single model. The Series 30 consisted of six body styles and included a Model 30 Two-Door Sedan, Model 34 Sport Roadster, Model 35 Phaeton, Model 36 2 passenger Business Coupe, Model 36S Special Coupe with a rumble seat and a Model 37 4 door sedan.

     Unlike Harley Earl's total LaSalle design, the Marquette's most unusual styling feature was its herring-bone patterned grille. Automobile reviewers at the time the car was released described it either looking like a small Oldsmobile or small Cadillac. Compared to Oldsmobile's Viking, which only enjoyed a total production run of 7,224 over three model years (1929, 1930, 1931) Marquette produced 35,007 vehicles in the U.S. during its brief one year life span. General Motors of Canada also produced another 6,535 Marquettes for the 1930 model year. 

     Despite its promising first year of sales, two factors worked against the Marquette. The first involved Oldsmobile, which lost sales to Marquette; the second was that Buick executives didn't feel that enough Marquettes were sold to warrant the extra burden on the bottom line given the state of the economy. Buick gave no advance warning of the termination of the Marquette; just four months before the shut down 4,000 Marquette signs were shipped to dealers in the hope of better days ahead.

     I will be adding more information soon. Thanks a lot, Bob Woodburn - phone 406-799-1847 in Bozeman Montana