The Marvel was an automobile built at 284–290 Rivard Street,Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925'' (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.63.

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, United States, by the Marvel Motor Car Company in 1907. Marvel Motor Car Company purchased the Paragon factory and began building their own runabout. The Marvel was a two-seat runabout with a horizontal

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14- hp engine, a planetary transmission and single

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. Price was set at $800, (). The company lost its factory space and ended production. The car became the Crescent in 1908.

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