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Section Links Whats New (27 Sept 09) Technical Info Photos Brochures and Manuals Fixit Trading Post Asinine Alley II Friends Horseless Carriage Club of Southern California Maxwell-Briscoe Owners: Yahoo Discussion Group AAAC Maxwell Registry HCCA Horseless.Com Resources Restoration Supply Company Parts of all kinds Veteran Auto Lamps The name speaks for itself Brassworks Radiators	13 July 2010 Red Ladner let us know about a pile of early large Maxwell rear end, pinion gear, ring gear, axle and spring parts along with some front end stuff he has for sale. Interested? Contact Red (626) 483-7982. Located in Azusa, CA. 18 February 2010 A story comes to us from John Payne: Much to my family's embarrassment, my grandfather, Ellery Wright, joined his high school buddy, Jon Maxwell, building the first Maxwell cars in Tarrytown, NY. When it came to who would race the Maxwells in the then obligatory endurance runs, grandfather got the short straw and raced in the major runs. I am now sitting under an American Flag awarded to grandfather by Mrs. Charles Glidden for the Maxwell world-record endurance run in 1909. I remember him telling me of being one of the "Mudlarks", apparently a group who raced in country fairs to promote the Maxwells. Apparently there was also a group called "Mudlarks" who were in a difficult (muddy) endurance run and would get together annually for years later to celebrate their survival. According to grandmother, the real survival challenges were the reunions themselves "with repeated glasses on high". When William Durant bought the Maxwell plant in Tarrytown, grandfather went to St Louis to engineer the first Chevrolets. He was a friend of Louis Chevrolet, a well known racer of the time, for whom (with his brother Gaston) the company was named. He stayed with Chevrolet for life, building and managing production facilities including Brockville Ontario, Janesville Wisconsin and (rebuilding) Tarrytown New York. In 1933, he built a partial production line to produce the Chevrolet Liberty in the GM Century of Progress Building at the Chicago World's Fair. Mother remembers the assemblers in white coats and Jack Benny and Mary Livingston joining grandfather in entertaining and promoting the Chevrolet. Spending time with Benny, grandfather told him of his early days with Jon Maxwell, etc. There have been reports that this started the Benny humor about being so cheap he still drove a (now defunct) Maxwell but this may just be family lore. In any case I now drive a 1932 Chevrolet Confederate on Sundays weather permitting to get the paper and am on the lookout for a Maxwell despite the peril it may present to my otherwise happy marriage. We hope John finds his Maxwell. Engine Parts Maxwell (late engine and transmission parts) available. See them at the Maxwell forum on the AACA bulletin board (AACA Maxwell Forum) 27 October 2009 Pictures of a 1911 GA. This car in in its original unrestored livery. As always, caveat emptor; the Maxwell Messenger assumes no liablities or responsibilities for the legitimacy, veracity, or honesty of the seller or purchaser of any items on the site. The Maxwell Messenger This website is designed as a resource for those interested in the Maxwell automobiles manfactured by the Maxwell Briscoe Motor Company and its successors. NOTICE: The Maxwell Messenger needs your cooperation to succeed. We're looking for articles, photographs, information, anything that can help fill out this site. Especially important are hints and help in restoration, resources for parts, suggestions for repairs. Also needed are personal stories, jokes, histories, and anything else that might be of interest. Just send an email with your ideas. We can scan photos and return them. Thanks, the editors. nota bene : The Maxwell Messenger site is not responsible for the accuracy, honesty, legitimacy, reality, truth, justice, or American wayness of any items advertised or any advertiser soliciting a sale. We cannot guarantee, backup, defend, or make good any complalint you might have. That is private business between you and the vendor. CAVEAT EMPTOR	Recent Articles Read the review here. James Zordich's "Maxwell" mongraph: Readable online here Download PDF here Download Model Specifications PDF here Tim Simonsma's 1911 AB Operation of the 2 cylinder Maxwell carburetor. "The Co-Operator": check it out Maxwell Heaven: a visit with Merle Simonsma (four new pictures) beginning... Maxwell-Briscoe Co. a couple notes ... Firehouse 5 + 2 full story... Jack Benny full story...
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13 July 2010

Red Ladner let us know about a pile of early large Maxwell rear end, pinion gear, ring gear, axle and spring parts along with some front end stuff he has for sale.

Interested? Contact Red (626) 483-7982. Located in Azusa, CA.

18 February 2010

A story comes to us from John Payne:

Much to my family's embarrassment, my grandfather, Ellery Wright, joined his high school buddy, Jon Maxwell, building the first Maxwell cars in Tarrytown, NY. When it came to who would race the Maxwells in the then obligatory endurance runs, grandfather got the short straw and raced in the major runs. I am now sitting under an American Flag awarded to grandfather by Mrs. Charles Glidden for the Maxwell world-record endurance run in 1909.

I remember him telling me of being one of the "Mudlarks", apparently a group who raced in country fairs to promote the Maxwells. Apparently there was also a group called "Mudlarks" who were in a difficult (muddy) endurance run and would get together annually for years later to celebrate their survival. According to grandmother, the real survival challenges were the reunions themselves "with repeated glasses on high".

When William Durant bought the Maxwell plant in Tarrytown, grandfather went to St Louis to engineer the first Chevrolets. He was a friend of Louis Chevrolet, a well known racer of the time, for whom (with his brother Gaston) the company was named. He stayed with Chevrolet for life, building and managing production facilities including Brockville Ontario, Janesville Wisconsin and (rebuilding) Tarrytown New York. In 1933, he built a partial production line to produce the Chevrolet Liberty in the GM Century of Progress Building at the Chicago World's Fair. Mother remembers the assemblers in white coats and Jack Benny and Mary Livingston joining grandfather in entertaining and promoting the Chevrolet. Spending time with Benny, grandfather told him of his early days with Jon Maxwell, etc. There have been reports that this started the Benny humor about being so cheap he still drove a (now defunct) Maxwell but this may just be family lore.

In any case I now drive a 1932 Chevrolet Confederate on Sundays weather permitting to get the paper and am on the lookout for a Maxwell despite the peril it may present to my otherwise happy marriage.

We hope John finds his Maxwell.

Engine Parts

Maxwell (late engine and transmission parts) available. See them at the Maxwell forum on the AACA bulletin board (AACA Maxwell Forum)

27 October 2009

Pictures of a 1911 GA. This car in in its original unrestored livery.

As always, caveat emptor; the Maxwell Messenger assumes no liablities or responsibilities for the legitimacy, veracity, or honesty of the seller or purchaser of any items on the site.

The Maxwell Messenger

This website is designed as a resource for those interested in the Maxwell automobiles manfactured by the Maxwell Briscoe Motor Company and its successors.

NOTICE: The Maxwell Messenger needs your cooperation to succeed. We're looking for articles, photographs, information, anything that can help fill out this site. Especially important are hints and help in restoration, resources for parts, suggestions for repairs. Also needed are personal stories, jokes, histories, and anything else that might be of interest. Just send an email with your ideas. We can scan photos and return them. Thanks, the editors.

nota bene : The Maxwell Messenger site is not responsible for the accuracy, honesty, legitimacy, reality, truth, justice, or American wayness of any items advertised or any advertiser soliciting a sale. We cannot guarantee, backup, defend, or make good any complalint you might have. That is private business between you and the vendor.

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