brewsterbuff Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 I have a friend who recently acquired a ser. number plate for a Maxwell-Mascotte, made by the Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Co., Tarrytown, NY. He would like to have some information about these cars, i. e. when they were built, how many, what did it look like, etc. Thanks.Don Weir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamas Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 I'm going to try to answer this, if for no other reason to flush out a real Maxwell expert. I just bought a 1910 AA runabout and can find NOTHING on the internet.<BR>The Mascotte is listed as a 1912 model only, selling for $950.00, either a touring or a roadster, 4 cylinder, 4 inch bore and 4 inch stroke. 25 horsepower, 104 inch wheelbase, 32 x 3 1/2 tires, thermo siphon cooling, battery and magneto ignition, force fed lubrication, a 3 speed sliding gear transmission, shaft drive, roadsters were blue black with battleship grey wheels and white stripe, tourings were Mascotte grey with black striping, tops were optional. (From an undated page of the HCCA Gazette, compiled by James Zordoch)<BR>Maxwells were built in Terrytown and other places from 1905 to 1922 when they were bought by W. P. Chrysler and became the.... Chrysler!<BR>So it's really a Maxwell 300M, and Jack Benny said "I've never owned a Maxwell, never even wanted to own one."<BR>Enuf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clincher Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 You might get in touch with Merle E. Simonsma, 9600 Calvine Road, Sacramento, CA; 95829. He is certainly a Maxwell expert, and I found him to be most friendly and helpful when I asked his advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 4, 2000 Share Posted December 4, 2000 Maxwell-Brixcoe Co. started in 1903, by Jonathan Maxwell & Benjamin Brixcoe. Jonathan Maxwell also work with the Apperson brother's on Elwood Haynes' first car in 1894, and on the Northern & Oldsmobile. Jonathan Maxwell was credited with inventing the thermo-siphon cooling system, and in 1905, the first car to use steel panels over a wood frame. In 1910, Maxwell-Brixcoe Co. was conbined with some 130 or so companies, like Columbia, Stoddard-Dayton, E.R. Thomas, by Benjamin Brixcoe, to form United States Motor Car Company. Around 1912, United States Motor Car Company collapsed, but the Maxwell Co. was saved. In 1921 Walter Chrysler took over the Maxwell, in 1936 the Maxwell became the Chrysler-50, and in 1929 it became the Plymouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 4, 2000 Share Posted December 4, 2000 ***in 1926 the Maxwell became the Chrysler-50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 4, 2000 Share Posted December 4, 2000 Another little piece of Maxwell information.<BR>By 1911-12 the Maxwell was the third largest<BR>selling marque in the US, only behind Ford<BR>and Buick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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