Guest dougb Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 If anyone has any info on the whereabouts of the 1917 Maxwell that was driven cross country by C.W. Tuthill and his friend Scully in 1916-1917, I would be very interested. My name is Douglas Tuthill Bassemir and Clifford Wayne Tuthill is my Grandfather. I recently came across my Grandfathers pictures and complete diary of the trip. Very interesting reading, and very cool pictures. I was also amazed to discover that a model company had cast a metal model bank of my Grandfathers car in 1997. In the description of the model it says the trans-continental trip was completed in a record time of 10 days but I don't believe this is accurate as my Grandfather was not racing across the states but rather testing Texaco fuel and Firestone Tires (and of course Maxwell cars) for durability. I have no idea if this car is still around. Maybe it's in a museum somewhere. If anyone knows please let me know. Thanks, dbassemir@optonline.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensams Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 well its not the help that you were looking for but i do have one of those models..they are sold my chrysler corp i have scanned the box so you can see what to look for if you are looking for the model also... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensams Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 well the other pics are to large to upload for some reason...any way paul harvey did a story about that car a few years ago it might be helpful if you wrote to him to see if you could get a copy of the trasncript... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dougb Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 thanks, i ended up buying 2 of those models on e-bay cause i thought i lost the first auction. i'll have to research the paul harvey story. thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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