Background information about the Maxwell

While preparing for this transcontinental trip we found some interesting facts, videos, urls about the Maxwell. We want to share with our followers and car enthusiasts.

Here is an article in the Texaco Star magazine written by Tuthill and Scull.    Coast to Coast and Back Again

Here is an ad for Texaco found in the El Paso Herold.  Through the Rockies in November

Here is a scan of a 1979 write up about the trip in the Coast Car Collector magazine.

Apparently back in 1916 era they wanted to prove how sturdy the Maxwell was and gave it an endurance test. I hope we don’t end up on the same “roads” as these guys.

 

A Maxwell used to go airborne…