 report by Joe Goss: "Quite some time back a mystery engine was shown on your site (check back May 2012), images having been forwarded from Mr Foster of Old Cars Weekly. I had answered that it was a lower pan for a 30 HP Maxwell. I did some sleuthing and was able to buy that bottom pan assembly. Now all this time later I had someone made a poster I had at my Chickasha Oklahoma, USA booth. It requested any 30 HP Maxwell parts, He says 'I think I am your man' and explained that he had some parts belonging to a friend in his mid 80's. The parts had been in his garage attic for over 30 years and the car and memory of what they were was now gone. There were two extra pistons marked 1911 EA Maxwell, but most everything else was for a 4 cylinder T head with four single cast jugs. The gentleman offered to send some email images and I was able to confirm them to be Maxwell. Eventually I made it up to his place and took my engine pan and we checked the parts for fit. Amazingly they most all fit. But that is not the end of the story. After placing the transmission cover on the engine case, the seller noted a faint number through the years of grease and dirt. After rubbing it clean, we stared in amazement that the engine pan serial number and the cover from this batch of parts matched numbers. Yes, it all came from the same engine and had apparently been separated for more than 30 years and was now back together." |
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Maxwell parts remarried after a 30 years divorce.
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