In the process of looking for some pictures I ran across a website with just about every auto manufacturer. If you have a couple hours to kill, there is some REALLY cool stuff here! http://www.autogallery.org.ru/pothers.htm
Man. Look at the size of the back seat area. It seems to me like an early limo or something that someone rich would have owned. That car I'm sure has some significance, and I would hate to see it turned into a low dollar Hot Rod or some butchered up car. If you do get it, try to get it into the hands of someone who will bring it back to life and put it in a museum! Then take the money and buy something that will actually make a cool hot rod like an early Ford!
Doing a search for Maxwell brought up a few sedan body styles and they all have TWO lines running down the side, like this one or similar. Maxwell appears to be a division of Chrysler. I didn't know that... Looks like it's not a maxwell... Here's a later one... http://forums.aaca.org/misc/25170.jpg
I'd go along with the coachbuilt theory. It is very similar to the early 20's Cadillacs http://www.car-nection.com/cadillacdatabase/Dbas_txt/Phocad22.htm Although the headlights look more like Buick units of the same years. I'd say it would be expensive to buy as the owner no doubt knows what he has and not hotrod material in the general sense. If you could buy it right, you might be able to clean it up a bit and flip it to a collector for enough money to buy a decent project car and do a lot of the build though. After seeing the Hudson photos I'd say that it may be a coach built Hudson. Way too complete and too much of a one off to hack up.
Get this car and sell it!!! Youll be able to build a cool hot rod out of a more traditional car...this may fetch a good penny!!
I found a booklet that some of you car spotter guys might be interested in. It's a 1930 Branham Automobile Reference Book. Put out by the Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. Says, "Showing the location of motor and serial numbers on all passenger cars and trucks, and the type body and weight of each type also giving serial numbers by model and year with actual N.A.C.C. and S.A.E. horse power rating and bore and stroke in inches and the factory list price. 503 pages (Little) covers 1923 through 1929.Autos from Ajax to Yellow Cab. Trucks from Acason to Yellow Knight. Many brands I never heard of. You could buy 1923 Cole Roadster with a flathead V8 3.5X4.5 for $1885 FOB Indianapolis. Shipping weight 3,490 pounds. Book is in good shape and has many pictures. What's it worth to somebody who has a use for it?
Dang. I would put money on the 1925 Hudson being the answer. Good job! There is a 1925 Hudson (#124) at the Thomas Antique Classic & Car Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Googled a picture of a 1925 Hudson that was hot rodded.
YEP! That's GOT to be it! COOL! I bet you're going to get a screamin' deal on that aren't you!!?? You SUCK! I need to come up there and move in next door and just follow you around all day. You always come up with rippin' good deals. I would get it and flip it, as been said already.
Seeing the comparison pics, I concur that it is a Hudson. Nice. Has the owner given any indication of what he wants for it?
He wasn't home when I went by... I have been calling him like 100 times so far today... I really really really want it
Were the wheels on it too? Even the WHEELS are really cool! When you have a flat you change the rim, not the whole wheel!
If I'm looking at the picture right, the rims seperate from the wheel center. The spare on the back would consist of just a rim with a tire. Jack the car up, undo the clamps that hold the rim to the wheel center, pop off the rim and do the reverse with the spare rim and tire. Not sure it that's actually the case here, but from the picture it looks like it might be that type of wheel design. Needless to say, they weren't intended to drive very fast on. I wonder what the brakes were like on this car if they had that style wheel. Some of them used a parimeter "band brake". Sort of like a go-kart but bigger. There were TONS of cool things being done by car manufacturer's back in the day. If this car is complete, it might make a really nice restoration project for someone. A desirable car for sure...
Can't help you there, but based on OTHER deals you've gotten, just ask what he wants for it. I don't think anyone is going to be able to tell you what to offer unless you find out what all is there, if it runs, if there's still a floor in it, is the other side completely destroyed... hard to tell from just one picture. Now that you know what it is, go look at Hemmings Motor News and see if there are any for sale. That might give you a place to start thinking about what it would be worth.
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