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From Mystery Foto #5 Solved: Jim Rathmann and Carroll Shelby at the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race
I seem to recall a different engine/radiators configuration from Maxwell at that time. It consisted of 2 eight cylinder engines mounted in tandem fashion with 2 radiators. one in the conventional up front location and the other where the dashboard would ordinarily be located. Not sure if only just experimental.
From Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The 12-cylinder Maxwell built for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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From Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #12 Bethpage #3
Parkway falling off at Hollis Hills Terrace - this is the overpass just before the Clearview Expwy. Hopefully just the roadway is eroded and the bridge itself is structurally sound.
From Phase III reconstruction has begun of the Motor Parkway in Queens from 199th Street to Springfield Boulevard
And two mentions of races in which the Maxwell was slated to participate. I need to find out if the car actually beat out its competitor. From “The New York Times” of February 2 and July 9, 1908.
From Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The 12-cylinder Maxwell built for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
Additional unique features of the 12 cylinder Maxwell are detailed in this article from the Motor Way of Sept. 6, 1906.
From Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The 12-cylinder Maxwell built for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
I liked Bridgehampton much more when it was a run down but still epic track that I loved racing my Yamaha on than it’s current use as an exclusive gathering for the elite to show off their cars.
From View from The Bridge VI: 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III highlights
Mystery Foto #38…The car is a 1906 Maxwell. It had an engine composed of six two cylinder opposed engines mounted end to end with two large radiators mounted on top, 180 HP. The driver here was J.D. Maxwell himself. It was entered in the 1906 Vanderbilt cup race to be driven by J. Fred Betz. Did not appear due to insufficent time for testing. Never ran in competition.
From Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The 12-cylinder Maxwell built for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
Would love to go want to be invited!! So i go to the next best thing Sunday Cars and coffee in the town of Bridgehampton !!Great great stuff there While i was there I showed people presenting the The “bridge ” the article in Hagertys Mag about Mr Delorean testing the 2-3 cars with turbos in front on the Bridgehampton Timing tower all good keep me posted !
From View from The Bridge VI: 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III highlights
Additional documentation submitted to Howard.
From Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The 12-cylinder Maxwell built for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
Additional documentation:
From Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The 12-cylinder Maxwell built for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
- 1906 Maxwell.
- 12 Cylnders, no fly-wheel, no water pump, no double pipe gravity feed system normally used.
J. Fred Betz.
Entered to race in the 1906 American Elimination Race but never started.
Some races it entered after being refitted: 1908 Atlantic City, 1908 Ormand Beach
From Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The 12-cylinder Maxwell built for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
I missed out on all that Saturday stuff. I slept most of the day. Too much traffic on weekends!
From View from The Bridge VI: 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III highlights
That’s the 1906 Maxwell-Briscoe 12 (cylinder). Its unique features included 12 horizontally opposed cylinders with 2 vertical radiators, one for each bank of 6 cylinders. It also had no flywheel or water pump. I believe that’s J. D. Maxwell driving the car although some sources report the driver as Wallace Owen or J. Fred Betz. The racer was built for the 1906 American Elimination trial but never arrived at the starting line to participate. I don’t think the car ever actually raced in competition. I’m attaching a photo of the 1906 Maxwell garage which some accounts have as being located on Jericho Road (Turnpike?).
From Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The 12-cylinder Maxwell built for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
i am glad to see the next phase being performed. However, the underside of the bridges should not be forgotten. There is damage to the concrete, peeling paint and the sign noting the Vanderbilt Parkway has fallen of at Hollis Hills Terrace. The areas underneather the bridges are in need of heavy cleaning.
From Phase III reconstruction has begun of the Motor Parkway in Queens from 199th Street to Springfield Boulevard
I thought it might be a Christie, but I can’t find any pictures of Christie cars that look like that one, and it appears to have rear wheel drive. It looks like it has a flat “boxer” engine.
From Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The 12-cylinder Maxwell built for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
From the History story: “Amateur races continued for many years”. Actually, they continued, after the 1971 IMSA Enduro, won by Hurley Haywood, with SCCA Nationals, Formula Atlantic and pro motorcycle racing and many others. Rubin didn’t take over until at least 1985 and turned it into a golf course in the ‘90’s.
From View from The Bridge VI: 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III highlights
Christie Brinkley, looking great at 68 : ) and Jon Bon Jovi. I remember Jon being on an episode of the Curse of Oak Island, which I think is going to be on its last season this Fall.
From View from The Bridge VI: 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III highlights
Looking forward to it!
From Phase III reconstruction has begun of the Motor Parkway in Queens from 199th Street to Springfield Boulevard
Looks like an electric racer with two huge batteries mounted upfront. I think that’s an electric motor mounted onto the rear driver-side wheel (another motor likely mounted on the mechanician side, one for each battery).
If true, this racer is only one example of early automotive design/technology during its infancy. The design appears to be 1900-1910
From Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The 12-cylinder Maxwell built for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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