1923 Maxwell Touring
1923 Maxwell Touring in The Jack Benny Program, TV Series, 1950-1965 Ep. 8.06
Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: 
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Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2009-01-18 06:20 |
The Maxwell pictured is from 1922-24. Maxwell's last year (1925) featured an unpainted radiator shell, as shown, but the nameplate in that year was predominately white. The '22-24 models used the dark blue nameplate, which is evident. Since this Maxwell has retrofitted (incorrect) headlamps, it is not implausible that the radiator shell had been stripped of paint. On Jack Benny's radio and television shows, it had been mentioned a number of times that his Maxwell was a 1923, though it is doubtful that the same Maxwell was used. -- Last edit: 2009-01-18 06:26:03 |
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◊ 2009-01-18 16:24 |
The two long running jokes in the Jack Benny Program, both on radio and TV, concerned firstly his age, he maintained that he was 39 for years and years, and secondly his meanness with money. This meanness would explain the apparent incongruity of a Maxwell appearing in what looks like a sixties picture. I have a recording of a tune called "The Sound Effects Man" by Spike Jones and his City Slickers, dated 1943, which refers to "Benny's old Maxwell, chugging down the road", so that joke must have lasted at least twenty years. |
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◊ 2009-01-18 21:12 |
Mel Blanc (a frequent guest star on Benny's shows) originally "did" the sound effects for the Maxwell. |
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◊ 2012-08-01 21:38 |
"The black 1923 Maxwell convertible spoken of in Jack Benny's act is now on display at the Harrah National Auto Museum located at 10 Lake Street South in Reno, Nevada. License numbers seen through the years included 4X-88-61 (from a Feb. 1938 publicity photo), 269523, PU8054 and 12S9523." http://www.tvacres.com/autos_antique_jackbenny.htm ![[Image: trumanbennymaxwell.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3321/trumanbennymaxwell.jpg) "Former President Harry S. Truman and Jack Benny shaking hands. Mr. Benny is being driven in an old Maxwell car. He has arrived in Kansas City for a fund raiser for the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra." 21 March 1958 Source: Truman Library photo ![[Image: maxwell2.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3321/maxwell2.jpg) "View of Jack Benny, on his first visit to Anaheim, riding with Santa Ana Superior Court Judge Raymond H. Thompson in a 1906 Maxwell automobile." April 21, 1947 Source: Anaheim Public Library |
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◊ 2020-03-30 09:24 |
Model 25 (or variations of it) was the model designation used by Maxwell from 1914-1925. |
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◊ 2021-09-01 21:12 |
It's sitting in my garage. Not kidding. |
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◊ 2024-07-31 00:41 |
I'm listening to all the old Jack Benny radio shows in order, and the year very frequently changes. When he first announced his purchase of it (he traded his Stanley Steamer for it), it was a 1920 (the color, he specified, was "a sort of a plaid'). Then in a later episode it was a 1923, then even later called a 1921. During the war, he claimed to have given away his Maxwell as part of a war scrap drive, then used the money to buy another one, which was even worse. I think this one was pretty consistently called a 1923. |
