This Model GA Maxwell is one of the antique automobiles in the collection of Henry Austin Clark Jr. And of Long Island , New York. It sold for 1400 dollars in 1911 and was described by manufacturers, the Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Co., as the 'Classiest, snappiest, most comfortable two-passenger roadster built'.

Maxwell was a car brand from the United States that existed from 1903 to 1925. That year the Chrysler Corporation was formed and Maxwell was phased out in favour of Chrysler. In total about 100,000 cars were built under the Maxwell brand name.

1965 saw the (Y14-2) 1911 Maxwell Roadster take its place in the range.

Variations/Rarities: It is always the same turquoise/jade colour but you can find it with the petrol tank in either copper or brass finish. It is the brass ones which are rare and worth money.
The fire extinguisher was usually copper plated but one issue had this component brass plated.
It was painted turquoise all over with a smooth black plastic roof and grille insert.
It had dark red plastic seats with a brass plated radiator, windscreen frame, handbrake levers and 12 spoke wheels.
One version is found with black seats and the last issues had a textured black plastic roof.
The earliest versions had a baseplate with giftware mounting holes cast in which were later replaced by bosses. Later still the bosses were blanked off.

There was a Connoisseurs Collection release in 1984 coloured cream and green followed by a Matchbox Collectibles 40th Anniversary release in 1996.

Scale: 1:49

1911 Maxwell Roadster

A Limited edition model from the 1984 Connoisseur Collection

Red; black hood; gold trim, from the 1996 Matchbox Collectibles 40th Anniversary Collection

Baseplate type 1

Baseplate type 2

Baseplate type 3

Baseplate type 4

Gold giftware version