Maxwell Trucks at the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum

1917 Maxwell 1-Ton Peddler’s Truck on August 3, 2008

Maxwell-Briscoe, best known for passenger cars, built trucks from 1917 to 1920.

1917 Maxwell 1-Ton Peddler’s Truck on August 3, 2008

This 1917 Maxwell 1-ton Peddler's Truck, powered by a 21-horsepower 4-cylinder engine, was originally used to haul farm produce to market. The hand-crafted alder and birch "Peddler's truck" body was added during its restoration. In the 1920s, before supermarkets, produce vendors sold door to door, directly from their trucks. It was donated by Warren Wedekind.

1917 Maxwell 1-Ton Peddler’s Truck on July 31, 2010

1917 Maxwell A3271 Flatbed Truck on August 3, 2008

This 1917 Maxwell A3271 Flatbed Truck was bought for Interurban Telephone Company by founder Percy Brown. The company became Continental Telephone in 1969. Laverne Bergerson found the truck in a barn in the 1950s; he and Roger Loe rescued it and stored it until 1964 when Valley Telephone Company bought it for advertising and parades. Charlie Borte restored it with help from Norman Brown, Percy's grandson. Silverton Auto Parts rebuilt the engine and Larry Cummins of Salem built the body. Continental sold the truck to the Silverton Country Historical Society for $1.00 and they donated it to the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum.

1917 Maxwell A3271 Flatbed Truck on July 31, 2010

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