The Maxmobile Full Length Documentary

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THE MAXMOBILE is a feature length documentary about David A. Maxwell, the man who said no to Henry Ford. David Maxwell invented the first completely hand made car in Canada in 1900. Only one of his cars remains in a museum in Watford, Ontario, Canada, where he lived. He died in 1930.



The only remaining car was restored by Ross Saunders and Neil Werden and a number of other men in Watford for the town's centennial. David Maxwell was born August 10, 1861. Orphaned at an early age he ended up in Watford, Ontario, Canada working as a blacksmith for John Baimbridge. Eventually he bought some land across the street and started his



own blacksmith shop and built the building himself, which still stands today more than 120 years later. David Maxwell invented lots of things, not the least of which was one of the first cars in Canada. He built the entire car, every part, from the engine to the wheels. He built about half a dozen models and only one remains today. The car to the left is the first one.



A modified buggy with a "one lung" motor and a steering tiller and "run flat" tires. Way ahead of his time.