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Max Mitchell(I)

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The Maxmobile is a feature documentary about the first 100% Canadian car. David Maxwell, a Watford, Ontario blacksmith, built the Maxmobile entirely by hand right down to the single cylinder engine and hickory wagon wheels. He drove it onto the streets of Watford for the first time in 1900. Dave Maxwell invented the first car designed and built entirely by one man. By hand. Many other Â“firstÂ” cars of the time were merely assembled by people who bought engines and other parts from around the world. Mr. Maxwell designed and built every part of the Maxmobile himself. He created his own carburetor, constructed his own radiator and even invented his own springs, selling the patent to an American man who made a fortune from it. Early automobile pioneers Henry Ford and Sam McLaughlin were eager to be in business with Dave Maxwell. Ford wanted Maxwell to be his partner but Mrs. Maxwell refused to move to Detroit and leave family and small town life behind. Maxwell reportedly told Sam McLaughlin of McLaughlin (later McLaughlin Buick) that cars were a passing fad and his future was with farm wagons. Maxwell handmade several versions of the Maxmobile, constantly improving it. 109 years later, the Maxmobile still runs and is on display in the Watford Museum, restored for the townÂ’s 1973 centennial. A one-cylinder, chain-drive machine (originally belts), the Maxmobile became famous for removing ladiesÂ’ skirts when they got caught in the exposed chain. The Maxmobile had many other talents, including home heating. In winter, Maxwell removed its radiator and installed it in the upstairs bedroom piping hot water from the wood stove reservoir in his kitchen. Producer Max Mitchell, great nephew of Dave Maxwell, says many of the people in the documentary have passed away. Â“We were lucky to get them when we did."

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The Maxmobile (2010)

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Max Mitchell is known for Horror in the Wind (2008), Get Your Stuff (2000) and An Angel Named Billy (2007).

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Horror in the Wind (2008)

Horror in the Wind

4.5

Writer

2008

Get Your Stuff (2000)

5.6

Writer

2000

An Angel Named Billy (2007)

An Angel Named Billy

4.2

Writer

2007

Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi in Raiponce, la série (2017)

Raiponce, la série

7.7

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The Maxmobile
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- Writer
- 2010
Horror in the Wind
4.5
- written by
- 2008
An Angel Named Billy
4.2
- screenplay revisions
- 2007
Get Your Stuff
5.6
- Writer
- 2000

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The Maxmobile

Horror In The Wind Trailer

Horror In The Wind Trailer

Horror In The Wind Trailer

Horror In The Wind Trailer

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