Anyone got a Stanley Steamer? If so, tell us about it! Pix too if U have.
Leedsman.

 

Gee Leedsman, no takers on that one obviously.

So, how 'bout a really beautiful Doble steamer, and a roadster to boot?
The "teaser" pics below were stolen from the internet.
The photographer, David Davis (no relation) attended a classic car meet in San Jose, CA. He took some really nice shots, and lots of 'em.
Here are links to his albums:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...7&l=ad6d40103c

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...7&l=21e017ad6b

 

Check Jay Lenos garage,he has videos of stanleys and dobles (the doble was most likely the finest steam car ever made)

 

Nice car, whole new meaning for EGR, MAF and TPS problems.

 

I saw a bit on tv a while back of Jay firing up his Stanley Steamer, it was quite a performance.

I'm sure it will be on youtube somwhere.

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/...teamer/188720/

There you go.. I haven't watched it but I'm sure it will be good.

 

Nice vid Norri, pretty impressive machine.

 

I love steam engines , thanks for bringin' these up

 

Caddie,

You should check out Fred Dibnah, he was a real character, an old fashioned steeplejack and a steam enthusiast.

 

When I was a kid, you could see plenty of "Fred Dibnahs" on every street corner in any of the industrial cities/towns in Britain. There were thousands of them. They always wore old oily boiler suits, a cloth cap (or flat 'at as we called them) and obvious steel-capped boots. They smelled of a mixture of tobacco, sweat, old oil and grease plus beer if later in the day. They always drank their tea by the pint-pot. Some 'pubs were taken over by them and they were astonishingly mild-mannered. As a kid I was struck by how strong they were, and when they fixed something, it stayed fixed -- for good!
They were the british version at that time of "real men".
Leedsman.

 

Thanks norri, much appreciated
What a beautiful machine indeed

 

Well said Leedsman, I remember them well.

Met Fred a couple of times when I was a kid 'helping' out at Bury transport museum on Sundays.

I used to polish and help fire a big old steam roller called Hilda.

My treat, was to be allowed to do some steering when we took it around Bury.

 

I expect they all lived at the bottom of a lake in a cardboard box.

Just joking guys, I served my apprenticeship with quite a few dibnahesque journeymen.

 

The pictures, and video were very interesting!

Its almost surprising how steam didnt really seem to catch on in those days, since it was such a familiar technology that had been used over a hundred years prior to the automobile in ships, and trains. And yet such few manufacturers produced them.

Good thing though, because I wouldnt want to go out and heat up the boiler every morning in the car before I could drive anywhere.

 

Alex, actually I believe the Stanley Steamer used a new-fangled "flash" boiler that could get up enough steam to drive off within minutes. I remember there was a guy in UK back in the 1970s who built a steamer sports-car with a wooden body. It was on tv. Also I think the americans built a steamer school bus using diesel fuel as the heat source. Turned out it was no more economical of fuel than a regular diesel bus. A lot quieter though...
Leedsman.