Steam cars on the 2019 London to brighton11/11/2019 8 Steam Cars were entered for this year's run on the 3rd November. As usual Ray Clark ran his Steam Car coffee stop at Redhill, which was appreciated by all. Photos Courtesy of Simon Webb, Jamie Allen and Chris Wedgewood.
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Stanley Land speed record engine11/11/2019 Mark Herman visited the Smithsonian to view the 1906 Stanley "Rocket" Land Speed Record Car Engine. Lear Steam Vapordyne11/11/2019 John E Barrett writes: In 1969 Bill Lear, inventer of the Lear Jet, created a Steam Powered Indy Car known as the Vapordyne. See it August 28th at the Geneva Concours d'Elegance. steam powered sidecar outfit10/28/2019 Phone Number
0412304056 vicplummer@bigpond.com Hi Ladies and Gentlemen, My name is Vic Plummer and I,m in the gold coast Australia.I.m building a steam powered sidecar outfit..I have the engine done and most of the boiler done and very close to bench testing every thing prior to putting it all in the outfit. I,m looking for automatic boiler control valves or any information on them so I might have to make them. Or maybe someone I could phone or show me what I,m looking for.I certainly don't mind paying for help as I realise its very one off stuff.Once I get it all running on the bench putting it all in the bike will be no problem at all.I,ll also be running a condenser.Thank very much in advance, Yours in steam , Vic Plummer. packing stanley steam car glands10/27/2019 Joe Shukay Cleaning underneath the model 85 and packing the piston packing glands on the 30hp engine. Mark Herman · 1901/02 Mobile Steam Car at the Hershey Auction. Great early motoring machine from Tarrytown NY. John Brisbane Walker’s product after his split with Locomobile. white steam car cylinder blocks10/8/2019 GMA Engineering First batch of white steam car model C, D and E cylinder blocks completed. From development of 3D models, patterns and castings through to the finished product. Contact us on; gmaengineering@manx.net. Billings Cooke Now that the Busy steam car season is coming to a close, at least up here in chilly Vermont,serious work will Once Again Begin on Tilly, our 03 grout. Before my dad had passed away we had started fitting a 16-inch boiler to replace the original size 14 in boiler. With this in mind we also needed to increase the burner size to match the larger size of the boiler. Don Bourdon of Bourdon boiler works is making an appropriate sized burner to fit. Rather than using a single fuel, gasoline, to operate both main burner and pilot, Tilly will have a separate fuel system for the pilot, running Coleman fuel. This morning I picked up the new tank for the pilot fuel. It's a stainless steel tank that will be mounted underneath the passenger seat. It was pressure checked to 100 PSI so no problem should be seen at running 20 to 30 PSI to fire the pilot. We will be traveling to Hershey next week show installation we'll have to wait. Before our trip to Hershey I must get the rear axle out of the Stanley as it needs a rebuild. I've talked with Bill Barnes about doing the work for us so we will take it to Hershey and transfer it to him there for the work to be done at his shop. I do not believe the actual has had any work done to it from new, 1912 ish.   first ever sat nav for a steam car10/2/2019 Jay B Rhodes was inventor of the 1910 Rhodes Pathfinder mechanical auto guide. Very little is known about this prolific inventor who acquired over 230 patents and earned titles as “Patent King” and “Kalamazoo’s Edison.” Little did he know he was way ahead of his time.     New stanley steam car engine pistons10/1/2019 BILL BARNES New pistons tighten together 250 foot pounds Tapered pin Holds them together , thread locked Special jig to get the length right .. Machined on the rods. With ring grooves September 21st, 20199/21/2019 Album 2019 steam team Cooke Sarah Moon Blow down banquet. The museum members in attendance who have been members for over 25 years were recognized. We "won" the questionable route award and 5 future tours were announced! Joe Shukay Well today i pulled the Super Heater and steam line to the engine all in one piece off the 71. This because the compression union holding them together was so rusted from extreme heat over the years of use. Could not budge it with the big wrench, even soaked it for 2 days with Kroil. So this involved taking a lot of tubing off the car and disconnecting the steering arm so it would all clear. Usual type thing. On the bench i had to use long pipes on the wrenches to break it loose. It was rusted good on the threads, probably why it never leaked, LOL. The anti seize didn't hold up for all those years. I'll redo most of the pipe insulation and clean it all up and on to getting the super heater aligned better. Monday i should be getting back to pressure testing again for leaks, but i can see from the pictures what areas look like have been wet. Stanley Steam car wheels9/18/2019 Joe Shukay Well after getting the rear tire off the rim, i realized i have more paint work than i originally hoped. Oh well. Need to set up the wheel balancer rigged up to accept the rear hubs too New Forest steam car tour9/12/2019 Some of the cars on the New Forest Steam Car Tour 2019. the tour was run by the Hounslow Family. Thank you Peter Sarah and George for running a fantastic tour from all who attended. Thanks also to all the sponsors who continue to support the steam car events. White steam car crankshaft update9/5/2019 GMA Engineering Ramsey, Isle Of Man · White crankshaft update now finished. Once all the tapered sections were fitted and aligned properly, a final squeeze together in the press before having the taper pins fitted. steam car tour banner8/29/2019 Banner for the steam car tour. September 8th to 13th inclusive. See details in the events section ot the site. Thank you to all the sponsors of the tour.  New White steam car cylinder blocks8/29/2019 GMA Engineering Ramsey, Isle of Man New White steam car cylinder blocks arrived today for model C,D,E and F. Quality of the castings are fantastic. Will post updates as machining progresses. steam car steering arm repair8/21/2019 Billy Barnes Broken steering arm repair 1913 mountain wagon .. Stanley Steamer New one 4130 steel With big radius in corners Needs finished welded . Bottom one broke . Made a jig to keep it right . |
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