what SORT of steam car is this7/6/2020 jademsharp@gmail.com Any ideas of what this is? Hello, My Dad picked this up yesterday and we have no information on it except that my Uncle got it from his neighbor who passed away at 94 and it was his Dad’s. Any ideas on what it could be and how old it could be? Thank you! new cranks for white steam cars7/4/2020 GMA Engineering is at GMA Engineering. Ramsey, Isle Of Man 4 of our improved roller bearing crankshafts for White steam cars 00 back from the grinders. Some pics of the roller and bronze cage assembly also. stanley steam car challenge6/22/2020 Simon Webb· I was nominated to do a ten day steam engine challenge Every day I will select an image from a day in the life of steam engine or a proud moment as a steam engine owner. Then I will post it without any explanation and nominate someone to take up the challenge. stanley steam car parking break design6/22/2020 Re: 1908 Stanley hand brake Hear are a few drawing of how I built the emergency brake locking hardware. My 1906 did not have this hardware, but I added outside brakes drums and copied the hardware from a 1907 car. I also added a brake light and brake switch. Rolly   two stanley model r6/14/2020 Steve Baldock passed away on the 1st of November 2018 Shortly after completing the recreation of two Model R Stanley’s. These are some photos of the Model-R Steve built from scratch. He followed my work on my building my EX and E-mailed me often. He did complete 3D cad drawings of every part. Instead of castings most of the parts were machined in steel on a CNC Bridgeport Mill pre 1985 He advised me programs on how to go from Cad drawing to G code and then edit the G code to match my machine. Rolly GROUT STEAM CAR WITH LAMPS5/17/2020 Billings Cooke Tilly's grand adventure After a successful first outing yesterday,I decided to add some of Tilly's jewelry. The lights, the lamp for the boiler sight gauge and the mirror for viewing the sight gauge. All of these things are beautiful as well as functional. All of the leather is original to the car. It has been cleaned and conditioned. Steaming yesterday showed a couple of steam leaks and a leak in the piping from the hand pump to the steam chest. Steam leaks are fixed, oil pipegets attention tomorrow. These are some beauty shots I took today before I stopped for the day. GROUT STEAM CAR FIRST RUN5/17/2020 Sarah Moon with Billings on first run in the Grout. https://www.facebook.com/sarah.moon.58/videos/687871169564/  1910 Model 70 stanley steam car5/7/2020 Stanley steam car 1910 Model 70 from Alan Blazick collection along with his Stanley 1902 Runabout, on display at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville California  A 1902 Runabout with stick seat from the Alan Blazick. collection on display at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville California. Best in the Stanley class at Pebble Beach in Monterey California STEAM CAR WHISTLE REPAIR5/5/2020 Rick Ashton
STEAM WHISTLE REPAIR VIDEOS Here are a couple of interesting videos about steam whistle repair. Rebuilding a Brass Steam Whistle Valve [www.youtube.com] Vintage Steam Car Literature5/3/2020 Thank you to Ian Larcher for providing us with these fascinating pieces of Literature on White, Locomobile, American, Crossland and Vapomobile Steam Cars. 
Model 60 Stanley Almost Finished5/3/2020 Billy Barnes has almost finished this 1910 Stanley Model 60, just awaiting paint. Preheater for Likamobile5/3/2020 Jim Trotta writes: My new water pre-heater which uses exhaust steam thru heat exchange. The water side has water from the water pumps to boiler. This is so you can use heat from the exhaust steam to heat the incoming water. This helps greatly as your not putting cold water into the boiler. Hood Steam Car5/3/2020 The Hood Steam Car, produced in Massachusetts by the Simplex Motor Vehicle Company between 1900 and 1901. It featured a single-acting, four cylinder engine with a magnetic admission valve, with the exhaust ports being opened by the pistons. The intake valves were operated by three small electric batteries, and superheated steam was produced in a flash boiler. Little more is known of this make of Steam Car, if you have any further information please contact us. Anthony Theriault is looking for more information on the marque, and provided the photos of a survivor below. Grout Steam car flue4/15/2020 With the smoke Bonnet and flu now fit I thought I would fit the rear body cover. The flue opens to the left and right with a centrally located steam jet , a "T" fitting , to help with drawing a good draft for the burner. Here's what the rear end looks like minus the fenders. Billings Cooke  Bill Barnes' Latest Work4/14/2020 Here are some photos of the cars Bill Barnes has recently been working on. A Stanley 740 tourer, 731 Roadster, SV Sedan, 1914 Stanley 606, and a 1923 Stanley 740 Roadster. I've gotten to the point I needed the seat in place so that I could get the throttle linkage finished as well as the linkage for engine hook-up and reverse. Billings Cooke White Steam car upholstery4/14/2020 I have just had the squabs and arms of the front seats recovered on Lucy because these original parts were beyond repair for use. Garry Stephens of Hayle did the job and it has toned in very well. Well done Garry! All they need now is a bit of use and a little steam oil discolouration.  1908 White Steam car Model L4/14/2020 Bob Dyke Today Lucy came out for a steam up to see if work needs to be done. Really she behaved very well but just had pilot light problems which I will need to sort. I could of course only drive her about 40 yards up my yard which is an old farmyard. She is a 1908 White Model “L” steam powered 20hp car equivalent to a 40hp petrol car. 1916 Stanley condenser steam car4/5/2020  Another day on the tour in Roanoke ,Va this is a 1916 Stanley. Daryl Kendall
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