Stanley Steam Car

[@drawvenmusket]

Hi Jon, I grew up in the home town of the Stanley family, I was a remarkable family that all did grand things we even have converted the local schoolhouse that I went to as a child into a museum for the family they have several of the steamers there on display even have some that are road ready used to give rides several times of year both to educate entertain and build interest in the museum, thanks for sharing a wee bit of my youth with the world have a great day and a better tomorrow

[@johnkinnane547]

Absolutely fantastic, never seen one and he explained very well. Thanks for filming it John very interesting and in beautiful condition. Kind regards John

[@GSBX-fk7hh]

What a wonderful machine. Thanks for sharing John and well done to the proud owner.

[@1973ts]

Absolutely lovely, the perfect antidote to modern cars, where everything is built down to a price. Thanks for sharing.

[@nodrogawson963]

Very interesting John. You wouldn't get done for drink driving that machine because you wouldn't fathom how to start the bloody thing up when you were pissed up.

[@tom7601]

My mom, born in 1915, told us that when she was just a few weeks old, a friend of her parents took them for a ride in his Stanley Steamer. We always teased her and said she learned to drive in a Stanley Steamer... :-)

[@jimsvideos7201]

While I appreciate the fact that I can start my car with my phone, I'm whole-heartedly impressed by the care and attention put into this vehicle by everyone involved.

[@matgee8892]

You know thinking about it if we still had steam vehicles they would certainly be started by our phones so they were ready to go when we get to them.

[@jusb1066]

and you can start your phone with your car, what a silly future we live in

[@jimsvideos7201]

I can work with that idea.

[@outsidescrewball]

AWESOME John...thanks for sharing

[@tom7601]

And some people think a petrol-powered car with a manual transmission is hard to learn... :-)

[@johnstrange6799]

It's not exactly rocket science.. it's harder than rocket science! :) Fascinating vehical, thanks for the midweek upload.

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

Ahh , the good ole days ! great ole ride there John .. Very complex steamer ..

[@MartsGarage]

Thanks for that, John, absolutely fascinating. Didn't realise they were so complicated. The odd noises put me in mind of the Clangers!

[@Gkuljian]

One of my machine tool instructors had a Stanley Steamer just like that one. Damn, I never knew they were that complex. You need to be a scientist to drive one.

[@chinabluewho]

My grandma never had a drivers license and had a horse and buggy in Arkansas until the late 1960's, I can easily see people in 1901 thinking steam vehicles only being for bored rich folks.

[@simonrawle7885]

that is one amazing piece of engineering

[@berniesr]

That was very interesting I didn't know that there was such a beast as a steam powered car

[@revb0]

Excellent video... proper engineering.

[@Sodabowski]

Awesome, thanks a lot for sharing this John;

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Agreed.

[@glenncpw]

Just the vehicle for bank get aways... lol Excellent

[@mr_mon-eye]

I wanted to see this up close at the weekend but it kept driving past or off as I was getting close lol. Good video fella

[@MoondyneJoe]

Hi John That brought back some very pleasant memories thankyou When I was knee High to a grasshopper back in 1970 I saw a Stanley Steam car Identical to that one at the Perth Museum in Western Australia it was only on display but I was fascinated back then on how you could drive a car on steam In those days we still had steam trains running on coal at the bottom of the street About 200 metres away, where I lived for Hauling the Passenger trains ( we also had Diesel engines as well) and you could smell the Coal burning all the time I think that is when Coal smoke entered my blood vessels. I did volunteer with the Hotham Valley Railway for a while working on the trains and tracks Enjoyable times they where Hotham Valley Tourist Railway www.hothamvalleyrailway.com.au/ Funnily enough I have moved and where I have been living now for 31 years They come up to the Toodyay Show in October and during winters on weekends again approx 200 meters from my place in Toodyay Western Australia Here is another site you might find interesting as well When Steam Trains Were Abundant In Western Australiasteamtrainstories.com/uncategorized/when-steam-trains-were-abundant-in-western-australia/ Thanks again for the memories John Muchly appreciated Tony from Western Australia Ps you or he Didnt mention the Petrol or kero Consumption in the Stanley any Ideas please?

[@lensman5762]

Amazing machine an dthanks for posting. For those who like steam cars I recommand that you watch Jay Leno''s Garage Doble E-20 episode. This is one genious of a steam machine like no other. Well worth a watch.

[@Jacob_6420]

lensman57 yes very good videos. I have watched all of jays steam vehicle videos. I like them all

[@robstirling3173]

Noisy flame tubes resonating!

[@petermundy3339]

Wonderful, just wonderful Did you find a time machine John

[@zepp113]

Amazing vehicle.

[@dirk4926]

I'm glad my dad didn't own one of these back when I was learning to drive.

[@HerrFenchel]

What a beauty.

[@TheGrenadier97]

Bah, the man in red at 8:45 lost a piece of art.

[@zetareticuli841]

Isn't it very dangerous in case of an accident with this boiler on board?

[@rbuckhe]

Very interesting.

[@thegrantclan]

Spot on ☝️

[@bsteleven]

were there any horse power numbers for the steamer

[@liamroggenkamp]

I agree, steam could very well be the future

[@1jtolvey]

GREAT VIDEO !! HAVE YOU SEEN JAY LENO'S (( DOBLE STEAM CAR )) ??

[@jamiebuckley1769]

you have to be a stationary engineer to be able too operate that stanley steamer lol. pretty darn complicated.

[@noelhenderson700]

Actually not. I'm a stationary engineer and that is somewhat different program. The certificate would be either locomotive engineer or whatever they called the people who were certified to operate traction engines and such things. The "stationary" part is due to the plant you are operating is not moving or stationary. This can range from small mill engines to large multi boiler multi megawatt power plants.

[@F4Insight-uq6nt]

Modern Turbo versions with Condensers and Recirculation could have been produced quite easily I would have thought. I think we all know why that didn't happen don't we?

[@proluxelectronics7419]

Wow front disk brakes, My 58 MGA is on drums..

[@jusb1066]

and water cooled too, then again your MGA probably has a constant water leak anyway, lol

[@farmerbob139]

those must be a rare item, even over there.

[@jusb1066]

they are everywhere, cant get rid of 'em!

[@bentinman9350]

Dead easy to drive. All you have to do is hop on one leg, rub your tummy and tap your head while singing Land of Hope and Glory backwards, in Russian. Like I said, dead easy!!!

[@jusb1066]

can he not fix them howling intakes? lol,

[@robertoswalt319]

Was that a Stanley Steamer or a Stanley Screamer? A truly incredible car.

[@britishreaction54]

Where would we be if we'd had 100 years of development of that concept instead of the internal combustion engine. Astonishing.

[@jusb1066]

we did, that was the culmination of 150 years of steam, it had peaked it had high and low compression cylinders, condensors, flash boiler, it had peaked, then we had 100 years of the petrol and deisel and now they have peaked, its electrics time now, looking forward to what they can do with a few more years, plus the batterys will be so useful for other things

[@britishreaction54]

Jusb1066 Interesting point you make. Had it peaked though? I'm thinking in terms of how good a heat transmission medium steam is, and what could be done with modern, lighter materials. I take your point about electric cars. One thing to bear in mind about that is that there were electric cars at the time of the Stanley steamer, and petrol, all vying for the top spot. Petrol won out because of ease of use and range, amongst other things. If we can have better electric cars now, we could have had better steam cars.

[@jusb1066]

yep the electric cars we had were lead acid based, and battery technology stagnated untill the 2000s, like 90 years because we didnt seem to need it, (any lead acid based car even in the 2000s was still poor range etc) only because of lithium are electric cars remotely decent, i think steam already had the light materials, theres only so much weight you can save, it had indeed reached its peak (high pressure flash boilers, there isnt anyway forward from there) , petrol at the time was also about 15mpg and 15mph and unreliable, in fact all the tech, steam, petrol/elecric had about the same performance and range in 1915, but petrol was the only one that could move forward, now its electric, the battery being the key more than the electric motor itself

[@chinabluewho]

In the 70's solar panels were invented but gave very poor performance, in another 100 years all cars will be of the Van/SUV type with 100% solar power as every ten years the rate of efficiency goes up, this year we are at 30% up from last year of 22 % and ten years prior at 17%, the new Scion model Sion car will change everything when it comes out next year as it is 100 % solar powered and only costs 25K

[@markmossinghoff8185]

Did he say steam anima? Yikes! !

[@areyouavinalaff]

enema

[@szymongorczynski7621]

UGH! The howling noise! I can't watch the video!