The Steam Car Race | Classic Cars

[@wholeNwon]

The apex of steam was actually the Doble.

[@GrrMeister]

I remember My Grandfather telling me he drove a Steam Lorry and after the Great War (1914-1918) which he fought in, a Petrol engine Tanker delivering to Garages in the early 20's I don't suppose Steam and "Petrol Lorry" would have been a happy marriage !

[@steamgent4592]

Love all types of steam power cars, ships, railways, motorbikes, they are the best and most fun to use.

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

Wonderful, but it is a pity that there was no Doble in this video

[@EUKBIKER]

I love steam vehicles. May swap my car for one or just build one with some help. I'm never in a hurry to get to places, 3 bags of coal is cheaper than 3 gallons of petrol in the UK and with modern metals if built from scratch 25hp would see you doing 70mph at least.

[@camerl2009]

compressed air is the way to go I have a design for a engine that powers it self a few cylinders act as compressors and the other ones run the engine and car

[@EUKBIKER]

camerl2009 well done you... you should get it built, then either copyright it and place it into a car of your own build and set yourself up as a company putting a new engine into motoring and possibly earning millions or sell the engine to a car company and tell them for every car they sell with the engine in it, you'll be wanting 5% of the price of the cars. if they ask why just say, so that you can use the money to find a way to make the engine even more efficient (more power from better placed components and more air compression from the parts that make the compressed air)... however i would have to ask you to do one thing for it and that would be put a system on it that uses a solar panel in the roof to activate a small motor that compresses a bit of air so that its easy to start up each time, because i know a fair bit about how much of a pain in the ass it is to get a car moving without its engine being on while trying to get it to do a rolling start. i basically pushed my first car into a lamp post about half a mile from the start of the rolling start... it started with my friend behind the wheel, and then a hill came and the car over revved and shot into the lamp post.

[@werewolfsharptooth]

that poor white looked like it had lots of leaks :(

[@vintagecarnews5899]

great video

[@kittylactose]

Anything that burns will make a steam engine work. Wood, hay, propane, hydrogen, coal, gas, kerosene, diesel, biodeisal, etc etc etc.

[@sourstomacc8596]

where's the Doble steam car?!

[@wholeNwon]

Two of them used to be up the road from me. Remarkable machines.

[@Teladian2]

Sitting in Jay Leno's Garage

[@dieglhix]

gabe newell's car

[@woozhi9218]

Imagine they have multi speed gearbox in them wooosh

[@DotAVIguy]

good video... but i will dislike because youtube end card's are blocking view at end of video, Not cool uploader!

[@vintagecarnews5899]

nice