This 1/2 Scale Foden Steam Truck is a Glorious Reminder of Britain's Steam Days

[@leifhietala8074]

Power: sufficient. Torque: inexorable. Clutch: optional. 18mph must feel like imminent death in this thing and I am so envious right now.

[@BeamerTheFox]

yea man imagine bangin down a dirt road with that thing @ 18 mile an hour we fixin to die :D

[@Thirdbase9]

Don't worry the airbags will save you.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

@@Thirdbase9 Steam powered air bags.....yessss!

[@Perforator2000]

Yeah, the way you have to rest your forehead on the edge of the sheet metal roof to use the controls doesn't seem very ergonomic. If that thing suddenly stopped or got jerky, I can only imagine the bleeding.

[@mcdick]

But the active safety is through the roof. One simply does not text and drive this thing. You really have to pay attention to rest of the traffic. Man I like this thing. Almost as much as Morgan Three Wheeler. Damn if they would make steam powered three wheeler :D.

[@purpleapple4052]

Virgin "rolling coal" pickup vs Chad steam lorry

[@nobodynoone2500]

I make prolonged eye contact with other drivers as I shovel my coal.

[@FSXgta]

Tanner steam lorry*

[@SockyNoob]

Ikr

[@AltimaNEO]

Virgin rolling coal vs Chad rolling actual coal

[@ProSimex84]

Based and steam pilled

[@kshadehyaena]

Danger: Do not reach into mechanism with remaining hand

[@redisbastelbude9860]

Nicht gerfinger poken!

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

@@redisbastelbude9860 Mitz sparken und geflashen thingen...

[@martinda7446]

Achtung: Knobben geschwipt oft mit machinen fiddlein.

[@martinda7446]

Now that is what I call funny.😸😸😸 Three cats worth.

[@ZekeGraal]

AvE's new signs work perfect for this: "Take Heed: Apparatus predates safety." I bought 2.

[@andysim232]

in the UK you can get them legal for Road use, registration plates and all. In our town there is an old man who has a 1/4 scale Foden and he uses it as a Mobility Vehicle to get to the Shops. No Kidding ;)

[@Quick_Fix]

Does that Foden have the steering wheel at the right side? Because this half sized one has one at the wrong side. 🤔

[@locutus155]

And about as deadly and scarry to drive as an Invacar. Ah, maybe he should get his hands on an Invacar to try out, love to see his face with one of those.

[@Handl3sAreStupid]

Is it coal powered like this one? Does it smoke up the shop real good?

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Seriously? I’m getting one, that’s it.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

@@locutus155 I have been looking for one of those actually 😂

[@ianmckee8421]

I didn’t know they had neat rims for a 1922 truck..

[@Space_Reptile]

they didnt just have neat rims, they had fancy pinstriping and painting too, people where Proud of their mashines back then

[@TSL73]

It’s got Focus ST wheels

[@madmanmapper]

@@Space_Reptile That was also because they cost a fortune.

[@JBSibley]

Spinners were optional.

[@GrumpyIan]

They where hand made and they gave them some flash to get people to remember the company name. Back then there wasn't internet or TV so they had to make the products stand out.

[@CasualSnake_D2]

Steam Engines: When the answer to the question "how much torque do you need" is "Yes."

[@nobodynoone2500]

Only massive torque. The horses all ran away.

[@chrisestill8825]

@@nobodynoone2500 it’s just one giant horse.

[@rudimentaryganglia]

All of it

[@austinroosa1875]

One massive horse with the power of one horse

[@woodworkerroyer8497]

And all the explosion power too!

[@TheHearseAroundJimThorpe]

You do really get the weird vehicles to review. Which is why I’m here

[@jamey48]

@@kruleworld yeah, but who wouldn't !

[@ExRev79]

same here

[@wendyokoopa7048]

I feel like Robert is filling Doug's void as Doug(no disrespect meant) abandoned the position

[@RobertJarecki]

​@@wendyokoopa7048 Doug has a more than capable successor.

[@eDoc2020]

11:00 KITTY!!!!! With a cat _and_ a homebuilt steam car you just know Tanner's a great person

[@musicalmaintenance]

Very kind words! That cat is named Figaro, we have 3 and they are great cats.

[@anthonyparker7839]

Dude actually got his project done in 2 months. What a legend.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

He did say "almost 5 months....."

[@JasperJanssen]

Well, 5. But less than half a year for a project like this is still pretty good, even if it’s the bolt together kit and not the “bare unmachined metal castings” kit.

[@Storm-sh6xj]

He is a legend he’s my band director 😎

[@acomingextinction]

"All right, daddy let me steer!" i love this channel

[@HoustonHistoricRetail]

How do you do all this at once... are you a wizard?

[@dkdanis1340]

Wow i was watching video and reading comments and and as soon i read your comment he exactly said daddy let me steer in the video synced. This happened to me few times.

[@shepshepherd]

It's great to see Americans taking an interest in British industrial history. Foden was a fabulous truck manufacturer which deserved a far better fate. Its later model trucks can often still be seen at work in the UK, mainly as tippers and in specialised applications such as sludge gulping.

[@paulblyth5047]

Yes I agree when I worked there in the early 90’s there was real feeling of what had been lost.

[@jerrylancaster256]

Hes Canadian

[@musicalmaintenance]

I'm Canadian?

[@musicalmaintenance]

Hahaha

[@evan12697]

And we haven't even mentioned their brass band yet :D

[@stevebettany8778]

Served my apprenticeship on ERF and Foden in the seventies some of the older guys had worked on the steam trucks. Steam versus internal combustion is what split the family they told me.

[@paulblyth5047]

Foden was based in my home town , the factory was huge when I was growing up. By the time I worked there in the early 90’s it was a small factory making about 20 trucks a week.

[@wasitacatisaw83]

Greetings fellow Sandbach citizen

[@paulblyth5047]

@@wasitacatisaw83 greetings , the ERF factory was right next to school too

[@trevorcorey7910]

All kids know today is Phil foden. Sad.

[@captainzoll3303]

this is the answer, you need to buy another trabant and convert it to steam power.

[@unscripted7553]

well hello there fellow beamng user! A steam powered trabant will probably be faster lol

[@pegasBaO23]

@@unscripted7553 but much weaker in accelaration, trabants are not fast but they sure as heck are quick

[@digitalrailroader]

he needs to Contact the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, TN; they have a 1975 Trabant Tramp for sale that would be right up his alley!

[@mattos4203]

Look up Ted Pritchard. Aussie who converted a number of regular cars to steam and even garnered some interest from major car companies in the 70's when emissions standards were impacting the performance of cars (steam engines are actually capable of burning fuel very cleanly compared to ICE's).

[@pegasBaO23]

@@mattos4203 well a lpg based steam engine would burn a lot cleaner, while delivering a lot power , problem with steam engines is they are bigger than ICE's, and startup time will vary in different climate

[@hazzard1579]

I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but the thumbnail transition to on-hover preview was the main reason I clicked through to this video from my homepage. Excellent attention to detail from Mr. Wheels. Bravo!

[@zippyversion12]

Foden trucks were built where I live. There's was an interesting break up in the family when I came to transitioning to diesel traction. Fodens didn't want to so one of the sons Edwin Richard broke away and set up his own company ERF. Foden soon realised the way forward and a small Cheshire market town had two truck manufacturers.

[@cambridgemart2075]

Indeed, and ERF carried on until MAN trucks bought them out about 15 years ago.

[@wasitacatisaw83]

And now it's an Aldi, McDonald's and doctor's surgery

[@ajsaracina8380]

When one of the newest vehicles you've reviewed uses a steam engine

[@Josh_Fredman]

That horn toot just after 5:45 is too cute. He looks so delighted!

[@ZGryphon]

That's a beautiful build and a heck of a way to spend a few months. I now feel inadequate looking at the brick-kit toy tanks I built during the same time period. :) Technologically, it says something about how complicated maintaining and operating a steam-powered automobile was that people looked at the Ford Model T, with its insanely unintuitive arrangement of pedals and levers and knobs, its hand crank, and its transmission that could actually make it run over its owner while starting it, and think, _Yes. Oh my God, that's SO much simpler, give me one of those._

[@mach1nefan]

those rims tho- holy shit i'm in love

[@ADMINM-ld7vu]

They look like they got released in like 2010

[@adenanthony5257]

The rims ruin it

[@ccllvn]

@@adenanthony5257 this is how the original wheels looked in the 1920s

[@Karmy.]

@@adenanthony5257 agreed, partly because they just don't work with the blue

[@jaredslattery4584]

They are Lamborghini wheels

[@devontitterington6418]

I love that you have completely embraced your inner car nerd. Like Jay Leno says: "if it rolls, explodes or makes noise" you love it. Great video.

[@marvintpandroid2213]

There are plenty of these beasties on show at steam fairs in the UK.

[@Your_Face]

Great story....

[@JBSibley]

Steam fairs, you say?

[@johnruschmeyer5769]

Now we just need to get Steph from IDriveAClassic to do a review of a full-size one.

[@KiwiExpressCream]

Beautiful. Can't beat an old steam engine, even a half-scale modern replica! Seeing these things (the full-size ones) up close and personal is quite the experience - they're big, they're loud and they're just awesome! Hooray for the olden days!!!

[@kinsmart7294]

@Noel Pytlik Would be cool seeing how modern technology could affect it. The late steam era engines were very well built and used gas instead of coal, turbines instead of reciprocating pistons and closed lubrications systems instead of total loss ones. Perhaps you wouldnt even know the difference.

[@Protecter117]

I've ran out of old Fred Dibnah documentaries to watch, so this is perfect! Any Americans etc who may not of heard of him, he has some amazing documentaries about different eras of engineering among other things.

[@6581punk]

He'd of loved this. But he would have grumbled about it being smaller.

[@chrisskelhorn5727]

Fred Dibnah is one of my heroes! :-) Have you ever seen his drawings? They put many an artist, AND draughtsman to shame!

[@ernstoud]

The episode were he goes on “holiday” with his wife but it is just an excuse to do a job in that place… which cost him that marriage.

[@benholroyd5221]

To further contextualise him. He is to northerners as Steve Irwin is to Australians. He used to be a steeplejack. Whether Fred dibnah would run away from an alligator faster than Steve Irwin would run away from a chimney held up by a burning bonfire is an entirely open question.

[@cowfrank]

Thanks just subscribed , not sure how he climed those smokestacks his testicles had to be made of iron.

[@SuperHyperExtra]

A _very_ productive use of “covid time”...

[@nrdesign1991]

Well those who had it were lucky. Studying and work continued here as usual, "just" from home.

[@kuebby]

Not that it's actually a useful machine or anything. But that doesn't make it any less awesome.

[@timothybroughton5651]

@@kuebby If there's a fuel shortage and all gas station's in area are closed, this guys still got a functional vehicle.

[@kinsmart7294]

@@kuebby He has an wood fired car. At least it does something.

[@KrisDouglas]

Nice to see Welsh narrow gauge represented on the T-Shirt :)

[@FarewellChorus]

6:06 I used to run steam tractors, most of which were single-cylinder, and we had a trick for getting out of quarter lock: slide into reverse (or forward, if you were already in reverse), pop the throttle open to get the piston moving, then immediately close the throttle, throw the reverser back to the desired direction, and open the throttle again before the piston reaches the other dead center.

[@gramursowanfaborden5820]

it looks so fast until you see the dog lazily jogging alongside.

[@ericthimot4988]

Pities are not designed for speed. They are professional couch potatoes and cuddle bugs

[@BokBarber]

Yeah but the full scale version could probably go at least *twice* as fast as a lazily jogging dog!!

[@kinsmart7294]

These were not built for speed but for torque. Mostly moving heavy loads around an factory, you want speed look into steam racing cars and etc.

[@gramursowanfaborden5820]

@@kinsmart7294 i know. you missed my point. the only bad thing about steam engines is steam engine enthusiasts...

[@kinsmart7294]

@@gramursowanfaborden5820 Not an enthusiast. Just commenting on it, this video is probably an introduction to several people to steam engines.

[@x105w5]

First, I LOVE the color. Second, this must have been a serious treat, to see a steam car passion project.

[@Sonictailc]

Thanks so much to the owner for agreeing to share his project with us! I learned a lot and I never thought about air flow in a steam engine!

[@captcha42]

11:08 Give the cat in the background a ride, little guy looks interested !

[@Spac8]

I'm from the UK. These are common to see at steam shows here, seeing "Aging Wheels" and "Foden" certainly made me double take. They're epic.

[@buickboy92]

What a magical piece of engineering, this was a great Aging Wheels Episode!

[@mechanicalmoron2251]

you make my British tea drinking hart proud that steam traction world shipped a kit out to you guys in America:)

[@large_crab]

I've always wanted to get into live steam, especially the trains. It's an awesome but unbelievably expensive hobby

[@sirBrouwer]

if there are other steam enthusiasts in your area you might not need to own one. enough people that are in to it will love to have your help in the maintenance and you will most likely be able to drive them as well.

[@dwegmull]

If there is a club near you that operates a track, you should consider joining. Some clubs have a few engines that are used for pulling visitors on open days. As a newcomer without your own engine, you probably would start "at the bottom", helping with maintenance but you should be able to work your way up to be an engineer. Another major perk of being a member is you will be able to buy used engines (often due to member passing, unfortunately) at very reasonable prices. Those sales are rarely advertised outside the clubs.

[@Noah_E]

The same is true of a lot of hobbies and niche endeavors. I grew up working on Studebakers and Packards. If someone realizes their time is almost up they tend to hold fire sales or give away their collections to people they trust too be good stewards of their belongings. When they die unexpectedly their collections tend end up in museums or specialty auction houses are brought in to settle estates. The hobby as a whole suffers when that happens

[@richieb7692]

You can pick up stationary engines for a couple of hundred pounds, Live steam models.. Depends on how intricate and elaborate you want. You could build your own steam powered fairground.

[@sqike001ton]

I'm fortunate that where I live we have a narrow gauge railroad and I've had the pleasure to be a fireman for a few days and they are supper expensive to operate this is a small engine and it clears a few hundred thousand to run each year and they are lucky they have spare parts and the original machine shop

[@dongonzulman6478]

Wow, this has to be the weirdest aging wheels vehicle yet, and that's really saying something awesome!

[@axeman3d]

I do miss Fred Dibnah and his enthusiasm for these amazing feats of early engineering

[@ChrisKing-dt7bl]

This is definitely the neatest thing I've seen in awhile

[@tommywachinski1434]

Looking at the engine move really gives a proper appreciation for how fast engines move

[@Oliverdobbins]

Absolutely fantastic work! What a thing to build. 👏🏻 I could just stare at working steam engines all day. And who could have guessed that anyone in the middle of wherever this is has even heard of Foden! 🇬🇧

[@CamaroMann]

This man is out of his mind, building such a strange, completely out-of-time thing. I like it!

[@bentullett6068]

In the UK we are rebuilding full size new versions of mainline steam locomotives that were scrapped. The A1 class locomotive Tornado as seen on a Top Gear episode was one of the first built, since then many others have been built or are still being built.

[@uTube486]

Having worked on steam engines over 50 years, I say this guy did a great job in a short time. And, spent many $$.

[@jackielinde7568]

"So every stroke is a power stroke." I'm going to have to keep that in mind for "sexy times"... Whenever they happen.

[@malcolmlane-ley2044]

Lovely to see what these look like, my father told me about them (full size) on the streets of Bristol when he was a boy in the 1930's

[@RWBHere]

The fastest ones in Britain were some of the Sentinel engines, which could manage well over 30 mph, maybe even 40 mph. They had pneumatic tyres and shaft drive, with more modern steering. One of those going at full chat down the road is an unforgettable sight. If you ever gets the chance to come over to England and attend the Great Dorset Steam Fair, be prepared to spend several days travelling around the 500+ acres of the rally, and still not be able to see everything fully. There are many other rallies over here, but GDSF is the biggest. Up in the North, Driffield is one good rally, where you'll see plenty of steam wagons, steam tractors, road rollers, stationary steam engines, and plenty more. Arrive on the day before the event to see the road going action.

[@RockRedGenesis]

Probably the Newest Old vehicle I've seen on this channel! Love steam tech, pure mechanical coolness! There is something about this level of technology that is fascinating to me!

[@richieb7692]

There is a man In Yorkshire England. who makes 1/2 and 1/3 scale steam traction engines, steam rollers and steam lorries. They come complete with boiler safety certificates.

[@AllDayBikes]

7:07 That mechanical movement is just beautiful

[@6581punk]

10:14 Wow, getting some serious speed up there.

[@f4rr3r]

Great video, many thanks to Tanner for sharing this beauty with the world.

[@regularpit1508]

11:09 the cat is interested in it too.

[@pintlesspace]

This is a lovely model. I'm glad to see someone made good use of their covid time. I'm a steam head guy so it's nice to have a steam car on your channel of wonderfully odd vehicles. Can't wait to see what you find next.

[@cameronjenkins6748]

Well, that's another thing for the list of things I didn't know I wanted.

[@fenze9651]

i myself are now more than 7 years on this platform. I watches top10 vids, compilations, gaming and some other stuff. Of course over the years my interests changed. Now i am most happy when i see you Robert and robot cantina (honda insight lawnmower engine project car) in my subscribtion box. I am just happy that you both create so entertaining videos. It doesn´t matter if you build a chicken coup, work on the bus or review cars. Thank you

[@Megadriver]

Those wheels look absolutely amazing! I never thought an ancient vehicle would look this good on modern sporty wheels.

[@steamtractionworld]

They aren't modern wheels. They are the same as the original full size engine, Tanner has just painted them so they stand out.

[@Lizlodude]

I love how it just spits little bits of steam randomly. Such character!

[@rj5529]

I never expected to see a foden steam truck of any size in the USA, this is very cool :D

[@tdp2612]

Oh hey, you reviewed one of these. See lots of these scale steam engines at steam shows, they are surprisingly affordable and very intricate

[@sweetpeaz61]

Wonderful!! Hi from the UK, last year i welded up a cracked crosshead casing for a full size original one of these awesome machines. I love working on vintage vehicles :)

[@narrowboatfreya5623]

Beautiful project!!!! Thankyou pandemic for creating skilled hands to make such a beautiful replica a job well done!!

[@MrFlazz99]

When I was a lad (40 years ago), a family near me owned two or three full-size steam vehicles, one of which may have been a Foden. They only ran on a few days each year (annual town fair, etc), but I used to walk past their yard on my way into town, so I saw them all the time. The big machines are BIIIG.

[@mfbfreak]

Wow, that engine runs so smoothly!

[@888johnmac]

that is probably the maddest vehicle ever reviewed on this channel ... loved it

[@johnroos5807]

What a lovely steam engine!:) Just remember to have plenty of 'Fuel' and extra 'Water' to keep moving... Semper Fidelis

[@GreenPersimmon]

This is my favorite vehicle you have reviewed so far.

[@raderallen1]

A neat little aside, I was a locomotive mechanic for over decade working on modern diesel prime movers. The neat thing about that industry is how much heritage in terminology there is for stuff. For instance, to this very day the lifter assemblies used modern engines are referred to as "crossheads."

[@Davett53]

Bravo! Thoroughly enjoyable,.....Great work gentlemen! I loved seeing it operate and the explanation was excellent, too. Looks like fun to operate. I could & will watch this demonstration several more times, and save this link to my files. I have been looking at old steam vehicles on-line, in photos,..for years. I went to one outdoor event where these stream trucks were both on display, & were operated,....they were the original, large scaled, restored versions,...there were steam tractors as well.

[@obtusemedia7612]

Honestly this was really cool! Thank you both for sharing this amazing machine!

[@Ildskalli]

Ugh, now I really want one of those! What an amazing contraption.

[@Doctors_TARDIS]

This is like the ultimate steampunk power wheels

[@rais1953]

It looks like a wood/coal burner. In the early 1970s in Indonesia I saw a beautiful old Krupp steam engine that was still being used for shunting. But it was fired with oil, not coal so it would have run much further without refuelling. As for reversible engines, in the 1950s and 60s there were small 2-stroke cars that reversed by running the engine backwards. I had one made in Australia in 1964 and yes, in theory you could drive it backwards in all 4 gears. But not if you valued your life.

[@LeSarthois]

Actually by the 1950's, most steam locomotives in the West had been converted to oil firing. Remember the famous locomotive in BTTF? Oil fired. Switzerland even tried electric-heated locomotives during WWII, because they had hydroelectricity but coal was getting scarce (and getting new electric engines was of course almost impossible). For cars, Early DAF with 4 stroke engines but the famous Variomatic gearbox could run in either direction at the same speed. In fact later Variomatic can still do it but the engineers installed a safety to prevent this. There are still "reverse DAF" races made in Nordic countries :)

[@VincentGroenewold]

Amazing. Now imagine people doing the work they actually enjoy all the time everywhere. We would progress rapidly.

[@kuebby]

Exactly. Universal income. It's not going to stop the Steve Jobs of the world from inventing, but it'll give your local cabinet maker or builder a cushion to allow them to deepen their craft. Or Doctors to be less overworked and provide better care. Especially since realistically there's about to be WAY too many workers for the number of available jobs as automation increases. The question is simply, do we allow all those trillions in profits to go to a couple hundred people, or do we spread that earned wealth, based on the inventions of thousands, to as many as possible (and also prevent strife based on people starving, being in poverty, etc.). I'd be willing to bet getting $2000/month/person is a way better way to pacify a nation than giving them drugs or putting fluoride in the water or any conspiracy you can come up with.

[@Perforator2000]

We could all be progressing rapidly in miniature steam cars.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

If work was so good, you wouldn't receive money to do it. Don't confuse a hobby with work. Nobody likes to work.

[@VincentGroenewold]

@@BrunodeSouzaLino All jobs have a certain part in it that’s boring and repetitive. That doesn’t mean that there are parts in it that are great fun. Finding that particular job is the challenge. But I for one enjoyed working in science for a long time and got paid for it, I worked extra unpaid hours and weekends, just because.. these jobs exist for everyone I think. Equating earning money, because the work isn’t in any way fun is a weird view in my opinion.

[@Maximus20778]

@@VincentGroenewold u just robbed yourself

[@martinneumann7783]

That’s cute! I do own a Foden cement mixer from Matchbox. Originally from my childhood…

[@SergeiMosin]

Absolutely incredible! I love that there are kits for these things still around.

[@H4lminator]

What an in incredibly cool machine! Imagine what a colossus the original must have been on the tiny roads of the day. People walking would be very impressed.

[@Knight..]

I just realised this channel is basically the Doug Demuro of broken and/or old shitboxes, I love it

[@SuperUltimateLP]

His Trabant is the one Doug was driving in his video.

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

we still had steam engines powering fairground rides in the 1980s I remember them more then the rides intimidating imposing things with massive wheels. oh i am english btw they were fodens mostly always used to walk around the outside of the fairgrounds to look at the vehicles, theyd hook the rides up to them via big belt drive things to power them, never see the humongous traction engines anymore that look like a cross between a tractor and train.

[@bentullett6068]

There are still a few people powering fairs by steam and I am pretty sure they have some of the rides at the Dorset Steam fair powered by steam.

[@ardsleytank7769]

This is the last thing I expected from you. I am pleasantly surprised!

[@BeepasGarage]

That wheel design is strikingly modern looking.

[@thestuffz]

this is incredible to see! I have seen a 1:12 scale Atkinson 6 ton lorry. I have a video of that on my channel. This being that big and running live steam is just amazing!

[@cambridgemart2075]

I still get to see these every year as there's a major UK steam rally in my area annually

[@LordSmuggington]

Perfectly simplified explanation of the little double acting compound engine on this stout little beast.

[@lwilton]

I have to say that this was one of the most concise, accurate, and also entertaining descriptions of how a steam lorry works! I only wish you had gotten a picture of the steering tie mechanism, which I assume was a worm gear and pair of chains to the front axle.

[@toft2k]

This is the BEST! Wow, awesome job by Tanner! I love it so much!!!!

[@Zerbey]

My Grandad grew up in the 1920s, he told me as a kid they'd run behind these Foden trucks and if you could run fast enough you could grab hold and it would pull you along. He said he once got his hand caught and was dragged all the way into town before the driver rescued him, he got his ears boxed for his trouble!

[@stuartirwin3779]

I was at an auction a few years ago here in Australia and there was a real one for sale! I took some photos of it.

[@pepedrat2982]

In 1930, the board at Foden thought steam would rule forever, so the founder's son Edwin Richard Foden at 62, left to form ERF and build diesels. Both companies made great trucks but we enjoy closing factories in Britain so they had to go.

[@RichieRouge206]

This was very cool indeed, really liked his enthusiasm! Great and interesting video Rob!

[@fredericrike5974]

ON the one to ten quircky car scale, that got an 11. IF you had some WW1 goggles to drive it , it would surely have been a 12. I hope your craftsman is a good neighbor- he looks to be someone who does the unusual! This is somebody you should know Robert ! FR

[@fredericrike5974]

At the beginning of the 20th Century, steam cars and electric cars both out numbered the gasoline cars- the fuel for the beast was still much in question. Gasoline was the last entry into this contest and by no means the sure winner it would become. The Stanley Steamer automobile was one of the most sought after of it's era. FR

[@artificercreator]

Imagine if he team up with Alex Karnes and the gov gives them a budget of 1 billion.

[@supersimon126]

Aguably the most interesting thing about this truck is the wheels and how they look like they're modern with those spokes

[@BuzzinsPetRock78]

Yes....we all love a bit of hot steaming action :) That looks like a very nice project....I would probably be terrified driving it though....

[@Julian-do7bv]

This is such a cool little truck I bet the full size version would be a blast to drive

[@RRW359]

I could just imagine this going up to a gas station, the attendant asking what kind of fuel he needs, and then buying a bunch of firewood.

[@donkmeister]

On one of the Fred Dibnah series he said about some of the old traction engine drivers being able to shift between the two gears of their machines on the fly to cope with up and downhills - wouldn't surprise me if some of the steam lorry drivers were doing the same with the 3-speeds. Fantastic build. I love seeing the old steam lorries at steam fairs so it's good to know "some machining required" kits are available!

[@musicalmaintenance]

There are indeed stories of that happening with Fodens. I will never try it though 😂.

[@Ratty_Rex]

Used to love going to steam rallies in the 70s and seeing all the engines, trucks, cars and trains (the UKs last commercial Steam Train was retired in 2008.... they're all "historic railways" now).

[@PendragonDaGreat]

11:08 KITTY

[@_B_K_]

Very good use of pandemic time -- two thumbs up!

[@teamidris]

Cool :o) 90’s Foden were well pants. We had one that kept thinking the wheels were locked up, so ABS would turn the brakes off. It crashed.