You had to be allowed by the Stanley's to buy their car. You had to show you were proficient at the controls. The oil men used this amongst other mis-information and convinced the public that steam or electric cars were cumbersome. You couldn't do it back then. But now! Yet we still still like to annihlate each other, more than all the wars combined. And it's licenced by your Federa,l State or Local Authority.
@bandosnoob15 It depends, do you mean water or kerosene? I've heard that on the ones without a condenser like this it's about 30 miles to a tank of water. With a condenser it could be as much as 300 miles on a cool day, so I've read. I've never owned one.
Dobel in the US did the final say on steam cars back in the 1920s, Jay Leno has one of his 25 production run. It was fully closed system, with a flash boiler and a huge condenser on the front, but they cost a huge amount of money back then (around 25000 dollars), and while the ride was phenomenally good, and top speed was in the high 50s, the petrol cars were just cheaper and got better milage back then. They were really "esteem" cars, best money could buy.
@Simpson654 Actually, one of Leno's Dobles can hit over 90mph, and the other one was clocked at 132.5mph with Howard Hughes at the wheel back in the day. No two Dobles are alike, and only a handful are around in running condition these days, so you can only talk about the performance of an individual car. The faster one was dyno'd out to over 150hp and over 2200 ft-lbs of torque. Yes, that's over two thousand two hundred torques. An eighteen wheeler has less.
You had to be allowed by the Stanley's to buy their car. You had to show you were proficient at the controls. The oil men used this amongst other mis-information and convinced the public that steam or electric cars were cumbersome. You couldn't do it back then. But now! Yet we still still like to annihlate each other, more than all the wars combined. And it's licenced by your Federa,l State or Local Authority.
eddie100 3 months ago
My all time faveourite car!
taj913 10 months ago
Stanley went on to make vacuums and other things. This is where the term Stanley Steamer came from.
cotybarker 1 year ago
It can steam clean your garments while you drive!
ArcadeGames 1 year ago 3
whats the mpg on these
bandosnoob15 1 year ago
@bandosnoob15 It depends, do you mean water or kerosene? I've heard that on the ones without a condenser like this it's about 30 miles to a tank of water. With a condenser it could be as much as 300 miles on a cool day, so I've read. I've never owned one.
KenMacMillan 1 year ago
@bandosnoob15 i heard for the fast steam cars, its about 1 miles per gallon of water, and the most slower ones like 5 mpg
jukio02 9 months ago
Dobel in the US did the final say on steam cars back in the 1920s, Jay Leno has one of his 25 production run. It was fully closed system, with a flash boiler and a huge condenser on the front, but they cost a huge amount of money back then (around 25000 dollars), and while the ride was phenomenally good, and top speed was in the high 50s, the petrol cars were just cheaper and got better milage back then. They were really "esteem" cars, best money could buy.
Simpson654 1 year ago
@Simpson654 Actually, one of Leno's Dobles can hit over 90mph, and the other one was clocked at 132.5mph with Howard Hughes at the wheel back in the day. No two Dobles are alike, and only a handful are around in running condition these days, so you can only talk about the performance of an individual car. The faster one was dyno'd out to over 150hp and over 2200 ft-lbs of torque. Yes, that's over two thousand two hundred torques. An eighteen wheeler has less.
These really were amazing machines.
catscratch1980 8 months ago
it 'smokes' down other cars :D
MegaZsolti 1 year ago 2