1911 Stanley Steamer Chuff Chuff what a beautiful car!

A friend of a friend owns this 1911 Stanley Steamer, what a wonderful car!

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Stanley
• Steamer
• 1911
• steam
• power
• powered
• car
• cars
• antique

[JenFrenChaCha]

My dad, Richard French, had a rare 1912 5-seater (or was it 6?) that he rebuilt, now sold, and he's gone, too. I will post a video of him in it when I find out how. Thanks for posting this one!

[91W350]

@JenFrenChaCha Do that and hit me up with a video response, these cars are awesome!

[Eddy2730]

I think it's wonderful, too!

[91W350]

@Eddy2730 I can only wish I could afford to buy it. That car is one of three made that year like it. I do not know its value, but I am pretty sure selling everything that I own would not get me close. 8^)

[Eddy2730]

@91W350 Either way, do you intend in buying an unrestored vehicle? Obviously, it wouldn't be so costly. Speaking of which, I know that here in England, there is a company selling, amongst other things, an unrestored 1923 Stanley.

[91W350]

@Eddy2730 I like them all, but the earlier ones were a little simpler and actually made more power. The later ones had steam or water recovery to recycle, so to speak, the water they used, at least part of it. That being said, I think the whole Stanley car collection is going to be out of my budget. They are expensive in any condition and expensive to restore as well. There are three in Kansas and I have had the pleasure of working on and driving two of them. I feel lucky!

[DAKOTA56777]

@JBofBrisbane Either way it's still cleaner then gas and it doesn't take a few million years to replenish. Although it does make a slight food cost increase.

[DAKOTA56777]

@JBofBrisbane Well they did a test with 2 ,identical cars one with ethanol one with normal gas, and the ethanol fueled car had a slight increased horsepower and beat the gas car in a drag race. So the lower density = less power might not be so true in this case, because a lot of the fuel doesn't get burned with gas, but ethanol a higher percent of the fuel gets burned so in a way your right the ethanol is burning more of the fuel then gas but that's in the engine itself, so it's a good thing.

[JBofBrisbane]

@DAKOTA56777 - sugar cane is also a good source for ethanol distillation - which I think is actually a better use for the stuff than making sugar. Australia has E10 (Unleaded petrol/gasoline with 10% ethanol), as most cars can use this without expensive modification. Ethanol is actually a lower-density fuel than gasoline, so you need to use more of it to produce the same power.

[91W350]

@afghanmanyeah It has a differential and a fairly robust one at that. A lobe on one of the axles drives a rod that runs the mechanical fuel pump. Until pressure is up and the car is rolling, you have to physically pump fuel. That is why you will see them jacked up with one wheel lazily spinning, it pumps fuel while the pressure is building. Thanks for the question!

[robzrob]

Shame the internal combustion engine won over steam - think how quiet and clean all the roads would be now!

[kalzx]

WOW!!! very very nice my friend