17120
engine
735-2359
model
725
body
5-pass
image source - HCCA Gazette, 1954 #2
8/5/96, US, CT, 2015
Ralph Dykstra
previous owners
1994/95, David Bredbury
McGowan brothers
5/28/93, Thompson admin's
Thompson estate
Raymond Thompson
Ken Maxwell, 1963
A. Irving Polhemus, IL, 1918
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
[not in 1991 Register]
other notes:
Carries 1917 metal IL registration tag #183623. Maxwell owned as early as 1953 and built a vertical fin-tube condenser which the ca still has. Burner rebuilt & front of car replumbed in 1999 by Don Bourdon.
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1960 Steam Tour
2007 Steam Car Tour, Wilmington, DE
2008 Steam Car Tour, Bennington, VT
17192
engine
model
725
body
5-pass
image source - HCCA Gazette, 1949 #3
3/86, US, CA, 1991
previous owners
1950, James Worth Alexander
Ralph Ernst, 1949
boiler:
gear ratio: 40-60
tires:
wheelbase: 130
weight:
Modified Babcock/Wilcox design water tube boiler; electric, furnace type burner. Wheels replaced with 600 x 20 Buick, but still have the originals.
other notes:
17196
engine
model
728
body
5-pass
image source - Automobile Quarterly, v25 #1
10/76, US, OH, 1991
previous owners
Carl S. Amsley
boiler: 23" x 18"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 34 x 4.5 ss
wheelbase: 130
weight: 3400
[no notes]
other notes:
17220
engine
1721
model
728
body
5-pass
US, MI, 2009
previous owners
1981, Dan Sheler
Samuel I. Sheler, 1961
7/47, Dan Sheler
c. 1930, G. Bettes
boiler: 23" x 16"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 34 x 4.5 ss
wheelbase: 130
weight: 3600
4,372 actual miles. Believed to be purchased new in Grand Rapids. Bettes used as parade car. Put in storage 1940-47. Samuel I. Sheler never used it. Very good original.
other notes:
17225
engine
735-1731
model
728
body
5-pass
image source - VMCCA Bulb Horn, Jan. 1975
US, NY, 2008
previous owners
Rev. Stanley W. Ellis, 1961
George Woodbury
George Hildreth
boiler: 23" x 18"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 34 x 4.5
wheelbase: 130
weight: 3800
Good unrestored. Needs paint, top, burner, retube boiler. Stored 1928-46. Hildreth was a Topsham, ME Stanley dealer. Subject of The Story of a Stanley Steamer. Owned 12 yrs. by Ellis.
other notes:
Ellis advertised car in 1954. 1961 roster says engine # 735-17311, assume typo.
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1956 Glidden Tour
1957 Steam Car Meet, Lakeville, CT
17292
engine
model
728
body
touring
image source - HCCA Gazette, Sep-Oct 1959
1975, US, KY, 2012
previous owners
Richard Nutting
Wayne O. Nutting, 1969
Raymond E. Nelson, 1957
Guy J. Burnham, 1919
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires: 35 x 5
wheelbase:
weight:
[not in 1991 Register]
other notes:
Subject of articles in The Steam Automobile, Winter 1959, and Antique Automobile, Jul.-Aug. 1961. New boiler in 1965. Suffered a tragic fire at Knott's Berry Farm in 1969. Last driven in 1990.
17296
engine
model
728
body
5-pass
image source - personal collection
US, NJ, 2015
Bob Crane
previous owners
Dewey Barnes
Carl Amsley
1920, Abner Devilbiss
boiler: 26" x 18"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires:
wheelbase: 128
weight: 4200
[no notes]
other notes:
Subject of an article in Antique Automobile, Summer 1955. Devilbiss drove the car round-trip to the Kent, Ohio meet in 1957, used car into late '60s. Barnes installed 30hp boiler. Note that the "bill" on the tips of the front fenders seems to have been discontinued somewhere between #17296 and #17417.
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1956 Steam Car Meet, Schwenksville
1957 Steam Car Meet, Kent, OH
2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware
17417
engine
735-2721
model
730
body
7-pass
image source - current owner
10/07, US, IL, 2014
previous owners
10/50, Charles & Edward Erler
Joe Knowles
boiler: 24" x 16"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 35 x 4.5 ss
wheelbase: 130
weight: 3500
Good running, restored. Originally sold in Maine, 1917. Purchased in 1950 in South Lincoln, MA. Driven on the last three Steam Car Tours.
other notes:
Body no. 1366
Front disk brakes. An article on this car's Baker water-tube boiler appears in The Stanley Museum Quarterly, Jun. 2000.
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2006 Steam Car Tour, Berlin, OH
17459
engine
730-1886
model
730
body
7-pass
image source - StanleySteamers.com
12/65, US , IL, 2014
previous owners
E. R. Colby, IL, 1918
boiler: 23"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 35 x 4.5
wheelbase: 130
weight: 4200
Unrestored. Completed the Linville Steam Car Tour.
other notes:
Body no. 1395
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1999 Mt. Washington Centennial
17538
engine
730-1982
model
730
body
5-pass
image source - current owner
4/16/10, US, KS, 2013
John Vsetecka
previous owners
George Carney
Harrah's, 1968
boiler: 23" x 14"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 34 x 4
wheelbase: 130
weight:
[not in Sprague Register]
other notes:
As of 2010, still has original boiler and burner.
17545
engine
730-1974
model
730
body
7-pass
US, TN, 2009
previous owners
11/5/88, John H. Doerr, 2001
Freda C. Moe
1947, George Moe
boiler: 23" x 16"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 35 x 5
wheelbase: 130
weight:
Poor, frame up restoration in progress (1990). In storage until 1988. The car had a Baker boiler & propane burner. Retrofit in progress.
other notes:
2001 - apart, no boiler or burner.
2009 - in restoration
17561
engine
735-2477
model
730
body
5-pass
image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
GB
previous owners
I. Berne
Bob Dyke
11/3/89, Gerry Stoneman, GB
Howard L. Johnson, Jr.
Alan Shepard
1960, Frank D. Saylor III
Herb Anderson, 1957
boiler: 23" x 18"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 34 x 4 cl
wheelbase: 130
weight: 4000
A-1 condition. Once owned by astronaut Alan Shepard. Brought to England on the Q. E. II.
other notes:
Suffered serious fire in 2006.
GB reg. DS 8249
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1960 Glidden Tour
1964 Steam Car Meet, Woodstock, VT
17577
engine
730-2011
model
730
body
5-pass
image source - current owner
1998, US, IL, 2013
previous owners
1972, Sloan Museum, 1998
1970, Henry George, 1972
1967, Milo Smith, 1970
1967, Dave Levin
1947, J. K. Holmes, 1966
1940, Walter Bittner, 1947
boiler: 23"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 35 x 5
wheelbase: 130
weight: 3650
[not in 1991 Register]
other notes:
Left the factory on 12/31/1917. Holmes partially restored in '50s. New boiler installed 1999. Odometer shows 25560 miles as of 3/2010.
Body no. 95
- - -
1998 Ontario Steam Tour
1999 New Hampshire Steam Tour
2000 Illinois Steam Tour
2002 Virginia Steam Tour
2011 Wisconsin Steam Tour
17585
engine
728-1790
model
731
body
roadster
image source - Concept Carz
US, MA, 2015
Brent Campbell
previous owners
12/29/70, Robert Schill, 1974
Columbus, GA museum
A. M. W.
F. Person, 1968
12/17/17, left factory.
boiler: 23"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 36 x 5
wheelbase: 130
weight: 4300
Fine condition.
other notes:
Only 2 passenger condenser known to survive. Restored in 2000. Remarkable evidence that at least 119 more cars were produced between 12/17/17 and the end of the model year.
- - -
1999 Mt. Washington Centennial
2006 Ormond Beach
2006 Amelia Island Concours
17704
engine
model
731
body
roadster
image source - personal collection
6/11, US, NH, 2014
previous owners
Douglas Ostwald
Bob Ostwald
1950s, T. C. Marshall
boiler: 25" x 15"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires:
wheelbase: 130
weight: 4300
[not in 1991 Register]
other notes:
3-passenger roadster. In the Ostwald family for at least 56 years, from 1955 to 2011.
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1955 Steam Car Meet, Lakeville, CT
2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware
2011 Steam Car Tour, Gorham, NH
engine
7-1068
model
730
body
5-pass
image source - StanleySteamers.com
12/84, US, GA, 2009
Alan & Ray Woolf
previous owners
Larry McClure
Wendell Townshend, 70s
boiler: 23" x 14"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 34 x 4.5
wheelbase: 130
weight: 3800
Old restoration. The car has been in the Atlanta, GA area for the past 35yrs. Restored in the 1950s and 1960s by previous owners. New boiler and rebuilt mechanical components by current owners.
other notes:
If this is the original engine, this car may be a 1916. See engine serial numbers on 1916 page. Non-"billed" front fenders indicate late 1917.
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2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware
engine
7-1508
model
728
body
5-pass
image source - StanleySteamers.com
4/14/89, US, WA, 1991
previous owners
8/87, George Kerstetter, US
1973, Craven Museum, CA
Gordon E. Armstrong, CA
boiler: 23" x 16"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 34 x 4.5
wheelbase: 130
weight:
Restored.
other notes:
Sharp-pointed condenser shell. 1991 Register lists as as serial # 21056.
engine
model
body
5-pass
US, CA
previous owners
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
(* not verified by owner)
other notes:
engine
model
body
roadster
image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
2009, GB
previous owners
Hugh Winterbottom, GB
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]
other notes:
"Chisel prow" condenser introduced in 1918.
engine
model
730
body
roadster
image source - HCCA Gazette, Jan-Feb 1957
unknown
previous owners
1947, L. A. Rear, 1957
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]
other notes:
Walter B. Kerrick boiler.
engine
730-2037
model
730
body
sedan
image source - Steam Automobile '82, v24#2
1994, US, MI
previous owners
1979, A. G. Clayton, 1994
Jackie A. Bragg
George Howland, NJ
boiler: 23" x 18"
gear ratio:
tires: 600 x 20 ss
wheelbase: 130
weight:
Restored, 1979-81. Purchased in Heflin, AL. Car came from PA. J. A. Bragg bought it from the widow of the man who bought it in PA. The car has a foot throttle and four wheel brakes.
[listed as 1925 SV]
other notes:
Possibly the earliest sedan known. 1917 fenders; sedan didn't appear in Stanley literature until 1918. Body/fender line doesn't match well; no other car fonud to carry this body. Wheels apparently replaced for the 4-wheel brakes. An article on this car's restoration appears in The Steam Automobile, 1982, v24#2.