His first special racing machine was built in 1903. transport / transportation, car, vehicle variants, Stanley Steamer Model K Semi-Race, 1908, Additional-Rights-Clearance ... New York State, USA -- a 6.5 horsepower 1903 Model C Stanley Steamer in the Greenwood Lake area. JMalagutti@aol.com A Stanley car set a land speed record of 127 MPH in 1906 and the following year one was clocked at nearly 150 MPH before it crashed near Daytona Beach. In process of painting body. Despite selling the rights to their vehicles, however, the Stanleys decided to stay in the steam car … Bill Barnes of Barnes Machine Shop in Lewistown, Pa., has owned six Stanley Steamer vehicles since buying his first at age 19. A gasoline-powered car went faster four years later, but it wasn’t until 2009 that another steam-powered vehicle broke the Stanley Rocket record. Between 1899 and 1905, Stanley outsold all gasoline-powered cars and was second only to the electric cars of the Columbia Automobile Company in the US. On August 31 of that same year, a Stanley Steamer driven by F.O. Please contact me for additional details or pictures. See more ideas about antique cars, vintage cars, steamer. $37,500 or best offer. It used a compact fire-tube boiler to power a simple double acting two cylinder engine. The Stanley Steamer is the colloquial name given to the steam powered automobiles produced by Stanley Motor Carriage Company between 1902 and 1924, the Steamers eventually lost out to gasoline powered cars due to the ease of use afforded by an internal combustion engine with an electric starter motor – but for a while there the steam powered cars were a popular alternative. Washington in NH in the years 1904 and 1905. Perhaps the best selling and best known steam car was the Stanley Steamer, produced from 1896 to 1924. 14 Inch boiler, good original running gear. Stanley with his wife as passenger was the first car to climb Mount Washington, helping solidify the car's reputation. This car is 95% complete. Race car driver Fred Marriott in 1906 drove the Rocket 127.66 mph on the hard sand of Ormond Beach, Fla., setting a world speed record. 1903 Stanley Motor Carriage Co. sales catalog image of the Stanley Type-B Runabout. Stanley made steam-powered cars for 25 years, from 1901 to 1924. A Stanley Steamer appears in the 2003 film, Seabiscuit. He drove this streamlined American Automobile racer he called the "Torpedo" to a world record at the Readville, MA race track on May 30, 1903. Jun 6, 2012 - Explore Marshall Steam Museum's board "Stanley Steamers" on Pinterest. Another Stanley Steamer appears in the 1965 film The Great Race starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood as the driver of the car. He was the husband of Lizzie. 1903 Stanley Steamer Model C 1903 Stanley Steamer Model C for Restoration 6.5 Horsepower. In its time the Stanley was truly an impressive and prestigious automobile. Stanley equipped steam racers also won races at the "Climb To The Clouds" at Mt. Stanley from Cars and Cars 2 who appeared in Time Travel Mater is a Stanley Steamer. By 1924 the gas engine was really dominant and people had pretty much settled on the standard control layout for cars. In that time the company made and sold about 9,500 cars. Experiencing the usual growing pains of a successful company, the Stanley brothers went on to command the steam car market, a position they held until the Staley Company withered away in late 1924. When the Stanley twins could no longer race their cars interest in improving the product declined. He has worked on dozens more.