
Driving a 100 Year-old - 1913 Stanley Steamer Car
Is it interesting to drive a 100 year-old steam car?
This video will show you the interesting experience of driving a 1913 Stanley Steamer car.
Facts about steam car
F.E. and F.O. Stanley were twins born on June 1, 1849, in Kingsland, Maine. They had devised a steam engine for their first automobile, which was built for them by Milton, Massachusetts' Mason Regulator Company.
The reasons for the steam engine include the flexibility of the fuels that can be burned, the simplicity of the engine design (often with less than 25 moving parts), steam power provides nearly instantaneous torque, eliminating the need for multi-speed transmissions/gearboxes or hand crank starting, and steam power has a long track record of reliability in the railroad industry.
This Stanley-Steamer Model 76 from 1913 is a right-hand driving vehicle. It wasn't until 1915 that the corporation switched to a left-hand drive arrangement. The boiler is securely hidden under the 'coffin nose' cover. The Stanley vehicles had a classic appearance. The automobiles are said to obtain roughly a mile per gallon of water, with a comfortable driving speed of around 35mph.
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