Steam-mench Jay Leno's 1909 Stanley
Jake von Slatt — Wed, 08/06/2008 - 09:57
For our next instalment of Jay Leno Wednesday here at the Steampunk Workshop we have Jay stepping us through the start-up procedure for a 1909 Stanley and then giving us a ride. Well worth the watch if only for the part where Jay burns all of the hair off his forearms! He handles the explosion like a true mad scientist!
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Who knew
Fallstaff — Wed, 05/13/2009 - 14:06Now I find my self liking Jay Leno. I don't know how to feel.
Stanley Steamer Sighting
tripltlads — Mon, 08/11/2008 - 14:24While visiting the Mystic Seaport Museum (Mystic, CT) on 8/9/08 I had the great fortune of spotting a 1910 Stanley Steamer (Model 70). Must give the owner credit for taking such a treasure out in public. Despite numerous 'Do NOT Touch" signs people still felt compelled to poke and prod. These days when someone says "hot car!" they mean style. When he told me the car was "hot" he meant it literally. The front end radiates some serious BTUs. In addition to it's brilliant engineering and stunning good looks - the car runs virtually silent.
(some shots on my Flickr photostream here
My favorite thing about Jay
jpkalishek — Thu, 08/07/2008 - 05:42My favorite thing about Jay is, if he owns it, he will drive it. Even better, he knows how to work on it. I like the later steamer Jay has. I forget the brand, it looks like a Packard Twin 6, or Caddy, but it is an "instant" driver. The boiler uses gasoline, and when you turn the key, in the time it took him to describe the start methods and noises to Dennis "Mustache" Gage(My Classic Car host), the car was ready to drive. It still required a blow down though.
Not that I'm a die hard Steam punk myself, but I'd love a Cyclone style engine for my Nissan 4x4 or in a light buggy style car (think Lotus 7 or a VW rail frame dune buggy streeterised), or one of their planned propane fueled mini set ups on an old Schwinn Excelsior as a moped.
If only I had a full machine shop. . .
(edit) I finally got last weeks to load. For some reason my old laptop just won't load that one. The Doble was the car I was referring to. Cyclones use a similar boiler design but improved the efficiency with modern metals and bearings in the engines.
The way things are going
Marrock — Wed, 08/06/2008 - 20:41The way things are going right now, you're looking at the vehicle of the future.
It looks like pure death to use....
Elepski — Wed, 08/06/2008 - 13:13It certainly has the look.. but I like last weeks much better... just from how relativity simple it actually was to run... well compared to the Stanley ...