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Hello Again Ron, How would the new Locombile, as shown on picture Number 2, exhaust with the passenger seats on the tonneau? Al

Hello Ron, This is an interesting car. The engine does appear to be a smaller type similar to what a Locomobile would have? Al

Hello Jeff, Was your Dad Military? Do you recall much of Japan in the 1950's? That must have been a time of major reconstruction over there. Al

Hello Ron, Your posted picture number 4 appears to be a bit later in that maybe my 1909 Locomobile Toy Tonneau may be on the floor being assembled and prepped for sale. Picture number 2, what type or model is that Locomobile? Picture number 5 is a conventional surrey? Nice pictures! Al

Hello Ron, That is the exact picture I have seen before but have never owned it so I could post. Thanks for posting it! If you look carefully at the picture one of the crowd of high minded and daring participants you can just see one guy assigned to security. He is the one holding back on the rear tire. I bet, while they were staging themselves for this picture, there was some very tense tissue involved among that group as they all proved their manhood! The sitting woman was also proving her Womanhood! Does anyone else have "publicity" pictures of the early Locomobile steam cars. I have seen several others as well as tours with Locomobile steam cars that were publicity driven adventures. Everyone, please post pictures or links if you have or know of any additional publicity stunts, tours, stories or just pictures. Al

Hello Ron, Do you have a good image that shows a Locomobile Steamer on a precipice overlooking Yosemite? If you can please post a copy of that picture here? I have posted several pictures, of the four cylinder cars that Locomobile used for publicity on the Locomobile Four cylinder gathering place. Those pictures are from the 1911 Locomobile Book. Al

Photo Number four shows a similar Locomobile on tour somewhere in Europe. Boy those were the days! Al

Photo Number Three shows a well worn and trusted Model I or maybe H Locomobile, somewhere in Calif. Al

Photo Number two is a single line sketch from the same 1911 Locomobile Book, also self explanatory. This image is a chapter header page. Al

Hello Jeff, Nice picture of an 1909 Locomobile four cylinder Toy Tonneau! This car is the same body style as my Locomobile, however this car is a Model I chain drive and my car is the first shaft driven Locomobile a Model L. I can fill in a bit of information regarding the car and event as depicted in the above colorized sketch. Photo Number one shows the original photo which was inspiration for the hand drawn colorized sketch. The description is self explanatory. All of the following images are from an original 1911 Locomobile Book. It is easy to see that Locomobile understood the value of good publicity and they did maximize on any opportunity they could. Al

Hello Ron, I would have guessed just a bit more that 1000 lbs. for even a small car. Did you happen to take an short video clips with yoru phone to share here? You would really get me "steamed up" if you did that. Al

Nice thoughts are being shared here. I have heard of exhaust pipe presured systems. My system as found forward on page 9 uses compressed gas taken from an active cylinder under compression. My Locomobile engine has a port for just such a thing. I have a second car project needing a similar system that I am interested in building. This second system would be a more true exhaust gas system, the same as Chris and Mark have described. If anyone has pictures to post here it would be nice. Al

Hello Ron, That is a nice discussion on the early US steam business. How many pounds would a typical steamer weigh, (all watered up)? Al

Please refer back to page 9, of this forum, where I show and discuss the pieces of my exhaust pressure fuel delivery system. That system utilizes a special device that was built just to accommodate fuel delivery with consideration to exhaust gases, heat and fire potential. That little gizmo has a water charged cooling chamber to knock down the heat of combustion before any pressurized exhaust gases reach the fuel tank. This system can and does control the pressure to an optimum pressure of 3 psi or slightly less. What a novel design to accomplish what all gasoline automobiles need to run, get vaporized gas to the cylinders. Al

Hello Chris, Do you happen to have any pictures of your exhaust pressurized fuel system? I would be anxious to see how you did the install. Al

Hello Greg, TO me the MG-TC is simply the definition of a true sports car. I like them even better than the TD or TF versions. Now I also agree, they are under powered for our long US roads. Would I turn one down if offered to my, way no! I am 5'10" and am at the top of the best possible fit in a TC. Thanks for the comments..... Al

Hello Mark, How tight would you cram the steel wool into the glass bowl, loose? Al

Hello Ron, Thanks for chatting with me about Steam. Do you have any comparison charts that would provide details on how Locomobile compared/marketed with many of the other makes of the time? Also, do you have a handle on who provided aftermarket parts widely among the seat industry? Alan

Hello Mark, Please post a few pictures of your fuel delivery system, on the Buick, here. Thanks, Al

another view......

Interesting as the car world turns........ Al

School us about the Lozier/Chandler connection. I never knew that bit of information! Al

I am in need of a single, repairable Locomobile 48 Jug, from a later series Locomobile. See the attached picture, the jug I need is a dual port design. Al

Which Chandler did you get? Is it mostly complete or simply Speedster material?

Hello Ron, Could you PM me and share a phone number, I have a couple of questions that I would like to speak with you about. Al