Guest prs519 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Can anyone recommend to me a good article or book about the trials andtribulations of managing and operating a steam automobile, especially onewritten back in the day, but after they had worked the bugs out? I would like to read something like, "crossing the Rockies in a Stanley Steamer" (a title I just now made up to express my drift). I do not recall ever seeing an article about a long distance steam tour, how they compared to IC powered vehicles, etc. Were people afeared (sic on myself) to drive them long distances?Perry in Idaho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 The Story of a Stanley Steamer by George Woodbury. Book written in 1952 about the purchase and restoration of a 1916 Stanley. He lived in New England, and was close enough to the Stanley works in distance and in time, that he had a mechanic work on the car who built them in the first place.One story from the book. When he went to go and pick the car up he hired a truck with a burly driver and his assistant. When the car was loaded on the back of the truck, the driver chose to lol on the leather back seat of the Stanley, smoking a cigar, while his helper drove the truck. When they stopped for a stop sign in a small town a passerby yelled " Hey Mac, what kinda car is that?" the truck driver replied " Stanley Steamer - late model". Ha ha ha ha ha.http://www.amazon.com/Story-Stanley-Steamer-George-Woodbury/dp/B004YTNC4Y/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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