Query Used:   SELECT year, chassis, engine, model, body, imageText, imageURL, ownerInfo, notes, horsepower, boiler, gearratio, tires, wheelbase, weight FROM reg_stanleyregister where model = '730' or modelsort = '730' order by year, chassis+0

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YearTypeImageOwner InfoSpecsNotes
1917 chassis:
engine: 730-2037
model: 730
body: sedan

image source - Steam Automobile '82, v24#2
current owner:
1994, US, MI

previous owners:
1979, A. G. Clayton, 1994
Jackie A. Bragg
George Howland, NJ
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 18"
gear ratio:
tires: 600 x 20 ss
wheelbase: 130
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored, 1979-81. Purchased in Heflin, AL. Car
came from
PA. J. A. Bragg bought it from the widow of the man who
bought it
in PA. The car has a foot throttle and four wheel brakes.
[listed as 1925 SV]
other notes:
Possibly the
earliest sedan known. 1917 fenders; sedan didn't appear in
Stanley literature until 1918. Body/fender line doesn't match
well; no other car fonud to carry this body. Wheels apparently
replaced for the
4-wheel brakes. An article on this
car's restoration appears in
The
Steam Automobile
, 1982, v24#2.
1917 chassis:
engine:
model: 730
body: roadster

image source - HCCA Gazette , Jan-Feb 1957
current owner:
unknown

previous owners:
1947, L. A. Rear, 1957
horsepower: 20
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]
other notes:
Walter B. Kerrick boiler.
1917 chassis:
engine: 7-1068
model: 730
body: 5-pass

image source - StanleySteamers.com
current owner:
12/84, US, GA, 2009
Alan & Ray Woolf

previous owners:
Larry McClure
Wendell Townshend, 70s
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 14"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 34 x 4.5
wheelbase: 130
weight: 3800
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Old restoration. The car has been in the Atlanta, GA area for the
past 35yrs. Restored in the 1950s and 1960s by previous
owners. New boiler and rebuilt mechanical components by current
owners.
other notes:
If this is the original engine, this car may be a 1916. See
engine serial numbers on
1916
page.
Non-"billed" front fenders indicate late 1917.
- - -
2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware
1917 chassis: 17417
engine: 735-2721
model: 730
body: 7-pass

image source - current owner
current owner:
10/07, US, IL, 2014

previous owners:
10/50, Charles & Edward Erler
Joe Knowles
horsepower: 20
boiler: 24" x 16"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 35 x 4.5 ss
wheelbase: 130
weight: 3500
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Good running, restored. Originally sold in Maine, 1917.
Purchased in 1950 in South Lincoln, MA. Driven on the last three
Steam Car Tours.
other notes:
Body no. 1366
Front disk brakes. An article on this car's Baker water-tube
boiler appears in The Stanley Museum
Quarterly
, Jun. 2000.
- - -
2006 Steam Car Tour, Berlin, OH
1917 chassis: 17459
engine: 730-1886
model: 730
body: 7-pass

image source - StanleySteamers.com
current owner:
12/65, US , IL, 2014

previous owners:
E. R. Colby, IL, 1918
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 35 x 4.5
wheelbase: 130
weight: 4200
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Unrestored. Completed the Linville Steam Car Tour.
other notes:
Body no. 1395
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1999 Mt. Washington Centennial
1917 chassis: 17538
engine: 730-1982
model: 730
body: 5-pass

image source - current owner
current owner:
4/16/10, US, KS, 2013
John Vsetecka

previous owners:
George Carney
Harrah's, 1968
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 14"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 34 x 4
wheelbase: 130
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in Sprague Register]
other notes:
As of 2010, still has original boiler and burner.
1917 chassis: 17545
engine: 730-1974
model: 730
body: 7-pass

current owner:
US, TN, 2009

previous owners:
11/5/88,
John H. Doerr, 2001
Freda C. Moe
1947, George Moe
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 16"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 35 x 5
wheelbase: 130
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Poor, frame up restoration in progress (1990). In storage
until
1988. The car had a Baker boiler & propane
burner.
Retrofit in progress.
other notes:
2001 - apart, no boiler or burner.
2009 - in restoration
1917 chassis: 17561
engine: 735-2477
model: 730
body: 5-pass

image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
current owner:
GB

previous owners:
I. Berne
Bob Dyke
11/3/89, Gerry Stoneman, GB
Howard L. Johnson, Jr.
Alan Shepard
1960, Frank D. Saylor III
Herb Anderson, 1957
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 18"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 34 x 4 cl
wheelbase: 130
weight: 4000
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
A-1 condition. Once owned by astronaut Alan Shepard.
Brought to England on the Q. E. II.
other notes:
Suffered serious fire in 2006.
GB reg. DS 8249
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1960 Glidden Tour
1964 Steam Car Meet, Woodstock, VT
1917 chassis: 17577
engine: 730-2011
model: 730
body: 5-pass

image source - current owner
current owner:
1998, US, IL, 2013

previous owners:
1972, Sloan Museum, 1998
1970, Henry George, 1972
1967, Milo Smith, 1970
1967, Dave Levin
1947, J. K. Holmes, 1966
1940, Walter Bittner, 1947
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 35 x 5
wheelbase: 130
weight: 3650
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in 1991 Register]
other notes:
Left the factory on 12/31/1917. Holmes partially restored in '50s.
New boiler installed 1999. Odometer shows 25560 miles as of 3/2010.
Body no. 95
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1998 Ontario Steam Tour
1999 New Hampshire Steam Tour
2000 Illinois Steam Tour
2002 Virginia Steam Tour
2011 Wisconsin Steam Tour
Results: 9 cars

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