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

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YearTypeImageOwner InfoSpecsNotes
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.
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2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware
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: 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. 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: 17417
engine: 735-2721
model: 730
body: 7-pass

image source - SACA Bulletin, Sep-Oct 2006
current owner
10/07, US, IL, 2008
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:
Front disk brakes. An article on this car's Baker water-tube boiler appears in The Stanley Museum Quarterly, Jun. 2000.
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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, 1999
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:
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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
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, 2012
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.
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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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