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YearTypeImageOwner InfoSpecsNotes
1903 chassis:
engine:
model: CX
body: panel seat runabout


image source - HCCA
current owner
2009, NZ
W. W. Holmes
previous owners
2003, Peter May, AU
Garyl Turley
Jerry Ottoway
horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in 1991 Register]
other notes:
Began as one half of large collectio of early mechanical parts purchased by Ottaway at a museum surplus auction in the 1960s. Body one of 2 built by Harold Hanson in the early '70s. Project finished by Bob Ballinger during May's ownership.
Type C first appeared in SMCC literature in 1904.
1903 chassis:
engine:
model: (Type C)
body: panel seat runabout


image source - postcard
current owner
unknown
previous owners
Bridgewater Auto Museum
horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Type C appeared in SMCC literature in 1904.
1903 chassis:
engine:
model: (Type B)
body: solid seat runabout


image source - museum
current owner
US, FL, 2009
Elliott Museum
previous owners

horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Appears to be a one-family owned car since new.
1903 chassis:
engine:
model: (Type B)
body: solid seat runabout


image source - postcard
current owner
CA, 1997
previous owners

horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Used in the movie "Glory and Honor".
1903 chassis:
engine:
model: (Type A)
body: stick seat runabout


image source - Steam Car Club
current owner
GB
previous owners

horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
GB reg. BS 8248
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2004, 2005, 2006 London to Brighton
1903 chassis:
engine: 664
model:
body: runabout


current owner
US, 1957
previous owners

horsepower: 8
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]

other notes:

1903 chassis:
engine: 423
model:
body: runabout



current owner
US, OR, 2003
previous owners
Mike May
horsepower: 6.5
boiler: 14" x 13"
gear ratio: 32-80
tires: 30 x 3 cl
wheelbase:
weight: 700
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Disassembled, basket case.

other notes:

1903 chassis:
engine: 312
model: (Type B)
body: solid seat runabout



current owner
7/3/88, US, CT, 1991
previous owners
Reuben D. Hubbard
Dan Daniels
H. J. Hanson
Allentown, PA
horsepower: 6.5
boiler: 14" x 14"
gear ratio: 40-80
tires: 28 x 2.5 cl
wheelbase: 78
weight: 900
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Purchased as a basket case in Allentown, PA by H. J. Hanson, Wichita, KS. New Biondi body w/solid seat. Complete reconstruction begun in 1988. It may have been a "C" originally.

other notes:

1903 chassis: 119
engine: 731
model: (Type B)
body: solid seat runabout


image source - Art Hart
current owner
US, ME, 2009
previous owners
Mark Averill, 1991
Albert Averill
1940, Albert Averill & Cecil Holman
1910-11, Gray brothers
1906-07, Wallace Davenport
horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in 1991 Register]
other notes:
A thorough article on this car appears in the Stanley Museum Quarterly, v28 #1, Winter 2009. Car essentially unaltered since about 1914. Serial # appears to be too low. Body right top rail carries #541, cross brace in front of coiler carries #517. Article lists engine # as both 731 and 741.
1903 chassis: 307
engine:
model:
body: runabout


image source - StanleySteamers.com
current owner
US, TX, 2012
Central Texas Museum of Automotive History
previous owners
Eugene W. Zimmerman
horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[no notes]

other notes:

1903 chassis: 343
engine: 777
model:
body: solid seat surrey



current owner
1989, US, IL, 1991
previous owners
1964, Robert Nydam
A. C. Baker Collection
Ford Motor Co.
horsepower: 6.5
boiler:
gear ratio: 32-80
tires: 28
wheelbase: 82
weight: 750
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Solid seat surrey. Completely original, running. Owned by the Ford Motor Co. through WWII. Sold to the A. C. Baker collection. Driven from front seat; center tiller.

other notes:

1903 chassis: 392
engine: 492
model: (Type A)
body: stick seat runabout


image source - webshots, dhamstermd
current owner
1976, US, CT, 2004
previous owners
1957, David R. Ault



horsepower: 6.5
boiler: 14" x 13"
gear ratio: 32-78
tires:
wheelbase: 78
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored. Ault purchased car in Annapolis, MD.

other notes:
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2004 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance

1903 chassis: 402
engine:
model:
body: stick seat runabout


image source - Snow Rider Magazine
current owner
1996, US, FL
Tallahassee Antique Car Museum
previous owners
1972, Ernest P. Davignon
Ellis Robertson, 1955
horsepower: 6.5
boiler: 14" x 13"
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase: 78
weight: 725
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Original.
[lists as serial #403, early owner as "Masterson family"]

other notes:
Robertson's father George was the Stanley agent in Keene, NH.
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1955 Steam Car Meet, Lakeville, CT
1903 chassis: 479
engine:
model: (Type A)
body: stick seat runabout


image source - Stanley Museum
current owner
1995, US, CA
previous owners
4/89, Curtis Blake
Harry Olney, 1961
Edwin A. Battison, 1954

horsepower: 6.5
boiler: 14"
gear ratio: 32-80
tires: 28 x 3 cl
wheelbase: 78
weight: 720
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Excellent original. Now in complete restoration process. Climbed Mt. Washington in 1949 & 1961 commemorating the original '99 climb & 100th anniversary of the road.
other notes:
An account of the 1949 climb appears in The Steam Car, No. 31, April 2006. Restored by Charlie Johnson.
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1948 Steam Car Meet, Charlemont
1957 Steam Car Meet, Lakeville, CT
1903 chassis: 507
engine: 1200
model: C
body: runabout


image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
current owner
8Oct2011, GB
unknown
previous owners
2008, Alan Sinclair, GB
Geary Baese, 2007
Stewart Laidlaw
Art Hart
horsepower:
boiler: 16"
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[no notes]

other notes:
Body by Carl Amsley, 1984. Art Hart & Ole Vikre parts, Bourdon boiler, 85% complete. Sinclair finished assembly. Type C appeared in SMCC literature in 1904.
GB reg. BS 8546
1903 chassis: 513
engine: 831
model: (Type A)
body: stick seat runabout


image source - www.StanleySteamers.com
current owner
5/08, US, MI
previous owners
1986, John T. Mitchell
Wayne Leonard
Carl M. Ranta, 1957
horsepower: 6.5
boiler: 14"
gear ratio:
tires: 28 x 3 cl
wheelbase: 78
weight: 700
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored.

other notes:

1903 chassis: 515
engine: 829
model:
body: runabout


current owner
US, CT, 1991
previous owners

horsepower: 6.5
boiler: 14" x 13"
gear ratio: 32-80
tires: 28 x 2.5 cl
wheelbase: 78
weight: 720
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[no notes]

other notes:

1903 chassis: 520
engine: 360
model:
body: runabout



current owner
10/86, US, NJ, 1991
previous owners
Derek du Toit
1947, Paul Bourdon
Burt Shedd
horsepower: 6.5
boiler: 14" x 13"
gear ratio: 32-80
tires: 30 x 3 cl
wheelbase: 78
weight: 700
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored. Stored for many years. Has a side tiller.

other notes:

1903 chassis: 845
engine:
model: (Type C)
body: panel seat runabout


image source - Antique Automobile, Jul-Aug 61
current owner
US, NJ, 2009
previous owners
1947, Earle S. Eckel , Jr.
Albion L. Paige
F. O. Stanley
horsepower: 6.5
boiler: 14" x 13"
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored, running. Fred Marriott confirmed that the car originally belonged to F. O. Stanley. He sold/gave the car to friend Albion L. Paige. In August 1905 Paige drove the car 1048 mi. from ME to NJ. End mileage was 4,237. Mileage now, 6,969.
other notes:
This is one of the best-known cars in Stanley preservation. It has been the subject of pictures and articles in countless publications over the past 60 years. An article on this car's acquisition appears in Live Steam, Oct 1986.
Serial # outside Hardman estimate. Type C appeared in SMCC literature in 1904.
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1954, '55, '56, '57, '58, '62, '63, '97 AACA Sr
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