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YearTypeImageOwner InfoSpecsNotes
1908 chassis:
engine:
model: M
body: 5-pass


image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
current owner
2010, GB
previous owners
Bryan Richmond-Dodd
horsepower: 30
boiler:
gear ratio: 60-60
tires: 36 x 4
wheelbase: 114
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
A superb 3-year re-creation by Grant Goold. Engine of Goold's improved design, Bourdon boiler, gas pilot.
1908 chassis:
engine:
model: K
body:


image source - personal collection
current owner
US, CT, 2010
previous owners

horsepower: 30
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Constructed by current owner.
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2010 Steam Car Tour, Camden, ME
1908 chassis:
engine:
model: K
body:


image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
current owner
GB, 2008
previous owners

horsepower: 30
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Constructed in 2007 by John Goold & sons, all brass plated with gold.
GB reg. BF 4242
1908 chassis:
engine:
model: F
body: touring


image source - Vintage Automobile
current owner
DE, 2006
previous owners

horsepower: 20
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires: 34 x 3.5
wheelbase: 97
weight: 1837
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]

other notes:

1908 chassis:
engine:
model: EX
body: runabout


image source - Steam Power Quarterly, '67 v1#3
current owner
US, CO, 1967
previous owners

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

other notes:
Found in a barn near Holdrege, NB.
1908 chassis:
engine:
model: EX
body: runabout


image source - HCCA Gazette, Sep-Oct 1958
current owner
unknown
previous owners
Peter Bechtel, 1968
horsepower: 10
boiler: 18" x 14"
gear ratio: 49-80
tires:
wheelbase: 90
weight: 1300
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]

other notes:

1908 chassis:
engine: K-169
model: K
body: semi-racer


current owner
1979(?), US, NJ, 2009
previous owners
Hyde Ballard
horsepower: 30
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio: 60-60
tires: 36 x 3.5 cl
wheelbase: 108
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Unrestored. Purchased car from Ballard in pieces and incomplete. Engine purchased from T. C. Marshall; body rebuilt by Carl Amsley; boiler on order from Don Bourdon.

other notes:
Mechanical work by Charlie Johnson.
1908 chassis: 3718
engine: F
model: H5
body: gent


image source - 1999 Mt. Wash. Cent. program
current owner
US, ME, 2011
previous owners
Andy Burnham, 1999
Carl Amsley
Alan Kelso
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23"
gear ratio: 49-54
tires: 34 x 3.5
wheelbase: 100
weight: 1400
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Kelso began the project with many original mechanical parts, built frame and body with correctly-curved seats. Amsley finished the project by adding an original early F engine, thoroughly overhauled by John Packard.
1908 chassis: 3719
engine: 226
model: H5
body: gent


image source - Automobile Quarterly, v25#1
current owner
2011, US, PA, 2012
previous owners
1963, George Hughes
1958, Morris E. Kunkle
1951, Paul Tusek
1946, James Melton
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 14"
gear ratio: 48-52
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Sent to England for 1954 Anglo- American Rally.
other notes:
Melton had covered the poor wood with hammered copper sheeting, and painted it cream with brown trim. Tusek operated the car on the 1954 A-A Rally, still showing Melton's monogram. (Article on Rally woes in Time, Sep. 20, 1954.) Kunkle did major body overhaul, and Hughes did complete restoration in the mid-1960s.
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1958 Steam Car Meet, Lake Forest, IL
1908 chassis: 3723
engine: F3-723
model: H5
body: gent


image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
current owner
2008, GB, 2009
previous owners
2002, Bill Rich
Mr. Bradbury, US
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 14"
gear ratio: 49-54
tires: 36 x 4
wheelbase: 100
weight: 1600
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Subject of an article in The Steam Car, Jan. 2005. Began as Bradbury's H5 project, completed by Bill Rich.
GB reg. BS 9502

1908 chassis: 3750
engine: F-818
model: H5
body: gent


image source - Concept Carz

current owner
US, NH, 2011
previous owners
1986, Brent Campbell
1983, Derek DuToit
Brent G. Campbell
'64, Rev. Stanley W. Ellis, '78
Carl Amsley
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 14"
gear ratio: 50-60
tires: 35 x 4.5 cl
wheelbase: 100
weight: 2345
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored (2nd time). Owned for 20 years by Stan Ellis, author of Smogless Days. Outstanding performance.
Sprague Register 1976, 78, 85 notes:
[lists as serial # 3711]
other notes:
Early '60s Amsley re-creation. Advertised for $7500 in 1963. A road test of this car appears in The Stanley Museum Quarterly, 1995. Articles on its 1998 ascent of Mt. Washington appears in The Stanley Museum Quarterly, Sep. 1998 and Mar. 1999.
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1963 AACA 1st
1972 Steam Car Tour, Woodstock
1992 Steam Car Tour, Woodstock
2006 Amelia Island Concours
1908 chassis: 3768
engine:
model: H5
body: gent


image source - SmugMug, bergailo
current owner
2007, US, DE, 2012
Friends of Auburn Heights Preserve
previous owners
Thomas C. Marshall, Jr.
1950, T. Clarence Marshall, Sr.
1940s, Murray M. Brown
Roberts
5/1908, Hamm
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 14"
gear ratio: 49-54
tires: 34 x 3.5 cl
wheelbase: 100
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Old restoration, some new paint and leather. Bought by M. Brown c. 1944, restoration begun by him and many parts repainted. Car was in 1000 pieces when purchased by current owner. All parts found but one lamp bracket. Used, but minimal miles on car.
other notes:
Story of Brown's painstaking paint & varnish process on this car in Bulb Horn, Jul. 1945. Story of this car's acquisition by Marshall in Antique Automobile, v16 #1, Mar. 1952. Barrett hydraulic brakes.
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1954 AACA Sr
1973 Steam Car Tour
1908 chassis: 3810
engine:
model: K
body: semi-racer


image source - Pat Farrell
current owner
US, WA, 2010
previous owners

horsepower: 25
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Constructed by current owner. 30hp boiler, 20hp type 7 engine.
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2010 Idaho Steam Car Tour
1908 chassis: 3887
engine: F-849
model: F
body: 5-pass


image source - Antique Automobile, Jul-Aug 61
current owner
US, NJ, 2012
previous owners
1954, Robert L. Lyon
1944, D. Cameron Peck
W. C. Parry
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 14"
gear ratio: 43-60
tires: 34 x 3.5 cl
wheelbase: 100
weight: 1650
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
He [Peck? Parry?] bought it from a dealer named Robinson of Keene, NH.

other notes:
1957? Hershey, Senior
Subject of an article in Special Interest Autos, Feb 2002.
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2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware
1908 chassis: 3899
engine: F-862
model: F
body: 5-pass


image source - personal collection
current owner
US, ME, 2006
Wells Auto Museum
previous owners
1986, Brent Campbell, 1991
1951, Curtis Blake
Web Knight
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 14"
gear ratio: 43-60
tires: 35 x 4.5 ss
wheelbase: 100
weight: 1800
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Older restoration. Restored mechanically by Cal Holmes. Runs well, has hook-up and superior pump drive to earlier cars.

other notes:
Holmes restored the car for Blake.
1908 chassis: 3923
engine: F-891
model: F
body: 5-pass


image source - Concept Carz
current owner
6/83, US, PA, 2010
Charles Johnson
previous owners
'44, Crawford Auto Mus., '83
James Melton
Mr. Cook
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23" x 14"
gear ratio: 43-60
tires: 35 x 4.5 cl
wheelbase: 100
weight: 1700
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored, AACA Senior 1st. James Melton bought the car in New Hampshire in the '40s and donated it to the museum. Very original, after 40 yrs. in the museum it was made to run in one day. Driven over 5,000 miles since restoration.
other notes:
Crawford Museum owned by 1954.
Driven over 15,000 miles 1983 - 2006.
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1987 AACA Sr
1990 AACA Grand National
1999 Mt. Washington Centennial
2006 Ormond Beach
2006 Amelia Island Concours
1908 chassis: 4024
engine: F-249
model: K
body: semi-racer

6a
image source - personal collection
current owner
CA, 2011
previous owners
9/88, Robert T. Hayes
Carl S. Amsley, 1985
horsepower: 30
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio:
tires: 36 x 4 cl
wheelbase: 100
weight: 2150
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[hp listed as 25]

other notes:
Built by Daryl Kendall while working for Amsley. Dual fuel, condenser engine.
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1992 AACA 1st Sr.
1908 chassis: 4027
engine:
model: EX
body: runabout


image source - Steaman, Inc.
current owner
US
previous owners
Herb Ottaway, 1978
Charles E. Mulliken, 1914
horsepower: 10
boiler: 18" x 14"
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase: 90
weight: 1300
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
(* not verified by owner)

other notes:
Restored by Alan Kelso.
1908 chassis: 4036
engine:
model: EX
body: runabout


image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
current owner
1987, GB, 2009
Jeff Theobald
previous owners
Philip Hopes, GB
William G. Lasiter, Jr.
1977, Gordon Smith
1968, Rev. Stanley W. Ellis
Maynard Leighton
horsepower: 10
boiler: 18" x 14"
gear ratio: 48-79
tires: 30 x 3
wheelbase: 90
weight: 1300
Sprague Register 1991 notes:

other notes:
GB reg. DS 7831
1908 chassis: 4039
engine: 01623
model: EX
body: runabout


image source - WebShots, railfan50
current owner
US, MI, 2011
Gilmore Car Museum
previous owners
Oct '56, Richard Philippi, 1961
1948, B. Paul Moser
L. F. Heagle
John C. Baugh (original)


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

other notes:
Converted to pickup truck in 1917. All wood constructed by Philippi except seat. Subject of an article in the HCCA Gazette, Sep-Oct 1957, and Light Steam Power, Jan-Feb 1960.
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2005 Grand Rapids Auto Show
1908 chassis: 4050
engine:
model: EX
body: runabout


image source - Gary Hoonsbeen
current owner
US, CA, 2012
previous owners

horsepower: 10
boiler: 18" x 14"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 30 x 3 cl
wheelbase: 90
weight: 1400
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
The car is an assembly of parts found in Henderson, CO.


other notes:
Largely restored by Gary Hoonsbeen.
1908 chassis: 4055
engine:
model: K
body: semi-racer


image source - personal collection
current owner
US, ME, 2007
previous owners
Donald Meyer
Loren Burch
horsepower: 30
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase: 108
weight: 2900
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Rebuilt by Loren Burch.

other notes:
Re-creation by Burch. Correct engine & rear axle. 52 tooth rear axle gear. Bronze brake shoes.
1908 chassis: 4055
engine: K-57
model: K
body: semi-racer


image source - personal collection
current owner
2003, US, CA, 2012
Jay Leno
previous owners
3/83, Craig Craddock
Loren Burch
horsepower: 30
boiler: 28" x 16"
gear ratio: 60-60
tires: 36 x 3.5 cl
wheelbase: 108
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
90% restored as of 3/90. Purchased original "K" engine from Burch, 3/83. Burch purchased it from Harrah's. Harrah's received it on trade from Brent Campbell. Campbell got it from Howard Leighton [sic - Langdon], who owned it for about 30 years.
other notes:
Re-creation by Burch. Correct engine. California registration shows VIN 4055.
1908 chassis: 4089
engine:
model: K
body: semi-racer


image source - Steampunk Workshop
current owner
US, ME, 2011
Seal Cove Auto Museum
previous owners
Paul R. Libbey
W. Scott Libbey, 1914
horsepower: 30
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio: 60-60
tires:
wheelbase: 108
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Original.

other notes:

1908 chassis: 4105
engine:
model: K
body: semi-racer


image source - postcard
current owner
1975, US, ME, 2010
Owl's Head Transp. Museum
previous owners
Thomas Watson, 1968
Carl Amsley
horsepower: 25
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio:
tires: 36 x 4 ss
wheelbase:
weight: 2800
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Excellent.

other notes:
Amsley re-creation. 20 hp model U engine, 30 hp boiler. Often operated by Joel Finn during Watson's ownership. Sorted and restored by Don Bourdon.
1908 chassis: 4108
engine:
model: EX
body: runabout


image source - current owner
current owner
US, MN, 2012
previous owners
Glenn Wiglesworth
horsepower: 10
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Under restoration by current owner.
1908 chassis: 4134
engine: 01719
model: EX
body: runabout


image source - Bulb Horn, Fall, 1960
current owner
US, ID, 2011
previous owners
3/31/89, James R. McDermaid
Duane Groves
Thompson Products Museum,
1957
1944, Charles E. Tripp
Dr. R. L. Lang, original
horsepower: 10
boiler: 18" x 14"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires: 30 x 3 cl
wheelbase: 90
weight: 1100
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Fully restored. The car is known as "The Hermit's Stanley". The history is in Bulb Horn, Fall, 1960. The car was not run from 1912 to August, 1989.

other notes:

1908 chassis: 4151
engine:
model: K
body: semi-racer


image source - Jay Leno's Garage
current owner
AU, 2011
previous owners
James Keith, 1995
horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[possibly not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Constructed by Keith. Article here.
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1995 AACA Eastern Spring Meet
1908 chassis: 4161
engine: K-54
model: K
body: semi-racer


image source - Stanley Mus. Newsletter, 1995
current owner
US, NH, 2011
previous owners
1986, Brent Campbell
Harrah's
Winthrop Rockefeller
1944, James Melton
Paul Bourdon
Clinton Atkinson







horsepower: 30
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio: 66-54
tires: 38 x 4.5 cl
wheelbase: 108
weight: 2980
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored in the late 1950s early 1960s. C. Atkinson sold to Paul Bourdon c. 1941. Purchased by opera singer James Melton in mid-1940s. Sold to the Rockefeller Collection in the 1950s, then to Harrah's in the 1970s. Original body still intact.
other notes:
One of 3 surviving factory K's. Reconditioned by Fred Marriott after Melton purchased. A road test of this car appears in The Stanley Museum Newsletter, 1995.
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1997 Pebble Beach
1997 Dead Horse Hill Climb, fastest time
1908 chassis: 4213
engine:
model: EX
body: 4-pass


image source - Automobile Quarterly, v25#1
current owner
US, DE, 2012
Friends of Auburn Heights Preserve
previous owners
1949, Thomas C. Marshall, Jr.
Mr. Coolidge
(via Donald Randall)
horsepower: 10
boiler: 18" x 14"
gear ratio: 48-79
tires: 30 x 3 cl
wheelbase: 90
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored, but engine needs new rods. Came from New England, but otherwise unknown history. Originally painted green/yellow, repainted red ca. 1950. Rear end rebuilt & boiler retubed at this time. Boiler replaced in the early 1980s.
other notes:
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1955 AACA Sr
2007 AACA Museum "Top Brass" exhibit
1908 chassis: 4261
engine:
model: M
body: 5-pass


image source - Maine Memory Network
current owner
9/27/08, US, CA
previous owners
1985, Richard Paine
Otis Chandler
Joseph L. Knapp
Carl S. Amsley, 1978
horsepower: 30
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio: 60-60
tires: 36 x 4
wheelbase: 114
weight: 2100
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Amsley restored car. Original front seat.
[listed as #3927]

other notes:
An Amsley re-creation. Current owner confirms that it carries serial #4261.
1908 chassis: 4279
engine:
model: Z
body: mtn wagon


image source - Bob Hargraves
current owner
US, CA, 2012
previous owners
(Indiana)
Carl S. Amsley, 1993
horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Amsley's final Model Z re-creation.
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1994 Eastern Spring Meet, 1jr

1908 chassis: 4441
engine:
model: Z
body: mtn wagon


image source - personal collection
current owner
US, FL, 2010
previous owners
Carl S. Amsley, 1979
horsepower: 25
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[no notes]
other notes:
Condensing rear axle & pumps. Built by Amsley & Daryl Kendall in 1982.
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1982 AACA Sr.
2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware
1908 chassis: 4445
engine:
model: K
body: semi-racer


image source - Tim Martin
current owner
US, VT, 2009
previous owners
Paul Bourdon
horsepower: 25
boiler: 27" x 16"
gear ratio: 60-60
tires: 36 x 4 ss
wheelbase: 112
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Assembled by owner. Very good. Purchased seats and hood. Fabricated frame, fenders, etc. Reworked 735 engine. New boiler, burner, etc. A fast running car.

other notes:
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1972 Steam Car Tour, Woodstock
1908 chassis: 4450
engine:
model: HK
body: semi-racer


image source - Fred & Penny Cruger
current owner
US, ID, 2009
previous owners
Conrad Fletcher
horsepower: 20
boiler:
gear ratio: 48-60
tires:
wheelbase: 102
weight: 2000
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored by Loren Burch.

other notes:
Re-creation by Burch. Factory records show 2 HK cars delivered, both in 1908 (Foster).
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1998 Steamin' Through the Rockies
1908 chassis: 9979
engine: 183
model: EX
body: runabout


current owner
US, CA, 1985
previous owners

horsepower: 10
boiler: 18" x 14"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires:
wheelbase: 90
weight: 1200
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
(* not verified by owner)


other notes:
Odd chassis serial #.
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