Query Used:   SELECT year, chassis, engine, model, body, imageText, imageURL, ownerInfo, notes, horsepower, boiler, gearratio, tires, wheelbase, weight FROM reg_stanleyregister where year = '1908' order by year, chassis+0

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

image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
current owner:
2010, GB, 2020

previous owners:
Bryan Richmond-Dodd
horsepower: 30
boiler:
gear ratio: 60-60
tires: 36 x 4
wheelbase: 114
weight:
A superb 3-year re-creation by Grant Goold. Engine of Goold's improved design, Bourdon boiler, gas pilot.
1908 chassis:
engine: K-169
model: K
body: semi-racer

image source - unknown
current owner:
US, NJ, 2021
horsepower: 30
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio: 60-60
tires: 36 x 3.5 cl
wheelbase: 108
weight:
Artful
re-creation by current owner. Body by Carl Amsley, patterned on
Hyde Ballard parts. Mechanical work by Charlie Johnson.
1908 chassis:
engine:
model: F
body: touring

image source - Vintage Automobile
current owner:
DE, 2011
horsepower: 20
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires: 34 x 3.5
wheelbase: 97
weight: 1837
1908 chassis:
engine:
model: K
body:

image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
current owner:
GB, 2008
horsepower: 30
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Constructed in 2007 by John
Goold
& sons, all brass plated with gold.
GB reg. BF 4242
1908 chassis:
engine:
model: K
body: semi-racer

image source - Pat Farrell
current owner:
2015
unknown

previous owners:
Bob Ullrich, 2013
horsepower: 25
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Constructed by Ullrich. 30hp boiler, 20hp type 7 engine. On display during winter at
WAAAM
.
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2010 Idaho Steam Car Tour
1908 chassis:
engine:
model: K
body:

image source - personal collection
current owner:
US, CT, 2021
horsepower: 30
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight: *
Constructed by current owner.
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2010 Steam Car Tour, Camden, ME
1908 chassis: 410?
engine: 01687
model: EX
body: runabout

image source - Steam Power Quarterly , '67 v1#3
current owner:
2018, US
Warren English

previous owners:
Bill Rothman, 2018
Philip C. Bartlett, 1985
Bill Marple, 1967
horsepower: 10
boiler: 18" x 14"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires:
wheelbase: 90
weight: 1200
Chassis
serial 9979 assigned by Colorado DMV. Listed as 9978 when auctioned by Parke-Bernet at
Rippey's in 1968 for the Marple estate.
Actual serial number is probably
4103 or 4104 - see this car's engine serial # vs. those of
4039
and
4134
. Found in a barn near Holdrege, NB.
1908 chassis: 3718
engine: F
model: H5
body: gent

image source - 1999 Mt. Wash. Cent. program
current owner:
unknown

previous owners:
2016, Tom LaFerriere
Coburn Benson, 2016
Andy Burnham, 1999
Carl Amsley
Alan Kelso
horsepower: 20
boiler: 23"
gear ratio: 49-54
tires: 34 x 3.5
wheelbase: 100
weight: 1400 *
Kelso-Amsley re-creation.
1908 chassis: 3719
engine: 226
model: H5
body: gent

image source - Automobile Quarterly , v25#1
current owner:
2011, US, PA, 2021

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: *
Melton had
covered the poor wood with hammered copper sheeting, and painted it
cream with brown trim. Tusek operated the car on the 1954 Anglo-American
Rally, still showing Melton's monogram. (Article on Rally woes in
Time
, Sep. 20, 1954.)
Footage of car running in the rally is
here
,
here
, and
here
. Kunkle did major body overhaul, and Hughes did complete
restoration in the mid-1960s. Rear disk brakes.
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1956 Steam Car Meet, Schwenksville
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
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, 2016

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, 2021
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
1956 Steam Car Meet, Schwenksville
1973 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, 2021
Donald Eckel

previous owners:
Earle Eckel
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:
Restored by Earle Eckel.
Subject of an article in
Special Interest Autos
, Feb
2002.
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1956 Steam Car Meet, Schwenksville
1957? Hershey, Senior
2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware
1908 chassis: 3899
engine: F-862
model: F
body: 5-pass

image source - personal collection
current owner:
US, MA, 2021
Charles Lemaitre

previous owners:
Wells Auto Museum, 2006
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, 2021
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:
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, 2012

previous owners:
9/88, Robert T. Hayes
Carl S. Amsley, 1985
horsepower: 25
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio:
tires: 36 x 4 cl
wheelbase: 100
weight: 2800 *
Built by Daryl Kendall while working for Amsley. 2nd of 2 bodies patterned from Hyde Ballard parts. 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, 2009

previous owners:
Herb Ottaway, 1978
Charles E. Mulliken, 1914
horsepower: 10
boiler: 18" x 14"
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase: 90
weight: 1300
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
GB reg. DS 7831
1908 chassis: 4039
engine: 01623
model: EX
body: runabout

image source - WebShots, railfan50
current owner:
US, MI, 2021
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:
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
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: 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
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 Craddock. Correct engine. California registration shows VIN 4055.
1908 chassis: 4055
engine:
model: K
body: semi-racer

image source - personal collection
current owner:
US, ME, 2013

previous owners:
Donald Meyer
Loren Burch
horsepower: 30
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase: 108
weight: 2900 *
Re-creation
by Burch. Correct engine & rear axle, found together. 52 tooth
rear axle gear and engine gear with "52" under the case hardening.
Bronze brake shoes.
1908 chassis: 4087
engine:
model: K
body: semi-racer

image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
current owner:
2012, GB, 2021
horsepower: 30
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight: *
Beautiful,
meticulously researched 4-year build by current owner, completed in
2012. 30hp engine constructed so that 20hp baffles could be used for
improved reliability.
1908 chassis: 4089
engine:
model: K
body: semi-racer

image source - Steampunk Workshop
current owner:
US, ME, 2021
Seal Cove Auto Museum

previous owners:
Richard Paine
Paul R. Libbey
W. Scott Libbey, 1914
horsepower: 30
boiler: 26" x 16"
gear ratio: 60-60
tires:
wheelbase: 108
weight: *
One of 3 surviving factory K's.
1908 chassis: 4105
engine:
model: K
body: semi-racer

image source - postcard
current owner:
1975, US, ME, 2021
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 *
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:
3/2020, US, FL
Mike Depew

previous owners:
2016, Hoonsbeen estate, 3/2020
Gary Hoonsbeen, 2016
Glenn Wiglesworth
horsepower: 10
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Began as parts collected by Wiglesworth. Assembled by Hoonsbeen, completed by current owner.
1908 chassis: 4134
engine: 01719
model: EX
body: runabout

image source - Bulb Horn , Fall, 1960
current owner:
US, ID, 2021

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, 2014

previous owners:
James Keith, 1995
horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight:
Constructed by Keith. Article
here
.
- - -
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, 2021

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, 2021
Friends of Auburn Heights Preserve

previous owners:
1949,
Thomas C. Marshall, Jr.
Mr. Coolidge
(via Donald Randall)
6/10/1908, W. B. Dalrymple
horsepower: 10
boiler: 18" x 14"
gear ratio: 48-79
tires: 30 x 3 cl
wheelbase: 90
weight: *
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored. Originally painted green/yellow,
repainted red ca. 1950. Rear end rebuilt & boiler retubed at
this time. Boiler replaced in the early 1980s.
other notes:
Dalrymple was original purchaser - see
his letter
.
- - -
1955 AACA Sr
2007 AACA Museum "Top Brass" exhibit
1908 chassis: 4261
engine:
model: M
body: 5-pass

image source - personal collection
current owner:
unknown

previous owners:
9/27/08, John Muckel, 10/2019
1985, Richard Paine, 2008
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, 2021

previous owners:
(Indiana)
Carl S. Amsley, 1993
horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight: *
Amsley's final Model Z re-creation.
- - -
1994
Eastern Spring Meet
,
1jr
1908 chassis: 4279
engine:
model: Z
body: MW

image source - Bob Hargraves
current owner:
US, CA, 2019

previous owners:
(Indiana)
Carl S. Amsley, 1993
horsepower:
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight: *
Amsley's final Model Z re-creation. Curious choice of wheel diameter.
- - -
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: *
Condensing rear axle & pumps. Built by Amsley & Daryl Kendall in 1982.
- - -
1982 AACA Sr.
2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware
1908 chassis: 4441
engine:
model: Z
body: MW

image source - personal collection
current owner:
US, FL, 2010

previous owners:
Thomas Sullivan
Willis Abel
Carl S. Amsley
horsepower: 25
boiler:
gear ratio:
tires:
wheelbase:
weight: *
Condensing rear axle & pumps. Built by Amsley & Daryl Kendall in 1982.
- - -
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, 2021

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:
- - -
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
Loren Burch
horsepower: 20
boiler:
gear ratio: 48-60
tires:
wheelbase: 102
weight: 2000
Re-creation by Burch. Factory records show 2 HK cars delivered,
both in 1908 (Foster).
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1998 Steamin' Through the Rockies
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