| Year | Type | Image | Owner Info | Specs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: model: body: 5-pass | current owner: US, CA | horsepower: 20 boiler: gear ratio: tires: wheelbase: weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes: (* not verified by owner) other notes: | |
| 1917 | chassis: engine: model: body: roadster |  image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain | current owner: 2009, GB previous owners: Hugh Winterbottom, GB | horsepower: 20 boiler: gear ratio: tires: wheelbase: weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes: [possibly not in 1991 Register] other notes: "Chisel prow" condenser introduced in 1918. |
| 1917 | chassis: engine: 7-1508 model: 728 body: 5-pass |  image source - StanleySteamers.com | current owner: 4/14/89, US, WA, 1991 previous owners: 8/87, George Kerstetter, US 1973, Craven Museum, CA Gordon E. Armstrong, CA | horsepower: 20 boiler: 23" x 16" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: 34 x 4.5 wheelbase: 130 weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes: Restored. other notes: Sharp-pointed condenser shell. 1991 Register lists as as serial # 21056. |
| 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: 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: 17120 engine: 735-2359 model: 725 body: 5-pass |  image source - HCCA Gazette , 1954 #2 | current owner: 8/5/96, US, CT, 2015 Ralph Dykstra previous owners: 1994/95, David Bredbury McGowan brothers 5/28/93, Thompson admin's Thompson estate Raymond Thompson Ken Maxwell, 1963 A. Irving Polhemus, IL, 1918 | horsepower: boiler: gear ratio: tires: wheelbase: weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes: [not in 1991 Register] other notes: Carries 1917 metal IL registration tag #183623. Maxwell owned as early as 1953 and built a vertical fin-tube condenser which the ca still has. Burner rebuilt & front of car replumbed in 1999 by Don Bourdon. - - - 1960 Steam Tour 2007 Steam Car Tour, Wilmington, DE 2008 Steam Car Tour, Bennington, VT |
| 1917 | chassis: 17192 engine: model: 725 body: 5-pass |  image source - HCCA Gazette , 1949 #3 | current owner: 3/86, US, CA, 1991 previous owners: 1950, James Worth Alexander Ralph Ernst, 1949 | horsepower: 20 boiler: gear ratio: 40-60 tires: wheelbase: 130 weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes: Modified Babcock/Wilcox design water tube boiler; electric, furnace type burner. Wheels replaced with 600 x 20 Buick, but still have the originals. other notes: |
| 1917 | chassis: 17196 engine: model: 728 body: 5-pass |  image source - Automobile Quarterly , v25 #1 | current owner: 10/76, US, OH, 1991 previous owners: Carl S. Amsley | horsepower: 20 boiler: 23" x 18" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: 34 x 4.5 ss wheelbase: 130 weight: 3400 | Sprague Register 1991 notes: [no notes] other notes: |
| 1917 | chassis: 17220 engine: 1721 model: 728 body: 5-pass | current owner: US, MI, 2009 previous owners: 1981, Dan Sheler Samuel I. Sheler, 1961 7/47, Dan Sheler c. 1930, G. Bettes | horsepower: 20 boiler: 23" x 16" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: 34 x 4.5 ss wheelbase: 130 weight: 3600 | Sprague Register 1991 notes: 4,372 actual miles. Believed to be purchased new in Grand Rapids. Bettes used as parade car. Put in storage 1940-47. Samuel I. Sheler never used it. Very good original. other notes: | |
| 1917 | chassis: 17225 engine: 735-1731 model: 728 body: 5-pass |  image source - VMCCA Bulb Horn , Jan. 1975 | current owner: US, NY, 2008 previous owners: Rev. Stanley W. Ellis, 1961 George Woodbury George Hildreth | horsepower: 20 boiler: 23" x 18" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: 34 x 4.5 wheelbase: 130 weight: 3800 | Sprague Register 1991 notes: Good unrestored. Needs paint, top, burner, retube boiler. Stored 1928-46. Hildreth was a Topsham, ME Stanley dealer. Subject of The Story of a Stanley Steamer . Owned 12 yrs. by Ellis. other notes: Ellis advertised car in 1954. 1961 roster says engine # 735-17311, assume typo. - - - 1956 Glidden Tour 1957 Steam Car Meet, Lakeville, CT |
| 1917 | chassis: 17292 engine: model: 728 body: touring |  image source - HCCA Gazette , Sep-Oct 1959 | current owner: 1975, US, KY, 2012 previous owners: Richard Nutting Wayne O. Nutting, 1969 Raymond E. Nelson, 1957 Guy J. Burnham, 1919 | horsepower: 20 boiler: gear ratio: tires: 35 x 5 wheelbase: weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes: [not in 1991 Register] other notes: Subject of articles in The Steam Automobile , Winter 1959, and Antique Automobile , Jul.-Aug. 1961. New boiler in 1965. Suffered a tragic fire at Knott's Berry Farm in 1969. Last driven in 1990. |
| 1917 | chassis: 17296 engine: model: 728 body: 5-pass |  image source - personal collection | current owner: US, NJ, 2015 Bob Crane previous owners: Dewey Barnes Carl Amsley 1920, Abner Devilbiss | horsepower: 20 boiler: 26" x 18" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: wheelbase: 128 weight: 4200 | Sprague Register 1991 notes: [no notes] other notes: Subject of an article in Antique Automobile , Summer 1955. Devilbiss drove the car round-trip to the Kent, Ohio meet in 1957, used car into late '60s. Barnes installed 30hp boiler. Note that the "bill" on the tips of the front fenders seems to have been discontinued somewhere between #17296 and #17417. - - - 1956 Steam Car Meet, Schwenksville 1957 Steam Car Meet, Kent, OH 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 - - - 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 - - - 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 - - - 1998 Ontario Steam Tour 1999 New Hampshire Steam Tour 2000 Illinois Steam Tour 2002 Virginia Steam Tour 2011 Wisconsin Steam Tour |
| 1917 | chassis: 17585 engine: 728-1790 model: 731 body: roadster |  image source - Concept Carz | current owner: US, MA, 2015 Brent Campbell previous owners: 12/29/70, Robert Schill, 1974 Columbus, GA museum A. M. W. F. Person, 1968 12/17/17, left factory. | horsepower: 20 boiler: 23" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: 36 x 5 wheelbase: 130 weight: 4300 | Sprague Register 1991 notes: Fine condition. other notes: Only 2 passenger condenser known to survive. Restored in 2000. Remarkable evidence that at least 119 more cars were produced between 12/17/17 and the end of the model year. - - - 1999 Mt. Washington Centennial 2006 Ormond Beach 2006 Amelia Island Concours |
| 1917 | chassis: 17704 engine: model: 731 body: roadster |  image source - personal collection | current owner: 6/11, US, NH, 2014 previous owners: Douglas Ostwald Bob Ostwald 1950s, T. C. Marshall | horsepower: 20 boiler: 25" x 15" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: wheelbase: 130 weight: 4300 | Sprague Register 1991 notes: [not in 1991 Register] other notes: 3-passenger roadster. In the Ostwald family for at least 56 years, from 1955 to 2011. - - - 1955 Steam Car Meet, Lakeville, CT 2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware 2011 Steam Car Tour, Gorham, NH |