| Year | Type | Image | Owner Info | Specs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | chassis: engine: model: 730 body: roadster |  image source - HCCA Gazette , Jan-Feb 1957 | current owner:<br/>unknown<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>1947, L. A. Rear, 1957 | horsepower: 20 boiler: gear ratio: tires: wheelbase: weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>[possibly not in 1991 Register]<br/>other notes:<br/>Walter B. Kerrick boiler. |
| 1917 | chassis: engine: model: body: 5-pass | current owner:<br/>US, CA | horsepower: 20 boiler: gear ratio: tires: wheelbase: weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>(* not verified by owner)<br/>other notes: | |
| 1917 | chassis: engine: model: body: roadster |  image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain | current owner:<br/>2009, GB<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>Hugh Winterbottom, GB | horsepower: 20 boiler: gear ratio: tires: wheelbase: weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>[possibly not in 1991 Register]<br/>other notes:<br/>"Chisel prow" condenser introduced in 1918. |
| 1917 | chassis: engine: 7-1508 model: 728 body: 5-pass |  image source - StanleySteamers.com | current owner:<br/>4/14/89, US, WA, 1991<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>8/87, George Kerstetter, US<br/>1973, Craven Museum, CA<br/>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:<br/>Restored.<br/>other notes:<br/>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:<br/>12/84, US, GA, 2009<br/>Alan & Ray Woolf<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>Larry McClure<br/>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:<br/>Old restoration. The car has been in the Atlanta, GA area for the<br/>past 35yrs. Restored in the 1950s and 1960s by previous<br/>owners. New boiler and rebuilt mechanical components by current<br/>owners.<br/>other notes:<br/>If this is the original engine, this car may be a 1916. See<br/>engine serial numbers on<br/>1916<br/>page.<br/>Non-"billed" front fenders indicate late 1917.<br/>- - -<br/>2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware |
| 1917 | chassis: engine: 730-2037 model: 730 body: sedan |  image source - Steam Automobile '82, v24#2 | current owner:<br/>1994, US, MI<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>1979, A. G. Clayton, 1994<br/>Jackie A. Bragg<br/>George Howland, NJ | horsepower: 20 boiler: 23" x 18" gear ratio: tires: 600 x 20 ss wheelbase: 130 weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>Restored, 1979-81. Purchased in Heflin, AL. Car<br/>came from<br/>PA. J. A. Bragg bought it from the widow of the man who<br/>bought it<br/>in PA. The car has a foot throttle and four wheel brakes.<br/>[listed as 1925 SV]<br/>other notes:<br/>Possibly the<br/>earliest sedan known. 1917 fenders; sedan didn't appear in<br/>Stanley literature until 1918. Body/fender line doesn't match<br/>well; no other car fonud to carry this body. Wheels apparently<br/>replaced for the<br/>4-wheel brakes. An article on this<br/>car's restoration appears in<br/>The<br/>Steam Automobile<br/>, 1982, v24#2. |
| 1917 | chassis: 17120 engine: 735-2359 model: 725 body: 5-pass |  image source - HCCA Gazette , 1954 #2 | current owner:<br/>8/5/96, US, CT, 2015<br/>Ralph Dykstra<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>1994/95, David Bredbury<br/>McGowan brothers<br/>5/28/93, Thompson admin's<br/>Thompson estate<br/>Raymond Thompson<br/>Ken Maxwell, 1963<br/>A. Irving Polhemus, IL, 1918 | horsepower: boiler: gear ratio: tires: wheelbase: weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>[not in 1991 Register]<br/>other notes:<br/>Carries 1917 metal IL<br/>registration tag #183623. Maxwell owned as early as 1953 and built a<br/>vertical fin-tube condenser which the ca still has. Burner rebuilt & front of car<br/>replumbed in 1999 by Don Bourdon.<br/>- - -<br/>1960 Steam Tour<br/>2007 Steam Car Tour, Wilmington, DE<br/>2008 Steam Car Tour, Bennington, VT |
| 1917 | chassis: 17192 engine: model: 725 body: 5-pass |  image source - HCCA Gazette , 1949 #3 | current owner:<br/>3/86, US, CA, 1991<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>1950, James Worth Alexander<br/>Ralph Ernst, 1949 | horsepower: 20 boiler: gear ratio: 40-60 tires: wheelbase: 130 weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>Modified Babcock/Wilcox design water tube boiler; electric, furnace<br/>type burner. Wheels replaced with 600 x 20 Buick, but still have<br/>the originals.<br/>other notes: |
| 1917 | chassis: 17196 engine: model: 728 body: 5-pass |  image source - Automobile Quarterly , v25 #1 | current owner:<br/>10/76, US, OH, 1991<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>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:<br/>[no notes]<br/>other notes: |
| 1917 | chassis: 17220 engine: 1721 model: 728 body: 5-pass | current owner:<br/>US, MI, 2009<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>1981, Dan Sheler<br/>Samuel I. Sheler, 1961<br/>7/47, Dan Sheler<br/>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:<br/>4,372 actual miles. Believed to be purchased new in Grand<br/>Rapids. Bettes used as parade car. Put in storage<br/>1940-47. Samuel I. Sheler never used it. Very good original.<br/>other notes: | |
| 1917 | chassis: 17225 engine: 735-1731 model: 728 body: 5-pass |  image source - VMCCA Bulb Horn , Jan. 1975 | current owner:<br/>US, NY, 2008<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>Rev. Stanley W. Ellis, 1961<br/>George Woodbury<br/>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:<br/>Good unrestored. Needs paint, top, burner, retube boiler.<br/>Stored 1928-46. Hildreth was a Topsham, ME Stanley dealer.<br/>Subject of<br/>The Story<br/>of a Stanley Steamer<br/>. Owned 12 yrs. by Ellis.<br/>other notes:<br/>Ellis advertised car in 1954. 1961 roster says engine # 735-17311, assume typo.<br/>- - -<br/>1956 Glidden Tour<br/>1957 Steam Car Meet, Lakeville, CT |
| 1917 | chassis: 17292 engine: model: 728 body: touring |  image source - HCCA Gazette , Sep-Oct 1959 | current owner:<br/>1975, US, KY, 2012<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>Richard Nutting<br/>Wayne O. Nutting, 1969<br/>Raymond E. Nelson, 1957<br/>Guy J. Burnham, 1919 | horsepower: 20 boiler: gear ratio: tires: 35 x 5 wheelbase: weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>[not in 1991 Register]<br/>other notes:<br/>Subject of articles in<br/>The<br/>Steam Automobile<br/>, Winter 1959, and<br/>Antique<br/>Automobile<br/>, Jul.-Aug. 1961. New boiler in 1965. Suffered a tragic fire at<br/>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:<br/>US, NJ, 2015<br/>Bob Crane<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>Dewey Barnes<br/>Carl Amsley<br/>1920, Abner Devilbiss | horsepower: 20 boiler: 26" x 18" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: wheelbase: 128 weight: 4200 | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>[no notes]<br/>other notes:<br/>Subject of an article in<br/>Antique<br/>Automobile<br/>,<br/>Summer 1955. Devilbiss drove the car round-trip to the Kent, Ohio<br/>meet in 1957, used car into late '60s. Barnes installed 30hp<br/>boiler. Note that the "bill" on the tips of the front fenders<br/>seems to have<br/>been discontinued somewhere between #17296 and #17417.<br/>- - -<br/>1956 Steam Car Meet, Schwenksville<br/>1957 Steam Car Meet, Kent, OH<br/>2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware |
| 1917 | chassis: 17417 engine: 735-2721 model: 730 body: 7-pass |  image source - current owner | current owner:<br/>10/07, US, IL, 2014<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>10/50, Charles & Edward Erler<br/>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:<br/>Good running, restored. Originally sold in Maine, 1917.<br/>Purchased in 1950 in South Lincoln, MA. Driven on the last three<br/>Steam Car Tours.<br/>other notes:<br/>Body no. 1366<br/>Front disk brakes. An article on this car's Baker water-tube<br/>boiler appears in The Stanley Museum<br/>Quarterly<br/>, Jun. 2000.<br/>- - -<br/>2006 Steam Car Tour, Berlin, OH |
| 1917 | chassis: 17459 engine: 730-1886 model: 730 body: 7-pass |  image source - StanleySteamers.com | current owner:<br/>12/65, US , IL, 2014<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>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:<br/>Unrestored. Completed the Linville Steam Car Tour.<br/>other notes:<br/>Body no. 1395<br/>- - -<br/>1999 Mt. Washington Centennial |
| 1917 | chassis: 17538 engine: 730-1982 model: 730 body: 5-pass |  image source - current owner | current owner:<br/>4/16/10, US, KS, 2013<br/>John Vsetecka<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>George Carney<br/>Harrah's, 1968 | horsepower: 20 boiler: 23" x 14" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: 34 x 4 wheelbase: 130 weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>[not in Sprague Register]<br/>other notes:<br/>As of 2010, still has original boiler and burner. |
| 1917 | chassis: 17545 engine: 730-1974 model: 730 body: 7-pass | current owner:<br/>US, TN, 2009<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>11/5/88,<br/>John H. Doerr, 2001<br/>Freda C. Moe<br/>1947, George Moe | horsepower: 20 boiler: 23" x 16" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: 35 x 5 wheelbase: 130 weight: | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>Poor, frame up restoration in progress (1990). In storage<br/>until<br/>1988. The car had a Baker boiler & propane<br/>burner.<br/>Retrofit in progress.<br/>other notes:<br/>2001 - apart, no boiler or burner.<br/>2009 - in restoration | |
| 1917 | chassis: 17561 engine: 735-2477 model: 730 body: 5-pass |  image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain | current owner:<br/>GB<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>I. Berne<br/>Bob Dyke<br/>11/3/89, Gerry Stoneman, GB<br/>Howard L. Johnson, Jr.<br/>Alan Shepard<br/>1960, Frank D. Saylor III<br/>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:<br/>A-1 condition. Once owned by astronaut Alan Shepard.<br/>Brought to England on the Q. E. II.<br/>other notes:<br/>Suffered serious fire in 2006.<br/>GB reg. DS 8249<br/>- - -<br/>1960 Glidden Tour<br/>1964 Steam Car Meet, Woodstock, VT |
| 1917 | chassis: 17577 engine: 730-2011 model: 730 body: 5-pass |  image source - current owner | current owner:<br/>1998, US, IL, 2013<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>1972, Sloan Museum, 1998<br/>1970, Henry George, 1972<br/>1967, Milo Smith, 1970<br/>1967, Dave Levin<br/>1947, J. K. Holmes, 1966<br/>1940, Walter Bittner, 1947 | horsepower: 20 boiler: 23" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: 35 x 5 wheelbase: 130 weight: 3650 | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>[not in 1991 Register]<br/>other notes:<br/>Left the factory on 12/31/1917. Holmes partially restored in '50s.<br/>New boiler installed 1999. Odometer shows 25560 miles as of 3/2010.<br/>Body no. 95<br/>- - -<br/>1998 Ontario Steam Tour<br/>1999 New Hampshire Steam Tour<br/>2000 Illinois Steam Tour<br/>2002 Virginia Steam Tour<br/>2011 Wisconsin Steam Tour |
| 1917 | chassis: 17585 engine: 728-1790 model: 731 body: roadster |  image source - Concept Carz | current owner:<br/>US, MA, 2015<br/>Brent Campbell<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>12/29/70, Robert Schill, 1974<br/>Columbus, GA museum<br/>A. M. W.<br/>F. Person, 1968<br/>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:<br/>Fine condition.<br/>other notes:<br/>Only 2 passenger condenser known to survive. Restored in 2000.<br/>Remarkable evidence that at least 119 more cars were<br/>produced between 12/17/17 and the end of the model year.<br/>- - -<br/>1999 Mt. Washington Centennial<br/>2006 Ormond Beach<br/>2006 Amelia Island Concours |
| 1917 | chassis: 17704 engine: model: 731 body: roadster |  image source - personal collection | current owner:<br/>6/11, US, NH, 2014<br/><br/>previous owners:<br/>Douglas Ostwald<br/>Bob Ostwald<br/>1950s, T. C. Marshall | horsepower: 20 boiler: 25" x 15" gear ratio: 40-60 tires: wheelbase: 130 weight: 4300 | Sprague Register 1991 notes:<br/>[not in 1991 Register]<br/>other notes:<br/>3-passenger roadster. In the Ostwald family for at least 56 years, from 1955 to 2011.<br/>- - -<br/>1955 Steam Car<br/>Meet,<br/>Lakeville, CT<br/>2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware<br/>2011 Steam Car Tour, Gorham, NH |