Stanley Steamer Tales of a Novice Steam Car Owner and Other Antique Auto Adventures

Dr. Thomas W. Dawson

ISBN 10: 0977358704 / ISBN 13: 9780977358700

Published by Dawson Press, USA, 2006

About this Item

Follow the adventures of an antique car enthusiast as he starts out at age 14 with a Model T Ford Truck in great need of restoration, through two Dodges, two cadillacs, and finally, a 1924 Stanley Steam Car 750 Phaeton. Although the steamer was perhaps the most difficult to learn to operate successfully. it became Dr. Dawson's all-time favourite. A clean tight copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stanley Steamer Tales of a Novice Steam Car Owner and Other Antique Auto Adventures
• Publisher: Dawson Press, USA
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0977358704
• ISBN 13: 9780977358700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
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Synopsis

Follow the adventures of an antique auto enthusiast as he starts out at age 14 with a Model T Ford Truck in great need of restoration, through two Dodges, two Cadillacs, and finally, a 1924 Stanley Steam Car 750 Phaeton. Although the Steamer was perhaps the most difficult to learn to operate successfully, it became Dr. Dawson's all-time favorite.

Thomas W. Dawson has been an active antique automobile enthusiast since the age of 14. This book features some of the highlights of that hobby. Years were spent learning how to operate and maintain the unique workings of this steam car. The challenges of operating and repairing a steam car are numerous. Dr. Dawson, with much help from other steam car owners, and with some trial and error, got his new Stanley purring.

He shares his experiences and his solutions to many problems which he encountered, complete with instructions on winterizing the Stanley and preparing it for the road in the spring. Steam car owners and enthusiasts will find detailed information they can draw on in repairing and maintaining their own vehicles.

Over 100 photos of antique autos, auto tours, illustrations, vintage advertisements, and technical illustrations will delight the automobile history buff as well as the mechanically minded.

The Stanley Steamer is truly a remarkable automobile. It is unlike any internal combustion engine vehicle manufactured. With the Stanley the power is derived from the flame. The hotter the fire the better the car performs.

Dr. Dawson's 1924 Stanley is a condensing steam car. This means that the steam that is generated and used in the steam engine is turned back to liquid in a condenser for use over and over. A non-condensing steam car only uses the steam once and it is exhausted out the back of the car.

About the Author

Dr. Thomas W. Dawson is a retired College Professor of Fire Science from the New Hampshire Community Technical College in Laconia and a retired Fire Protection Consultant. He is a former State Fire Marshal of New Hampshire and Assistant to the Fire Chief in Houston, Texas. Dr. Dawson completed his undergraduate and graduate work at Oklahoma State University. He and his wife, Cathy, live in Laconia in the heart of the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire in the northeastern United States. Tom is a member of the Steam Automobile Club of America (SACA), and an active member in the Northeast Chapter of SACA, and a supporting member of the Stanley Museum. He is a member of the Steam Car Club of Great Britain and also a member of The Profile Automobile League and the International Cadillac LaSalle Club.