WANTED
Wanted - from December 2011
Secure storage for 1914 Stanley steamcar, preferably within easy reach of Marlborough, UK, but other locations considered.
Contact: Peter Turvey - 01672 514355
Email:- pturvey@aol.com
Wanted - Fuel and Steam gauges for Locomobile
Please contact
Michel Beuvens
Email:- beuvens@swing.be
Wanted - Small Steam Car
2 seat 10hp Stanley would be fine, but anything considered.
Please contact
Alun Griffiths
Email:- hofren@hotmail.com
Wanted: Original wire spoked wheel rims for 1901 Locomobile.
Rims only or complete wheels, to fit 28" x 2 1/2" single tube tires. Actual rim diameter would be about 23 inches.
I'm interested in however many you have, one or more.
please contact
Tony Del Bianco.
U.S.A.
Email:- mailco@quidnunc.net
Wanted: Magazines to complete sets.
The Steam Car - Old Motor - Steam Car Developments and Aviation - Light Steam Power.
I have many duplicates to sell or trade.
please contact
Stan Lucas, California,
Telephone - U.S.A. - 562-595-6721,
Fax - U.S.A. - 562-595-0381,
Email:- lucastires@yahoo.com
I'd like to make a plea to find an Ofeldt Steam carriage, I don't want to buy an Ofeldt,,,
I just want to see one and would love for my 89 year old father to see one again,,,Sandy.
The Ofeldt steam car was built in Brooklyn, NY from 1899 to 1900 and Newark, NJ from 1901 to 1902. The firm of
F. W. Ofeldt and Sons at the foot of 25th St. in Brooklyn was well known as one of New York's principal builders
of marine launches. In 1899, Ernest F. Ofeldt fitted one of his steam engines to a carriage. The powerplant
consisted of two compound engines with cylinders and crankshaft set at 90 degree angle. It was among the earliest
vee-type steam engines in America. The water tank carried 15 gallons, the fuel tank five, and the vehicle could
travel 20 miles between replenishment. The first car was crudely built, but was constructed to demonstrate the
practicability of the power. The second car was a surrey with fringe on top. As Ernest Ofeldt explained years
later, "We wanted to have a car look as much like a horsedrawn vehicle so that it didn't scare the horses." Just
two cars were built in Brooklyn. In 1901, the company secured another factory on Ferry St. in Newark where at
least one other car and one large express wagon were produced. But automobile manufacture was not embarked upon,
although the company was producing components for steam cars as late as 1905. In 1905, in collaboration with
Charles L. Seabury, the Ofeldt company produced a gasoline car called the Speedway from 1904 to 1905. This car
was a side entrance tonneau that seated 5 and was powered by a 28 horsepower four cylinder engine. It featured
shaft drive on a 108 inch wheelbase and cost $4700. I do not know how many Speedway's were built.
The above is extracted from the Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805 to 1942. As a great granddaughter of
Ernest Ofeldt, I would love to see one of these vehicles! My father is 89 and remembers one of the cars.
Information to
Sandra Brockel
Email:- brockel117@gmail.com
To restore my 1921 Stanley 735 D
I know that most items for the 735 D will need to be reproduced but there are some that I think are tucked away on shelves, I need these parts to enable me to restore the unusual 735D as authentically as possible:-
Door locks and handles.
Horn button for centre of the steering wheel.
6 Volts generator (there must be someone who has one that works or not after
converting their car to 12 volts)
A regulator for the above generator.
Fuel tank gauges and caps for a 735.
Spare wheel centre with spring clip.
Blinker or let me know how to make one.
Ammeter.
Rear interior lights, probably impossible to find but any leads to authentic
reproductions would be appreciated.
Speedo mechanism and cable.
Light switches.
Dash light.
Front lights.
Water Automatic or any information from someone who has experienced making one,
does not look like rocket science but are there some pitfalls to avoid.
Information to
Ian Vinton
Phone 07771 573584.
Email:- contact ian.vintonrailconsultltd@virgin.net
To complete restoration of 1914 Stanley Model 607
Stuart Warner 4 inch diameter 0-60 mph speedometer, flexible drive and swivel gear, Stanley tool box,
battery box, rear lamp bracket & electric gauge light. Long klaxon horn and dimensioned drawings of top bows.
Information to
Peter Turvey
Phone +44(0) 1672 514 355. Email:- pturvey@aol.com
I am searching for my father's 1936 Model
Y Ford chassis (UK Registration DKE 418) into which he grafted a Grout engine
from around 1901-1904 he also fitted a suitable boiler. it was sold many
years ago to a private collector in the U.K. We know it was
eventually sold to an American buyer who did not use the car very much
and stored it away for many years in a lock-up garage, it was offered
for sale a while ago, and we are trying to trace the present owner.
If you have any
information please email Roger Strutt at roger@rastrutt.fsnet.co.uk

Hubcaps
Four Hubcaps for the Keen Steamliner believed to be 1940 Willys-Overland
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