STEAM MOTOR CAR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2182, 28 September 1920, Page 3

STEAM MOTOR CAR.

Lad week: a parly of P’eathersImi re.-ddenls and the Daily News representative were driven hy Air H. Stewart, in his recently imported Stanley steam ear over the Rimulakas to Wellington. The propelling power of I his remarkable car a.-, its mime suggests is steam, generated in an ordinary vertical fire tube boiler 23 inches in diameter and .14 inches high, using kerosene as fuel. There are no such devices as gears, clutches, starter, carburetter, or magneto. The engine, which is Of the ordinary 2-cylindor double acting slide valve type, common in steam practice, is geared directly into its rear axle housing, there being on such thing as universal joints, propeller, staff, or bevel gears. The engine is always in mesh, and is directly against its works. There are only 37 moving parts in the whole car, including wheels, steering gear, power plant, and everything that moves while I lie car is in motion. The boiler automatically lives and waters itself, according to the demands made upon it. The application of the power w controlled solely by the throttle,

:iml when an extra heavy demand is made, tho engine is <-a]»;i!)!(' of dc’,'clc >|liii” 1 upwards of 80 steam horse power, whioli is equal to approximately 150 in a gasoline engine. The marvellous responsiveness of this car on the throttle, especially on hills, is a revelation, a thing hitherIn undreamed of in any other type of car. During the trip over the Hill the ear was brought to a standstill half-way up the steepest grade, on a sharp corner, and immediately the throttle was opened the machine with its load of eight passengers and- luggage, aggregating some 30 cwt., started up quietly and without the slightest effort; hills do not seem to exist for this car, which is known in the Stales as the wonder car of (ho world. It is absolutely silent and vihralionlcss; it lias a beautiful gliding motion all its own, and (.he pleasures of motoring may he genuinely enjoyed to an extent not approachable in any other type of (-nr. The Stanley runs from 18-20 miles on a gallon of kerosene or coal oil, and owing to the eliieie.nl condenser lifted it- does not need la take on water nflener than once in about 200 miles. 'Although this car is now lo ihc colony, il has been manufactured in America for the past twenty years by a private company.