Ralph Hood 1899 Electromagnetic Steamer

I spoke to a grand child of Ralph Hood, His 1899 Electromagnetic Steamer is sitting in a family garage and might be available. The family is interested in having someone restore it and not placed on static display in a museum. I am working on getting current photos and details.

[www.earlyamericanautomobiles.com]


Doug

Ok, that would be soooooo cool to see it running. It would be even more cool to put it back into service!

That would be quite interesting to see!!

Jared Schoenly

What a brilliant collection of history on that site. The Ralph Hood is a bit hard to find among all the makes but it is listed under Danvers and Simplex about 25% down the page of the link. Not much information on it but it seems very different to anything else with solenoid operated poppet valves and a four cylinder engine cast in one piece with the boiler - howver that could be. Let's hope someone at least gets a good look at it so it can be written up.

Mike

i will be going back to the grand daughter's town next week, i will see what I can find out. She also has some brass head lights I would love to buy from her.