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Wanted: White Steam Car, 1907 - 1910, with a Flowmotor - 9 months ago

Wanted: White Steam Car, 1907 - 1910, with a Flowmotor. I am writing a White Steam Car Book, and having owned seven Stanleys (two left), it would be immensely helpful to own a White. I'd even consider borrowing one or renting one, although I have no idea what that means. Very best wishes! Don Hoke

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: Stanley burner - 9 months ago

I have a 21" burner casting that comes with two previously used burner castings. Yes, I can deliver to Hershey. I also have another burner that needs a new home. See photographs. I also have condensing car gauges and miscellaneous parts. Give me a call or send an email. Best wishes! Don Hoke PS I am looking for a White Steam Car, 1907 - 1910, with a Flowmotor.

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: Parts list for a 1920 735 touring car. - 10 months ago

I have a set of 735 headlights that need a new home, as well as spare tire carrier parts. Vintage Steam Products has lots of parts and packing and insulation.

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: Perrymobile, rationless WWII steam vehicle - 1 year ago

Hi, Pat! Thanks very much for posting this article and link. Great story. The Virtual Steam Car Museum has some Perrymobile drawings if anyone is interested. Wonderful addition to the story. Best wishes! Don Hoke

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

For Sale: 23" Stanley Burner - 3 years ago

For Sale: 23" Stanley Burner. Very nice condition and easily useable. Please make an offer! I can deliver to Hershey or to September steam tour near St. Louis.

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Wanted: Five Yards of Olive Green Mohair, Hirsch 144-G. - 4 years ago

Desperately Need Five Yards of Olive Green Mohair. Same as Hirsch 144-G to finish 1925 Stanley Restoration. The first upholsterer wasted . . . NEVER MIND! If you have as much as a yard, It would be a tremendous help. Thank you. I've attached the old Hirsch Mohiar sample card. He no longer carries the 144-G. Call Don Hoke or contact through VIntage Steam Products or the Virtual Ste

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: H. H. Stewart Biography by Don Hoke - 4 years ago

Thank you, Basil! Best wishes! Don

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: STEAM AUTOMOBILE TIMELINE - 4 years ago

Good Morning, Ken! I love your timeline and would love to have it on the Virtual Steam Car Museum web site. Best wishes! Don

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Bourdon Tube Gauge Repair Source? - 4 years ago

Good Morning, Steam Car Aficionados! Does anyone have a supplier who can repair Bourdon Tube Gauges? The hairspring on the fuel pressure side of my duplex gauge is a mess. Feel free to email me privately if you like. Thank you! Best wishes! Don Hoke

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

1900 Locomobile Trade Catalogue - 4 years ago

Good Afternoon, Steam Car Afictionados! I am finishing a booklet about a lady sitting in a Locomobile in front of a Syracuse, NY fountain in 1900. See attached. A very good friend and Locomobile expert sent me a photocopy of a 1900 Locomobile trade catalogue that was distributed by the Syracuse Automobile Company, which sold this locomobile. See attached images. Does anyone know where t

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

For Sale: Hector Halhead "Steam" Stewart Biography - 4 years ago

The biography of New Zealand steam car engineer, Hector Halhead "Steam" Stewart is now in print and availabe on the Vintage Steam Products web page. Stewart was born in the New Zealand bush, built his first steam car from a burned up Locomobile, and made a lot of money in Featherston during World War I. He traveled to America to secure the Stanley Steam Car distributorship for Ne

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Needed: Model 740 or 750 Fuel Pressure Tank - 4 years ago

Good Evening Steam Enthusiasts! The fuel pressure tank on The BettyAnne, our 1925 Stanley SV252G, is showing its age. It held pressure for a while, but has sprung a leak. The leak is now repaired with silver solder and a drain plug, but I suspect this is not a permanent repair. 1. Who has a Stanley Model 740 or 750 fuel pressure tank for sale? 2. Vintage Steam Products would consi

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: Reproduction Chassis Plates - Vintage Steam Products - 5 years ago

Good Morning, Steam Car Aficionados! Vintage Steam Products has Stanley chassis plates for sale. These are cast and done exactly as Art Hart did them. Carolyn and I bought Vintage Steam Products from Art Hart, however the Locomobile part of the business went to another person. www.vintagesteamproducts.com We have Troy Sun Shade Windshield Tags for sale. These are exceptionally well

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Thomas S. LaMarre - White Steam Car Article in Automobile Quarterly - 5 years ago

Good Morning, Steam Car Aficionados! Does anyone have contact information for Thomas S. LaMarre, who wrote a long article on the White Steam Car in a 1993 issue of Automobile Quarterly? Thanks very much! Don Hoke

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: Steam Appliance Corporation of America. - 5 years ago

Good Afternoon, Steam Car Aficionados! Here is a bit of information from the Stewart Archive on the Steam Appliance Corporation and the Rotobaker Steam Generator. This is an early photocopy and I am trying to learn when photocopying started. As nearly as I can learn, it started in 1938. So this photo copy of a 1927 issue of Railway Age must date into the 1940s at the earliest. Yes, it

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

1925 Stanley SV 252G - Need Trailer to Haul - 6 years ago

Wanted: A 20' or 22' long closed Featherlite Car Hauling Trailer, Model 4926. Must be 7' tall inside. The 6'6" trailers are not high enough. Our 1925 Stanley is taller than 6'6". I live in Dallas, TX, but travel a great deal. Thanks for your help! Don Hoke (972) 955-7614. Do visit the Virtual Steam Car Museum!

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Stanley Steam Car Parts For Sale - 6 years ago

Good Morning Steam Car Affictionados! In keeping with my philosophy of not hoarding things, I've created a page of Stanley Steam Car Parts for sale or trade. Yes, there is a Grout fuel pump, but everything else is Stanley. I'll continue to add things, os check back. Yes, the Maxwell Pilots will be listed individually. I'll trade for steam car advertising and literature and ephemera.

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: what is this - 6 years ago

Hi, Chris! I don't know what that is. It might be Doble.

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: what is this - 6 years ago

Good Morning, Brian! Delighted you're on the list. There are almost 800 names, some of whom are not steam car people. And Thank You for your support! Very best wishes! Don Hoke

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: Fiber Board Material for 1925 Electrical Switch - 6 years ago

Thanks, Rolly! Best wishes! Don

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: what is this - 6 years ago

Good Morning, Brian! There are two or three Bells, but I don't recall the name Bower. You're not on the Virtual Steam Car Museum email list. Send me your email and I'll put you on if you like. Don Hoke

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: what is this - R Bell - 6 years ago

Good Evening, Chris! The R Bell you reference is probably Rodney Bell. He was an apprentice in A & G Price's shop in 1930 - 1933 during the Doble Steam Bus experiments in New Zealand. H. H. Stewart (1888 - 1950), who came to Detroit to see Doble's steam bus experiments with the Detroit Motorbus Company in the 1920s, was the NZ steam car engineer who brought Doble to New Zealand. Earlier

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: Greetings - Vintage Steam Products and the Virtual Steam Car Museum - 6 years ago

Good Evening, John and welcome to SACA! If you have not yet found the Virtual Steam Car Museum, let me invite you visit. I'd be happy to add you to the VSCM monthly email list. The July/August issue is about to come out. Vintage Steam Products carries a wide range of tools and materials and parts for Stanley Steam Cars. Carolyn and I purchased the company from the late Art Hart. The fo

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: Fiber Board Material for 1925 Electrical Switch - 6 years ago

Good Evening, Rolly, Boatbum, & Frustrated: Thanks for your input. I spoke with an antique car wiring house in California and the fellow said "you need Garolite from McMaster Carr!" So I ordered a piece before lunchtime. Now I have to find or make the tiny little rivets. Since I have you on the line, I have wired the LEDs for the boiler water level indicator I made based o

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Fiber Board Material for 1925 Electrical Switch - 6 years ago

Good Morning! I am assembling the instrument cluster on The BettyAnne, our 1925 Stanley and need switch repair advice. This is the push/pull switch that lights the instrument cluster light. The fiber board piece that holds the two sides of the contacts is broken and not repairable. Where does one find a piece of this material? Are there any switch repair shop that can handle this repair?

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Vintage Steam Products Has Nozzle Pickers - 6 years ago

Vintage Steam Products is pleased to announce that it has nozzle pickers back in stock! I shamelessly plagiarized the 2007 nozzle picker that Tom Marshall put in the goodie bag for the Delaware Tour. In return, Carolyn and I will donate $5.00 to Auburn Heights for every nozzle picker we sell. Yes, we have nozzle picker wires as well. If you've not registered to receive the Virtual Stea

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Re: SACA ANNUAL MEET --- BERRIEN SPRINGS, MI - 6 years ago

Hi, Ken! I'll add this to the Virtual Steam Car Museum's newsletter. Best wishes! Don Hoke

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

For Sale: Stanley Model 735 Spare Tire Support Brackets - 6 years ago

For Sale: Model 735 Spare Tire Brackets. Three Sets. The first set contains an original tire support piece and the original mounting bracket, as well as the reproduction aluminum support piece and reproduction brass mounting bracket. These are the original parts from which the others were cast. Very nicely done! $150.00. The other two sets are both cast iron and consist only of the supp

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

New Web Site - Vintage Steam Products - 6 years ago

Carolyn has just uploaded the newly designed Vintage Steam Products web site. She did a magnificent job and it is a great improvement over the site we acquired from Art Hart. Let us know how we can help you get your car on the road or keep your car on the road. Carolyn is now using MailChimp to put out regular emails, just as I am doing with the Virtual Steam Car Museum. If you are not

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff

Announcing A $10,000 Stewart Biography Gift - 6 years ago

Major Announcement! A new donor has just contributed $10,000 towards publication of the Stewart Biography. The donor approached me Saturday morning in the parking lot after the Finger Lakes Steam Tour. This leadership gift, along with several more modest gifts, leaves the Virtual Steam Car Museum only $12,300 short of matching our $20,000 Challenge Grant. This donor will be recognized

by Don Hoke - SteamStuff