Stanley Register Online - AU & NZ 32 cars listed (possible overlap)


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Last update:
8/31/22

This is an extract from the main Register - cars known (or suspected) to be in Australia and New Zealand.
Note some cosmetic similarities in the condensing cars - wire wheels and a "Stanley Steamer" condenser logo.

In owners column:
    Current owner is identified by 2-letter country code
    Date to left of name is purchase date, to right of name is known ownership date
1904



chassis


engine


model
CX

body
panel seat runabout
1903l
image source - HCCA
current owner
2009, NZ
previous owners
2003, Peter May, AU
Garyl Turley
Jerry Ottoway
horsepower:
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase: 
weight:
 
Began as one half of large collection of early mechanical parts purchased by Ottaway at a museum surplus auction in the 1960s.  Body one of 2 built by Harold Hanson in the early '70s.  Project finished by Bob Ballinger during May's ownership.
1906



chassis
2283

engine


model
EX

body
runabout
2283
image source - Veteran Car Club of Australia
current owner
AU, 2009
Bruce Humphries
previous owners
Bob Protsman
C. T. Protsman
horsepower: 10
boiler:
  18" x 15"
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[listed as 1908, without serial #]

other notes:
In Stone Mountain Auto Museum as early as 1980.  Packard pilot.

1907



chassis
3257

engine


model
EX

body
runabout
3257
image source - Stanley Mus. Quarterly, Spr  '02
current owner
1997, AU, 2012
Ken Russell
previous owners
P. Michael May
Natalie & Andy Weiss
Maynard Leighton
horsepower:  10
boiler:
  18" x 14"
gear ratio:  48-79
tires:  30 x 3 cl
wheelbase:  90
weight:  1300
Leighton finished restoration before 1970.
1908



chassis
4151

engine


model
K

body
semi-racer
4151
image source - Jay Leno's Garage
current owner
AU, 2014
previous owners
James Keith, 1995
horsepower:
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase: 
weight: 
 
Constructed by Keith.  Article here.
- - -
1995 AACA Eastern Spring Meet
1909



chassis


engine


model
Z

body
mtn wagon

current owner
AU, 2009
previous owners
Heytesbury Collection, AU
Carl S. Amsley
horsepower: 30
boiler:
  28" x 16"
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase: 133
weight:
Amsley re-creation.   Heytesbury Collection, owned by Robert Holmes à Court, was dispersed about 1993.
1910



chassis


engine


model
62

body
roadster

current owner
AU, 2009
previous owners
Heytesbury Collection, AU
Carl S. Amsley
horsepower: 10
boiler:
  16" x 14"
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:  104
weight: 
Model 62 was listed in Stanley catalogs for 1911-1912.  Heytesbury Collection, owned by Robert Holmes à Court, was dispersed about 1993.
1911



chassis


engine


model


body
touring

current owner
AU, 2009
previous owners
Heytesbury Collection, AU
Carl S. Amsley
horsepower:
boiler:
  26" x 16"
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase: 116
weight:
Heytesbury Collection, owned by Robert Holmes à Court, was dispersed about 1993.
1912



chassis


engine


model
88

body
mtn wagon

current owner
1996, AU, 2009
previous owners
Alan Kelso
1980s, Carl Amsley
1962, ?
horsepower: 30
boiler:
  
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:
Amsley purchased remains of car in early 80s from collector who had purchased it in Colorado in 1962 from the owner since the teens.  New body has been constructed patterned after the original.  Possibly #7019 in 1991 Register.
1916



chassis
16318

engine


model
725

body
7-pass
16318
image source - The Steam Car No. 64
current owner
2006, AU, 2014
previous owners
(1989, Brisbane)
1983, James Eisenhauer, AU
Bruno Galliano
Robert Crane
horsepower: 20
boiler:
  23" x 16"
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:  
Restored in the late 1930s?

1920



chassis
20091

engine


model
735

body
5-pass
20091
image source - museum
current owner
8/1/67, NZ, 2007
previous owners
W. A. Clapham, NZ
12/19/36, Alex Gudsell, NZ
horsepower: 20
boiler:
  24"
gear ratio:  40-60
tires:  35 x 5 ss
wheelbase: 137
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Runable.  Imported into New Zealand by Alex Sudsell of Temuka on 12/19/36.

other notes:

chassis
20194

engine


model
735A

body
5-pass
20194
image source - Facebook
current owner
NZ, 2022
previous owners
8/18/82, Gary M. Summerhays
John S. Stewart, NZ
1949, Bill Lawson
George Giltrap, 1947
horsepower: 20
boiler:
 
gear ratio:  40-60
tires:  35 x 5 ss
wheelbase:  130
weight:  4000
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Good, complete.  Sold new in NZ to a farmer by H. H. Stewart (NZ agent).  Two owners prior to J. S. Stewart (H. H. Stewart's son).  Restored in 1956-8 with a Bolsover "Express" boiler & burner. 

other notes:
Restored by J. S. Stewart while owned by Lawson.  An excellent page on part of this car's history is here.
1921



chassis
21209

engine


model


body


current owner
AU, 2009
previous owners
horsepower: 20
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight: 

chassis
21283

engine
3772

model
735A

body
5-pass
21283
image source - StanleySteamers.com
current owner
4/29/73, AU, 2008
previous owners
Gavin Ladson
John Ricketts
horsepower:  20
boiler:
 
gear ratio:  40-60
tires:  600 x 21 ss
wheelbase:  130
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
50% restored.  Chassis assembled from parts by John Ricketts in the early '50s.  Sold to Gavin Ladson for museum display in Croyden, Victoria.  Purchased last after museum closed.  The car has been without a body since the early '50s, new one being built.
other notes:
Listed as 21288 in 1978 Register and in
The Steam Automobile '80, v22#3.
New body skin now in place.
chassis


engine


model
735B

body
touring
21000j
image source - The Steam Car, Apr. 2004
current owner
AU, 2014
previous owners
1980, Robert Holmes a Court, AU
(Heytesbury Collection)
Mike R. Berry, GB
horsepower: 20
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[listed as 1920]

other notes:


1922



chassis
22291

engine
740-3801

model
740E

body
roadster
22291
image source - current owner
current owner
2014, NZ
previous owners
Rob Williams
Bob Sullivan
1972, John Harty
Clinton Atkinson
horsepower: 20
boiler:
  23" x 14"
gear ratio: 
tires:  32 x 4.5
wheelbase:  132
weight:


chassis
22337

engine


model
740B

body
touring
22337
image source - Light Steam Power, Apr-Jun '77
current owner
1976, AU, 2014
previous owners
Milton Shaw
U. H. Shaw, AU
horsepower:  20
boiler:
 
gear ratio:  40-60
tires: 
wheelbase: 
weight: 
Articles on Shaw's restoration and operation of this car, and his experimentation with upgrades, appear in Light Steam Power, Nov-Dec '64 through Sep-Oct '65.  Shaw purchased several years earlier.
chassis
22360

engine


model
740E

body
roadster
22360
image source - StanleySteamers.com
current owner
1984, AU, 2012
previous owners
Albert W. Carlisle
horsepower:
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Single seat roadster body added at a later date.  Derr boiler.
[engine # listed as 22459 - assume confusion between this and chassis #22439]

other notes:

chassis
22363

engine
7-1300

model
740

body

22363
image source - Bernie Caton
current owner
1960, AU, 2009
previous owners
 
horsepower: 20
boiler:
 
gear ratio:  40-60
tires:  500 x 21
wheelbase: 
weight:  3500
Right-hand drive.  Half-elliptic springs, no perch poles, as Model 750.  Panel van body before detailed restoration to touring car began in 2005.  Monotube boiler and electronic controls.
chassis
22367

engine


model
740

body
touring
22367
image source - Don Hoke
current owner
10/23/83, AU, 2008
previous owners
George Green
1971, Allan F. Higgisson
about 1958, George Green
1922, H. F. Slocombe, AU
horsepower: 20
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase: 
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Modified during WWII to burn wood.  Color green.  LPG pilot.
chassis
22439

engine
3783

model
740

body
touring

current owner
1984, AU, 2009
previous owners
Albert W. Carlisle
horsepower: 20
boiler:

gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:  130
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
(* not verified by owner)
Derr boiler.
[listed as 22429]

other notes:

chassis
22456

engine
3947

model
740B

body
7-pass
22456
image source - The Steam Automobile, '79 21#3
current owner
AU, 2014
previous owners
2/18/46, Gavin P. Kenny, AU
E. R. Attridge
Mr. Pearce
horsepower: 20
boiler:
23" x 18"
gear ratio:  40-60
tires:  33 x 5.77 ss
wheelbase:  130
weight: 4480
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Fully restored.  Bought new by Mr. Pearce, a sheep station owner.  In running condition.

other notes:

chassis


engine


model
740B

body

22000k
image source - The Steam Car, Apr. 2004
current owner
AU, 2004
previous owners

horsepower:
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase: 
weight: 


chassis


engine


model
740B

body
touring
22000m
image source - Light Steam Power, Nov-Dec '61
current owner
AU, 1961
E. N. Cottee
previous owners
Gilbert Petter, AU, original
horsepower:  20
boiler:
 
gear ratio:  40-60
tires: 
wheelbase: 
weight: 
Part 1 of an article on this car's restoration appears in Light Steam Power, Nov-Dec '61.
chassis


engine


model
740B

body
touring
22000o
image source - Light Steam PowerMar-Apr '57
current owner
1988, AU
Nat'l Museum of Australia
previous owners
E. M. Baldwin
Doug McLachlan, 1957
horsepower:  20
boiler:
 
gear ratio:  40-60
tires: 
wheelbase: 
weight: 
Baldwin owned by 1967.
1923



chassis
23435

engine


model
740

body
7-pass
23435
image source - The Steam Car, Jul. 07
current owner
AU, 2009
Western Australian Museum
previous owners

horsepower: 
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:

An article on this car appears in The Steam Car, Jul. 2007.  Moving under its own steam, Jan-Feb 2007.
chassis
23478

engine


model
740B

body
7-pass
23478
image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain
current owner
AU, 2015
Tim Deacon
previous owners

horsepower: 20
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase: 
weight:
Houk wire wheels, 18" boiler, Baker burner, propane pilot.
chassis
23479

engine


model
740

body

23479
image source - Light Steam Power, Sep-Oct 60
current owner
AU, 2014
previous owners
Milton Shaw
Clive Hercus
horsepower: 20
boiler:
  
gear ratio:  
tires:  
wheelbase: 
weight:
In pieces as of 2014.
chassis
23548

engine
1877

model
740

body
7-pass
23548
image source - museum
current owner
2002, AU
Nat'l Museum of Australia
previous owners
1993, Phillip Hutchinson, AU
1975, Burton Gould
horsepower: 20
boiler:
  23" x 16"
gear ratio:  40-60
tires: 
wheelbase:130
weight:  4000


chassis
23611

engine


model
740

body

23611
image source - The Steam Car
current owner
1963, AU, 2014
Brian Robinson
previous owners
Sydney Clement
R. M. McKenzie
horsepower:
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:
Imported as chassis, Dodge sedan body mounted.

Hardman record stops at #23593.
chassis


engine


model
740B

body
7-Pass

current owner
AU
previous owners

horsepower: 20
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:  130
weight:


chassis


engine


model


body
touring
23000g
image source - The Steam Automobile, '71 13#3
current owner
unknown
previous owners
1951, Ted Pritchard, AU
horsepower:
boiler:
 
gear ratio:  40-60
tires: 
wheelbase:  130
weight:
Centrelock wire wheels.  Experimental boiler and control system described in Light Steam Power, May-Jun 1955.
1924



chassis
24004

engine


model
750

body
sedan

current owner
NZ, 2009
Dick Bourke
previous owners

horsepower:  20
boiler:
 
gear ratio: 
tires:  
wheelbase: 
weight:  




Now here are some mysteries.  These photos & mentions have turned up in my research, but I can't connect them to current cars.  Can you help?


Steam Automobile, 1958, v1 #1, Owner-driver Frank Lynon, Sydney Clement standing.

2000 VSCC tour - 1904 Stanley - which car is this?
1972, A R Egan owned a 1921 touring, a previous owner lived in Victoria - which car is this?



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