Stanley Register Online

Stanley Register Online - AU & NZ

32 cars listed (possible overlap)

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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	image source - Light Steam Power, Mar-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	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	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	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	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	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	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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