Stanley Register Online - Mountain Wagons  32 cars listed (possible overlap),  5 outside US Home Last update:
1/21/21
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1909 marked the 100th anniversary of the development of the Stanley Mountain Wagon.
Jim Merrick of the Stanley Museum worked on a commemorative publication,
    and the summer 2009 Steam Car Tour in Estes Park attracted
    an unprecedented number of Mountain Wagons to one location.

This page gathers all the Mountain Wagon listings from the Register into one place.
As usual, there is missing information on the current locations of cars, and there is the possibility of duplication.
If you can correct or clarify any of this information, please contact me and I'll update this page promptly.

The Mountain Wagon has a strong grip on the imagination of the Stanley community and is of great interest to the public.
As a result, there have been many outstanding re-creations of the Mountain Wagon built over the years.
Beginning in the early 1970s, famed Stanley restorer and creator Carl Amsley built quite a few of these cars.
He began with 12-passenger cars, then switched to 9-passenger cars as he became less interested in working with heavy 30hp parts.
A signature Amsley touch was the use of demountable rims, painted silver.
Others have built beautiful Mountain Wagons in the years since.
As on this entire site, all Stanleys are included regardless of their builders.

You can help to clear up some of the remaining mysteries of existing Mountain Wagons!
Please see the bottom of this page, where working data and questions are gathered - and help me improve the record!
My thanks to Pat Farrell, Tom Marshall, Mike May, Tim Martin, Jim Keith, James McInnes, Bill Corrin, and Bill Barnes,
    who have already provided considerable clarification to the original collection of information.

    Date to left of name is purchase date, to right of name is known ownership date
chassis
4279

 engine


 model
Z

 year
1908 		4279
image source - Bob Hargraves
 current owner
US, CA, 2019
previous owners
(Indiana)
Carl S. Amsley, 1993
horsepower: 
boiler:  
gear ratio:  
tires:  
wheelbase:
weight:




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 		Amsley's final Model Z re-creation.  Curious choice of wheel diameter.
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1994 Eastern Spring Meet, 1jr

chassis
4441

 engine


 model
Z

 year
1908
4441
image source - personal collection
current owner
US, FL, 2010
previous owners
Thomas Sullivan
Willis Abel
Carl S. Amsley
horsepower: 25
boiler: 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:



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 		Condensing rear axle & pumps.  Built by Amsley & Daryl Kendall in 1982.
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1982 AACA Sr.
2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware
chassis
4745

 engine


 model
Z

 year
1909 		4745
image source - current owner
current owner
2014, AU, 2016
previous owners
Noel Cather
Robert Holmes à Court, AU
Carl S. Amsley, 1980
horsepower: 30
boiler:  28" x 16"
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase: 133
weight:
Amsley re-creation, probably completed in 1980.   Perhaps the only one he made without demountable rims..
chassis
4748

 engine


 model
Z

 year
1909
1909w
image source - personal collection
current owner
US, ME, 2011
previous owners
Willis Abel
Carl S. Amsley
horsepower:
boiler: 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:




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 		9 passenger. Typical Amsley re-creation with silver demountable rims.  Beautiful photo in Automobile Quarterly, v25 #1.
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2004 Ormond Beach
2007 Steam Car Tour, Wilmington, DE
2008 Steam Car Tour, Bennington, VT
chassis
5029

 engine


 model
Z

 year
1909

current owner
unknown
previous owners
Carl S. Amsley, 1991
horsepower: 30
boiler:  26" x 16"
gear ratio: 
tires:  36 x 4.5 ss
wheelbase: 118
weight:
According to Tom Marshall, all 9-passenger cars are re-creations.
chassis
5088

 engine


 model
Z

 body
mtn wagon
1909p
image source - The Steam Car, April 2006 		current owner
2018, US
Bill Larson
previous owners
Thomas J. Sullivan III, 2018
Carl S. Amsley
 horsepower:
boiler: 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:



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 		One of Amsley's many Model Z re-creations, shown here in "pickup truck" configuration.  Participated in the Great Race, 1987 & 1988 - see Charlie Del Marco.  Redone by Daryl Kendall after the Great Race.
- - -
1987 Hershey
2002 AACA Sr
2006 Ormond Beach
chassis


engine
K-155

 model
Z

 year
1909

current owner
1991, US, NY
previous owners
 Don Bourdon
horsepower: 30
boiler:  26" x 16"
gear ratio:  40-60
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight: 3800
New body and mostly complete when sold in 1991.
chassis


engine


 model
Z

 year
1909 		1909h
image source - AntiqueTractors forum
 current owner
1997, US, PA, 2008
previous owners


 horsepower:
boiler: 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:
"Old 97."  A re-creation by Daryl Kendall. 

chassis


engine


 model


 year
1909 		15000b
image source - PrewarCar.com 		current owner
2009, US, ID
previous owners
1981, Conrad Fletcher, 2009
Loren Burch
horsepower: 20
boiler: 
gear ratio:  40-60
tires: 
wheelbase:  136
weight:  3500
A Loren Burch re-creation, steel frame.  Has been referred to as 1915, but is patterned after Model Z..
chassis


engine


 model
86

 year
1911 		1911b
image source - Smogless Days

previous owners
Don Bourdon

horsepower: 20
boiler:  27" x 16"
gear ratio: 40-60
tires:  36 x 4 ss
wheelbase: 140
weight: 4000
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
9-passenger.  Fabricated by owner.  Retired from service.  Made up on a 1917 frame, 30hp boiler and burner, 740 rear end.  Original Stanley seats, hood, and mech. components.  The car was operated for 17yrs. as a licensed jitney in Woodstock, VT.  Authentic restoration is intended.
other notes:
By 2008, this car had been disassembled to source other restorations.
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1964 Steam Car Meet, Woodstock, VT
chassis
6600

 engine
8-94

 model
88

 year
1912
6600
image source - Stanley Mus. Quarterly, Win. 06 		current owner
US, MI, 2009
previous owners
Phil Lewis, 2005
1984, Stanley Steam Tour Co.
R. Paynter & C. Frank Hix, Jr
William Shekooley, CA, 1978
Carl S. Amsley
Brent Campbell
1969, Carl S. Amsley
Robert L. Lyon
horsepower: 30
boiler:  26" x 14"
gear ratio: 
tires:  35 ss
wheelbase: 132
weight:  4450






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Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Assembled by Amsley in 1970.  Used in the summers as a tour bus & for charter.
other notes:
Amsley purchased car from Lyon; many original 1912 features.  Amsley's later 12-passenger Mountain Wagon re-creations probably patterned after this car.  Previously labeled as #7001 and #7288.
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2006 Ormond Beach
2007 Steam Car Tour, Delaware
chassis
6695

 engine
8-325

 model
810

 year
1912 		6695
image source - Club Hot Rod, Larry M
current owner
4/82, US, NV, 2021
National Auto Museum
previous owners
Harrah's
1964, Richard J. Pettingell
George Hughes
1912, Stoner's
 horsepower: 30
boiler: 
gear ratio: 
tires:  36 x 5 cl
wheelbase:  136
weight: 3980
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Fully restored.
[listed as 1913]
other notes:
Originally owned by Gettysburg sightseeing company.  Body completed by Hughes, patterned after #6714.  Assembled & restored 1964-66.  Set world's record auto auction price of $31,000 when sold in 1967.  Called 1914 when auctioned.  1968 club Register calls it 1913.  Engine # listed as 398 when Pettingell advertised it in 1965.
chassis
6712

 engine


 model
88

 body
mtn wagon
current owner
2010, US, WA, 2021
Grant Schumaker
previous owners
Joyce Coons, CA
Clarence Coons, CA
horsepower: 
boiler:  
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:
All original hardware and castings, 1/3 of body original.  95% complete,  restoration underway.
chassis
6714

 engine


 model
88

 body
mtn wagon
6714
image source - StanleySteamers.com
Car of Record
current owner
2013, US, TX
Richard Wilken
previous owners
 Allen Blazick
Robert Reilly
Charles DelMarco
Mercersburg Academy
T. C. Marshall, Jr.
T. C. Marshall
John Herbst
Lindley Bothwell, 1948
horsepower: 30
boiler:  19" x 14"
gear ratio:  40-70
tires: 
wheelbase: 136
weight:
Walkaround video here
chassis


engine
140

 model
88

 body
mtn wagon
current owner
1996, AU, 2021
James McInnes
previous owners
Alan Kelso
Carl Amsley
1962, Louis M. Wyman, 1993
horsepower: 30
boiler:  24" x 18"
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Unrestored.  The car was purchased in Steamboat Springs, CO.  It was used on a ranch as a truck.  A few of the parts are incorrect such as the boiler and the tanks.

other notes:
New body has been constructed patterned after the original.
chassis
7004

 engine


 model
810

 year
1913 		7004
image source - StanleySteamers.com 		current owner
1996, US, CA, 2009
previous owners
11/13/67, Gilmore Mus., 1993
R. J. Pettingell
Fred E. Hunt, 1964

horsepower: 20
boiler:  26"
gear ratio:  40-70
tires:  35 x 5
wheelbase: 136
weight: 2800
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1999 Mt. Washington Centennial
chassis
7013

 engine


 model


 year
1913 		7013
image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain 		current owner
BE
previous owners
1977, Jan Brinksma, NL
Bob Garlock
horsepower:
boiler: 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:
Garlock constructed in 1969-70.
chassis
7019

 engine
351
model
810

 year
1913 		07019
image source - Bulb Horn, Sep-Oct 1976
 		current owner
US, CA, 2021
previous owners
Pete Bechtel
1976, Carl Amsley,1991
Mike May
Robert Boudeman

 horsepower: 30
boiler:  26" x 16"
gear ratio:  40-60
tires: 
wheelbase:  136
weight:
May owned in 1970s as basket case, complete.  Amsley restored just before the 1976 Woodstock steam car meet. 12 passenger.   Note pilot tank mounted high and forward, small headlights mounted low.
chassis
7114

 engine
8-80

 model
812

 year
1913 		7114
image source - The Steam Automobile, '83 v25#1
current owner
07/19, US, CA, 2021
previous owners
2009, Grant Schumaker, 2019
2001, Norm Shanklin, 2009
Don A. Bourdon, 2001
 horsepower: 30
boiler:  26" x 16"
gear ratio:  50-70
tires: 
wheelbase:  136
weight: 4000
Built by Bourdon about 1980.  Video of car in operstion is here.  (As a Stanley driving instructor, I feel compelled to take issue with the statement that flames on top and in front are "normal with a Stanley".  Stanley operation does not require any fire outside the burner.)
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1979 Steam Car Meet, Lakeville.
chassis
7300

 engine


 model


 year
1913 		7300
image source - Motor Cities 		current owner
unknown
previous owners
Norman Miller, 2001
Imperial Palace Auto Collection, 1991
Carl Amsley
horsepower: 30
boiler: 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase: 
weight:
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
(* not verified by owner)
 [states engine #7300]

other notes:
740 engine
chassis
7581

 engine


 model


 year
1914 		7581
image source - collection
current owner
unknown
previous owners
Joseph A. Hardy III, 2009
Willis Abel

 horsepower:
boiler: 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:
Amsley re-creation.
12 passenger, 1912-14 fenders, 1914 serial #.  Earlier brass lamps, mounted high.  Advertised in 2009 as 1909 Model Z.

chassis
7754

 engine
8-179

 model
812

 year
1914 		7754
image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain 		current owner
1/03, GB, 2017
previous owners
Bryan Richmond-Dodd, GB
10/90, Barry Herbert, GB
Carl S. Amsley

horsepower: 30
boiler:  26" x 16"
gear ratio:  40-70
tires:  36 x 5 ss
wheelbase:  136
weight:  5300
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Mint condition.  Restored in the spring of 1989.  National 1st (AACA), Spring, 1989. [lists engine #8-601]
other notes:
Amsley re-creation.
GB reg. DS 8768
- - -
1990 AACA Sr
1999 Mt. Washington Centennial
chassis


engine
8-426

 model
812

 year
1914

previous owners
Jim Keith
2/89, Alex J. Joyce
Carl S. Amsley
Louis R. Biondi
horsepower: 30
boiler:  23" x 16"
gear ratio:  50-70
tires:  36 x 5 ss
wheelbase: 136
weight:  3900 		Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Under restoration.  Original body.  Possibly a late 1913.  Car has forged loops to hold axle snubber straps which is a 1914 feature.  The car is from Centerville, NH originally.
other notes:
Amsley kept serial number for use on another mountain wagon; engine went to a re-creation; remaining parts went elsewhere.
chassis


engine


 model


 year
1914 		1914e
image source - Maine Memory Network 		current owner
US, ME, 2021
Seal Cove Auto Museum
previous owners
 Richard Paine
 horsepower:  30
boiler: 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:



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chassis
15037

 engine
model
820

 body
mtn wagon
15037
image source - SmugMug, bergailo
current owner
2011, US, DE, 2021
Friends of Auburn Heights
previous owners
 Thomas C. Marshall, Jr., 2010
9/46, T. Clarence Marshall
George Monreau
(New Hampshire)
Litchfield Shuttle Co.

 horsepower:  30
boiler:  26" x 16"
gear ratio:  40-75
tires:  37 x 5 ss
wheelbase:  136
weight: 






*
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Restored, used a lot.  When purchased in 1946, driven from MA to DE.  Restored '47 and '75.  Hauled most people of any Stanley ever.
other notes:
New copper tube boiler in 1998, last boiler built by C. S. Amsley.  Replacement wheels to original size in 2011.  Still happily hauling guests in 2016.
- - -
1948 Glidden Tour
1956 Steam Car Meet, Schwenksville
chassis
15038

 engine


 model
820

 body
mtn wagon
15038
image source - personal collection
Car of Record
current owner
2014, US, MI
OFF Brothers
previous owners
2011, Charles LeMaitre
1985, Robert Collings
Harry Resnick
1956, Robert M. Chambers
1952, Thomas C. Marshall
1944, James Melton
1940, Jesse Z. Feese
 horsepower:
boiler: 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase: 
weight:




*
 		Possibly the only Model 820 with original Stanley-built body.  Older restoration.
Melton tried for over two years to purchase from Feese.  Sold at Melton sale in 1952.  Marshalls installed boiler and burner.
chassis
15074

 engine


 model
820

 year
1915 		15000f
image source - Tim Martin
current owner
2018, US, FL
Marvin Feldman
previous owners
 1982, Don A. Bourdon, 2018
1942, Russell Durrand
Rocky Mountain Transp. Co.
horsepower: 20
boiler:  26" x 16"
gear ratio:  40-80
tires: 
wheelbase: 
weight: 4600


chassis


engine
8-399

 model


 body
mtn wagon
15000a
image source - picasaweb, David
current owner
US, CO, 2021
Dougherty Museum
previous owners
A. C. Boyle
 horsepower:  30
boiler:  30" x 16"
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:  136
weight: 


chassis


engine


 model


 year
1915 		15000e
image source - current owner
current owner
US, NJ, 2009
previous owners

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

chassis
16305

 engine


 model
826

 body
mtn wgn
16305
image source - personal collection
Car of Record
current owner
2011, US, MA, 2018
Charles LeMaitre
previous owners
2009, Bob Sullivan
Packard Bros.
1916, William R. Poulan, MA
horsepower:  30
boiler:  
gear ratio:  
tires:  
wheelbase:  
weight: 
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
[not in 1991 Register]

other notes:
Complete, unrestored, recovered from barn in 2009.
chassis
16813

 engine
8-433

 model
826

 year
1916 		16813
image source - Pat Farrell 		current owner
5/2019, US, WA, 2021
Grant Schumaker
previous owners
 1998, Pat Farrell, 5/2019
1966, R. D. Moore
1922, C. M. Moore
Fred Lewis, original owner
 horsepower:  30
boiler:  26" x 16"
gear ratio:  50-80
tires:  36 x 5
wheelbase:  136
weight: 5500









*
Sprague Register 1991 notes:
Sold as chassis when new.  Hauled workers on Diamond Bar Ranch; to C. M. Moore,' 22, used to haul welding equip. until '29.  Restored by C.M.M.,'58-9.  Steel frame designed with the provision for two boilers.  Engine support modified.  Baker boiler.
other notes:
An article on Moore's restoration appears in Light Steam Power, May-June 1962.  Latest restoration includes meticulous recreation of authentic body.
- - -
2006 Ormond Beach
2006 Amelia Island Concours
chassis


engine


 model
735B

 year
1918
18000b
image source - Steam Car Club of Great Britain 		current owner
2007, GB
previous owners
2004, Simon Caudwell, GB
2003, Alex Beamer
Bert Harrison
Tracy Porter
horsepower:
boiler: 
gear ratio: 
tires: 
wheelbase:
weight:
Porter installed a homemade 9-passenger body on the 735 chassis with condenser in the 1960s.  Newly constructed Mountain Wagon body acquired by Harrison, car completed in non-condensing style in Great Britain.

Working data

A number of inquiries are still awaiting response, but here are a few definite loose ends.

The 1961 Register of Antique Automobiles shows a 1912 Mountain Wagon, fully restored, owned by T. Pabst.
    Which car is this?
In 1972, Joel E. Finn advertised a Mountain Wagon for sale.
    Which car is this?
In 2000, a Mountain Wagon was under construction in Ireland.  Ever completed?
In 2004, a 1912-1913 Mountain Wagon was advertised in Elyria, OH, "complete but needs work".
    Which car is this?

Numerous mentions have appeared of  Mountain Wagons owned by Carl Amsley.
Listed below, it's difficult to connect them to the existing cars; any help would be appreciated.
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1970 Hershey, 1913,  2jr
1971 Eastern Spring Meet, 1913, 2jr, pic [#6600]
HMN, Oct 73, 1913 12p excellent $20,000 [advertisement]
1976 Eastern Spring Meet, 1913, 1jr [#7019]
1980 Eastern Spring Meet, 1909, 1jr, [4745]
1982 Eastern Spring Meet, 1909, 1jr, #4441
1987 Hershey, 1909 Z, 1jr, #5573 [not in Register, don't know which Z this was]
1989 Eastern Spring Meet, 1914, 1jr, #7754
HMN, Aug 89, 1914 12p, mint [advertisement] [probably #7754]
1990 Eastern Spring Meet, 1914, 1sr, #7754
1994 Eastern Spring Meet, 1jr, #4279
Stanley Museum Quarterly, Dec 94 [advertisement]
  1913, 12p, 40 hp boiler, $85,000
  1914, rough, restoration started $25,000
HMN, Dec 94 thru Feb 95, 1914, restoration started, $24,500 [advertisement]
HMN, Mar 95, 1909 9p, restored 1994, $85,000 [advertisement] [probably #4279]
HMN, Oct 95, 1909 9p $80,000 [advertisement] [probably #4279]
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