By watching this video on the Stanley, you really come to appreciate just how advanced the Doble steam cars were.

@wholeNwon

6 жыл бұрын

They were really astounding. There used to be two of them in our town but the owner preferred his Stanleys.

@ctuan13

6 жыл бұрын

Really?? I mean I just can't understand why, unless it was the styling and design he preferred.

@doktorbimmer

6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the Doble was obsolete on arrival

"I'm surprised the gas cars got a foothold at all!' Classic Jay

In my opinion, being able to have a steam whistle on your car justifies all of the other crap you have to go through to run it ;)

@gregjpcormier550

9 жыл бұрын

agreed!

@cjbalke8691

9 жыл бұрын

crazyfvck Oh, most definitly

@crazyfvck

9 жыл бұрын

CJ Balke :)

@sciprio1

9 жыл бұрын

crazyfvck Well you can have the first (steam) without the second (crap) just buy a Doble series steam car.

@paulstandeven8572

4 жыл бұрын

@@sciprio1 'Just buy a Doble' - there were 25 made in the mid 1920s, and of those, 5 are in running condition. Two of them owned by Jay Leno. There are perhaps one or two people in the world with the skills needed to get one to running condition. So not very easy..... If what you want is a car with a steam whistle, then get an air compressor and have someone make you a steam whistle. Then have some fun at level crossings, as the Stanley brothers used to do.

I'm an aviation engineer, and I appreciate what it takes to make precision parts to make a vehicle, and when I see these videos I'm considering the sheer level of skill, without computers, that went into all this. I purposely do things with a slide rule just so I can build up my meager skills in order to pretend to even match the guys that made marvelous vehicles like this.

@jonhall3151

5 ай бұрын

Amen and well said!

9:00 "In these cars you don't do burnouts. You impress people by just your ability to just pull away."

"Only took an hour to go 4 miles." Isn't that in LA? That's actually impressive.

@michaelmartin9022

5 жыл бұрын

He used to commute in an early Model T, because it was no faster than the rest of the traffic!

@larrythecableguy7285

5 жыл бұрын

People in a lambo see the steam car: da heeeeeeeck

Jay talks on the video about putting water on wooden wheels to get them tight enough to drive . My family has built wooden wheels for three generations and putting water on a loose wooden wheel is a no no, it swells the wheel yes, but like a plant growing between a rock it can break or stretch rim because of the water tension in the wood, and when the wheel dries it can become even looser than before. If you want to do something good for your wooden wheels soak them in hot linseed oil, or on a hot sunny day paint your wheels with 2/3 boiled Linseed oil, and 1/3 turpentine. The thin turpentine oils will get in the cracks and will swell the wheels and replace lost oils the wood has lost over time, and when it dries to a vanish like finish the wood will be tight & repel water. Just a word of advise from an old wheelwright.

@MrWolfSnack

5 жыл бұрын

Linseed oil soaks into the pores and makes the wood more rubbery and flexible, yes, able to take impact shocks and absorb it better. I used linseed oil treatment on an antique early 1900's wooden carpet sweeper to help rejuvenate the super dry wood without having to replace it entirely. I was then able to work with the wood and get the sweeper nailed back together without the wood crumbling in my hands, it also helped get the dirt out of the wood too.

@brotangyoust9252

4 жыл бұрын

I'll probably never need to but I'm glad I now know what to do if I ever do😎. Cheers man

@johnjones4825

4 жыл бұрын

Ethylene glycol is pretty impressive too. I have used it on a lot of loose hammer shafts. It swells the wood just as water does, but it doesn't evaporate so once the wood is swollen, it stays that way. Not a single loose hammer shaft in my workshop...

I like this very much. Thanks, Jay! My late father (born 1913) used to speak of Stanley Steamers as though they were the Holy Grail - something, indeed, with limitless performance! But perhaps he was comparing it with, his first car as a married man; a clapped-out 1927 Austin 7 with the need of fuller's earth in the gearbox (!) and a slipping clutch (a man on a bicycle overtook him on a hill!) and a cruising speed of 22mph (Bald tyres, shot inner tubes, petrol rationing and other post-WW2 austerity measures), that it took us (mum, dad & toddler me) FOUR DAYS to travel from Auckland to Dannevirke, dad having to mend numerous punctures on the side of the road, the while! Non-Kiwis may like to Google Earth that journey.

@brotangyoust9252

4 жыл бұрын

I'm up at the summit between Napier and taupo and this roads pretty good now but back then she would a been a goat track. When the road was 1st put thru she was a 3-4 day trip just to cover this stretch!!!.

watching the Doble: wow that's amazing how come we stopped doing steam cars? watching the Stanley: oh that's why

Jay Leno is a true car enthusiast. He doesn't discriminate against any make or model.

My Favorite Steam car Video, I've seen this video over 20 times

@CycloneCyd

5 жыл бұрын

I saw one in the Warwickshire countryside, quite by chance: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYelsrmcfJPRobQ.html

@paulnadratowski3942

4 жыл бұрын

James Belcher i love the steam cars

@sherriecaskie3111

4 жыл бұрын

It never gets old!

I love Jay's sarcasm in this one!

Love the Coachwork, the colour choice, the starting procedure and, yes, the horn :) And the slight, slight modern touch of its front doors.

I love this stuff. My wife is a little mad, been binge watching ever since I subscribed.

That car is totally worth it just for the horn! A beautiful piece of motoring history.

I love how you know how to operate pretty much any car regardless of what it is. I could see most people quitting before getting that car to start.

You know, I've watched four or five steam car videos and I am truly astonished. The technology and the amount of engineering skill put into making these is just amazing. A couple of days ago I knew absolutely nothing about steam cars, a couple of hours later I know I want a steam car :-) It's just amazing how it's put together. I'd like to thank everybody in the J-L Garage team for restoring these cars and the people who made and uploaded the video - Thank you very, very much!

One of my alltime Favorite Web sites.. A real treasure. Thanks from an old flywheel engine guy.

This was great. Also clearly explains why by 1922 steam cars had lost the competition with IC engine powered vehicles. But I'm glad these steam cars are being preserved and driven, just like is being done with steam locomotives. Thanks for showing us this bit of history.

Back when people took pride in everything they did includeing starting their cars...there we go!!! LOL :) Priceless

My Grandfather (UK) completed an apprentiship with Rolls Royce to build wooden wheels. Unfortunatly for him RR moved to wire wheels. Never mind the skills that he had learned eventually enabled him to get work as an FE (Further Education) lecturer in the woodwork department. He continued in that rôle for the rest of his working life. His work with hardwoods was splendid. Thanks for the video Jay.

Of course you can't compare this to a Doble, or to any modern combustion car, but still this is just a thing of beauty, just an amazing achievement of mechanical engineering, just think in all the inventions over the centuries of human history that drove humanity to be able to build something like this.

This is one of the most beautiful cars from this era in my opinion.

Jay, I love the 1922 Stanley. I never really knew much about these cars. This is really interesting! I learn so much from your videos. You are a pleasure to listen to.

Jenkins, prepare my car. I wish to go driving in the country in 2 days!

I hope every one understands youtube could be around for the next 500 to who knows when and what a global public service you are providing. Knowing this, the videos bring to tears with each one. We are truly blessed with what you do, thank you. Don in Angelica, NY

Beautiful automobile, the coachwork was magnificent !!!

The thing I love about Jay Leno's Garage the most is how educational they are. I'm an engineer, and I learn something by watching these videos. Arguably one of the best shows on KZread.

A good car for your Sunday afternoon drives ❤

I wish I was as passionate about anything as Jay is about cars.

That clip of the flame burst from pilot light on the red Stanley has me in stitches every time. That " there ya go " is the responce of a comedic car enthusiast at its purest. I'd love to wander around and under everything in that building for days.

That steam whistle on a car is awesome! I want to put one on my Wrangler!!

Nothing makes me more happy that seeing a person that " has money" share what he has with the world.. THANKS JAY... I find my self watching your videos and enjoying your cars just as much as you do from watching the videos. YOUR THE BEST and thanks for sharing your car collection with US.. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.... I love your cars and I love that you share them with the world! Dave in houston

great sounding doors. I could hear them all day.

Stanley steamer makes your home cleaner

@ApartmentKing66

4 жыл бұрын

How original.

@milesromanus7041

3 жыл бұрын

I don't see how but ok

I know that this is a old video but hopefully somebody sees my comment! PLEASE DO A JLG ON THE BUS IN THE BACKGROUND!! Also other trucks and buses from that era! Old bikes and super cars are cool but.....

4:55 "she should be ready to drive,although we still have to put water in the boiler" dam funny

I always marvel at what it must've been like to live in the steam era. I do find steam power most interesting and wish that personal automotive transportation would've stuck with it.

Now no worries about a steam car starting up in the winter time. Jay Leno would have made a great teacher.

Wonderful! Thank you Jay for maintaining this classic and sharing it with us.

Jo Stafford singing "The Stanley Steamer" always makes me smile. Has to be one of the most fun advertising songs ever.

Jay, the rubber gasket was missing from the water hose!

That backfire is always fun to see :D Love these steam car videos.

Amazing video. You are doing a fantastic job with this show Mr. Leno.

@paulhorn2665

8 жыл бұрын

+Swag Ali Entertainment Thats maybe the only (practically) good thing on old Stanley steamers. The thief would be burnt or boiler scorches, because he forget the water. So very save to own one :-)

@SwagAli

8 жыл бұрын

Paul Horn Ha! These were so far before my time that I am completely fascinated by them. I honestly had no idea how a steamer even worked before watching Jay's video, incredible! At least they were safe from thieves haha

@paulhorn2665

8 жыл бұрын

Swag Ali Entertainment Yes far before our time. But I know someone who one one, but as a cabrio and he told me some stories and we started the car, like Leno did and I saw him drive away. Amazing.

Going back and watching all of Jay's videos that are here on KZread... Enjoying each and every one of them!

Yes Jay, it takes patience to drive and old steam car like that unlike people today seem to have...... anymore.

In the early part of the 20th century, many people would have been used to having to catch and then harness the horse. 30 minutes to get a horse-less carriage under way must have seemed like a miracle.

"Designed to get you to work On Time!". An advertisement claim probably never made by Stanley.

@paulgracey4697

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Kadinger Actually in its day the Stanley was part of the 'long hood' line of expensive cars like the Packards. Executives, with executive hours had no problem. They often left the chore of all that preparation to their chauffeur.

@twistedyogert

5 жыл бұрын

I hope they paid them well. I wouldn't want half my face burned off by exploding vapors.

@ApartmentKing66

4 жыл бұрын

@Dave Pawson That's what I was thinking. It'll get you to work on time...provided you prep the car the day before.

This is seriously one sexy car

I would like to see the whole shut down procedure. That would make a nice addition to this video. Thanks for sharing!

I f you want to steal it, you're going to need a trailer. Or a lot of knowledge.

@mesofius

4 жыл бұрын

that was actually their selling point

@mikebarat1950

3 жыл бұрын

And the owner/owners of the car would have to be out of town for least a week.

@robertmcduck6712

3 жыл бұрын

Sense more and more americans dont know how to drive a manual transmission car its fairly unlikely to have a robber who can actually drive this or a different steam car away.

@Dasu_frl

2 жыл бұрын

got it, thanks @Daijyobanai

Jay Leno and Kermit Weeks, both allow us into their world..sharing their passion in cars..or aircraft!

I don't care how long not takes to get this Stanley rolling. She's still a great old gal!

@wholeNwon

6 жыл бұрын

Then back in the day, you might have been a Stanley customer. Of course, they cost about 10X as much as the comparable Ford. But it's only money, right?

Watching the "Steam Powered Vehicles" playlist, and I'm pretty sure I've heard "As you know, water isn't a lubricant" about 100 times now. :-D

@wholeNwon

6 жыл бұрын

Same here.

Could you make a video on that bus behind the Stanley at 2:37?

Informative and funny at the same time. I love the old steam cars but what a palava!!

Pure artwork, a really wonderful car.

@mesofius

4 жыл бұрын

100 year old piece of art

Only Jay would have a Stanley Steamer in his Collection..A True CAR GUY!..and I thought my 1977 Trans Am was Hot..LOL..Yea me and Burt Reynolds....

Used to fancy a steamer,but i don't anymore, thanks Jay.

Dear Jay: Heya, man! Going to keep this pretty short and simple. I've been working on a design for a brand-new type of engine I think could stand of bringing steam back in a big way. It's actually a generator designed for hybrid cars, kind of spiritually derived from a combination of the Doble, a combined-cycle jet engine and another little innovation of mine...the lynchpin of the whole design that makes the whole thing work. I'm looking at a better than 90 percent efficiency when paired with the new axial-flow turbine setup I designed. And it would inherently be one of the cleanest-burning engines on Earth, with no exhaust after-treatment or smog equipment required. It's cheap, light, fairly compact, durable, has about a dozen moving parts, and will run on pretty much any liquid hydrocarbon. And yes, this is completely original...I've researched the Hell out of it. The closest thing to it now is a combined cycle jet engine, and that's an easy ten generations behind this design. It's got all of the benefits of steam, with almost none of the drawbacks. I really think this could be the future of hydrocarbon-fueled engines...maybe keeping them viable indefinitely, if we can transition to biofuels. Right now, I'm a little short on people to trust...I don't want it getting stolen, or buried by some automaker in the secret files forever. I just want to put this technology out there in the world...and at the very least force them to play the cards they've been holding by publicizing it. Jay, you're the Steam Guy. Your guys know the engineering. And you're probably the only other person I know with the vision to see what this thing's capable of, and the means to help get it built and publicized. I'm not looking to make a billion dollars off this thing...I just want to make the future happen. and I think steam power, with this design, could be it. If all we do is build the thing and put up a KZread video to show the world it works, then that would be more than I could have hoped for. I'm going to re-paste this on a few other videos, and hope it gets your attention. And I hope it does. I think you're the one guy who could and would make this thing happen. If you're game, you know how to get hold of me. You can also get a hold of me on Facebook under Richard Rowe, or on Twitter as @invicta1313. Here's hoping you see this, and we can work together soon. Viva la Steam! -- Richard Rowe

@badreality2

6 жыл бұрын

Richard Rowe Any progress?

4:24 “hopefully it does not blow up in your face … whoosh” OMG🦊

@mgabrysSF

Жыл бұрын

why wouldn't that design work over ICE or even Doble - oh right FACE BURNED OFF MAY OCCUR.

"We'll be ready to go by nightfall!"

Anyone notice how the front doors almost resemble modern car doors?

Best show on youtube love it

That's a very nice looking car and I love the shade of green and really all shades of green lol... It's a neat car and looks well built

I love these videos jay. Awesome

I Always like your steam cars they're awesome 👌

another great video you really explain every thing how many cars have you got it would a great place to visit

Great Vids!! wow what a job to get going..

Gosh what a lot of work preparing everything you come early in the morning be late for work 😂

When I was a kid I had a friend that had the talent to locate old cars for ridicules cheap prices. Every thing from a 1942 Packard to a 1939 Hudson coupe. He would paint each one in some loud color that would never be lost in a parking lot!. He didn't have a compressor or paintgun and he didn't like the brush marks left by a paint brush. So he would use a roller out in his Dad's driveway. With the old air dryed enamel that he used the roller marks would flow out and look pretty damned good.

Great video of a car that was more trouble than a horse!

@wholeNwon

6 жыл бұрын

Guess you never cared for a horse...or harnessed one.

Gives new meaning to the expression “drive it like you stole it”

love this show

Hey Jay, I'll take that old thing off your hands and save you from having to worry with it... Great video, I love your channel. If you are ever on the central east coast of Florida look me up. I'll let you come out and play with my steam powered sawmill.

Ah well... When you live in Northern Europe at takes about just as much time to de ice the windshield and side windows of a modern car before starting.. And then you drive for 2 minutes and everything gets fogged up again on the inside and the outside. Only after about 10 minutes and 5 miles it becomes warm enough not to freeze when sitting in it and have some decent view on the road.

In 1905, a steam car's 15 minute startup wasn't too bad because it took that long to hitch a couple of horses to a wagon. By 1922-25, it was just too long.

Puppy really likes Steam car warming up noises.

Me and my dad have been wanting a steam car for quite a while

Jay seems so much happier then.

Once your familiar with steam, a internal combustion engine is really foriegn. You leave the boiler on overnight. Back in 1922 people didn't sit around they were always moving, no phones or TV or computers. People were alive

@sanfranciscobay

5 жыл бұрын

I remember in Grammar School 1966 and the Catholic Nun Teacher had me stay after school because I did something wrong and was being punished. I was sitting in the classroom and she was correcting papers. The only thing that was moving in the classroom was the clock on the wall, and the big hand would advance once every 1 minute, no second hand. 30 minutes seemed like an eternity.

So every single part of this car is prone to exploding:) Burning down the barn is actually "getting lucky":) I love it:d Racing with these cars had to be like a Saturn 5 experience:)

@wholeNwon

6 жыл бұрын

There are no records of any Stanley "exploding", if you're referring to a boiler explosion.

@pivkaaa

6 жыл бұрын

I believe that in some steam car episode Jay explicitly named all things that could go wrong and exploding was one of them:) But he may have been talking about exploding pilot fuel? dunno, but I can imagine that the boiler could explode..

@wholeNwon

6 жыл бұрын

Stanleys had fire tube boilers. The tubes were braised at both ends. If the safety features were all disabled or failed for some reason, the weakest of the hundreds of braised points would fail first causing the overall pressure in the boiler to fall rapidly. It would not explode in the usual sense.

I really enjoyed watching, this amazing steam car.. It does take a bit of time, to get the engine going, before the journey.. Preparing a Steam Locomotive, can take up to 2 hours, to get the right steam pressure.. I guess it would less than that, to raise , in this steam car..

Hey Mr. Leno, is that brush paint still the original? AWESOME. Eventually I'll learn how to start a steam car with your interesting videos. Thanks and keep them coming

fun but not practical? sounds like todays super cars :)

@valeriyreiter4199

9 жыл бұрын

slitor But it's not a super car, just old quiet roadtrain)))

The car makes mating sounds..

There's a carpet cleaning company in Houston called Stanleys Steamers... I think this is where they got the name.

Another reason people may have still bought these in 1922 is gasoline probably wasn't available in every place yet, especially rural areas. These can run on any liquid fuel that can be vaporized. Kerosene, heating oil etc.

love them steamers.

Interesting to note the looks of the car are approaching those of the Cadillacs and other Detroit products. At around the same time, electric automobiles were desperately trying to emulate that look as well, indicating that the necessities for IC engines had come to dominate the styles in automotive vogue by then. I once met Jamison Handy, the industrial short film maker( often for GM products) who liked to claim he was the last president of the Detroit Electric Car company. He had been a West Coast dealer when the company went bust, and having been a stock-holder, held a one-person stockholders meeting and named himself to the post with no objections heard. Jamison said that Detroit Electric had used off the shelf "gliders" from car body builders in their last days to save money, but blocked off the place where the radiator was expected to go. As the performance, noise level and reliability of IC cars improved beyond the Electric's instant starting and the Steam Car's quiet, smooth power, the handwriting was on the wall for both.

@Elusive7thElement

8 жыл бұрын

+Paul Gracey Electric might be making a comeback in the near future. Unfortunately, i doubt steam will, and that makes me sad, because despite their relative impracticality, i just love steam vehicles.

Love the history

The howling of these steam cars is some serious nightmare fuel.

Epic video, Jay! I hope you have a good insurance, working on these illtempered things! :)

4:27 Total "Am I missing an eyebrow?" moment!

11:53 An American who has a realistic view about SUVs and pickups? What is this trickery?

@tarstarkusz

3 жыл бұрын

The people who complain about SUVs are people who never drove one and probably don't do any real work for a living. Jay Lenno has a fleet of a hundred cars and he's talking about efficiency? His garage uses more energy than my house and car combined.

@avada0

3 жыл бұрын

@@tarstarkusz Or you know, people with sense. It's more people who buy those morbid, expensive hulks that didn't do any "real" work.

@tarstarkusz

3 жыл бұрын

@@avada0 No, they are people who work in offices completely removed from physical work. Most people who buy pick-up trucks do physical work and need them. Admittedly, the SUV crowd is probably more office dwellers. Why do you just assume that anyone with a pick-up or SUV just don't have any sense? Maybe they NEED one. You just watched on video on what has to be one of the most inefficient cars ever built.

@avada0

3 жыл бұрын

​@@tarstarkusz "Maybe they NEED one." A precious few. And I highly doubt that anyone apart from scarce exceptions anyone need and use for work have overpriced abominations like the F series or Ram. Besides there are stuff like a youtube car reviewer (I think it was Doug DeMuro) talking about "oh pretty much everyone buys pick-ups around here". Plus, nowhere F-ing else do pick-ups seel near as much or at all like they do in North America. Strangely no-one else needs them for "work".

@avada0

3 жыл бұрын

@@tarstarkusz Those small trucks that are actually owned for work look similar to this: rollingtons.hu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2018-03-29_120745DN2P.jpg

Beautiful car. This video has me steamed up.

Now we know that Jay Leno was single-handedly responsible for the California drought.

@wholeNwon

4 жыл бұрын

All the water eventually goes back into the atmosphere.

Everything I know from steam cars ...I learned from Jay Leno on KZread

LOL I was just thinking "hmm tubes of hot pressurized gasoline in a 90 year old car... sounds like a disaster waiting to happen" - And then my thought were confirmed!

LOVE this steam car stuff, keep them coming! Do you have any turn of the century Electric cars?