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The Incomparable White Steam Car

After working on whites for some years I decided that I should tackle some of the jobs that people said was impossible, the cranks had ball races ground into the crank and the outer race ground into the rods, when they wear they are impossi

Last reply by Chris · 1d

Modern Steam Control

Open this link to a modern approach to controlling a monotube generator, My brother and myself decided to have a go at a record attempt with this bike, we did 80mph and over 100mph on the dyno later, we discovered that we could do 140ish wi

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Last reply by Royale835Sedan · 2d

keeping the cars mobile when the engine and transmission are out

I was concerned how much of a nuisance it was going to be having immovable cars parked , I decided to take some heavy wall tubing and make so temporary axles to keep the cars movable, ali hubs with ball races and threaded RH and LH to take

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Last reply by Chris · 1w

Introductions?

My name is A.J. SanClemente and I've been a steam fan for a while. My buddy has had a couple of steam cars and I've got to play around with him in them. The Doble is the top of the mountain and I look forward to whatever content can be coll

Last reply by Chris · 1w

F30 Arrives

The second Doble arrives for some TLC

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Last reply by Chris · 1w

The Lane Steam Car

I have only been paying attention to steam cars for about 10 years. But in that time this is the only Lane I have seen for sale. This is the second time it has come to market recently, the other being in 2023. The Lane steam car was an Amer

Last reply by alsancle · 2w

Steaming a Stanley vs a Doble

Interesting video I found on youtube comparing a Stanley to a Doble. I believe it was 2 minutes for the Doble vs 17 for the Stanely. I wish they showed the Doble driving like they did with the Stanley. Any thoughts from the experts on here?

Last reply by alsancle · Sep 16

Pic of F-30 while being built in Doble factory in 1930!!!

Check this out.. a pic of my car, F-30 while being built in 1930! Also som pics of the first owner as well a few pages mentioning this car in Abner Doble's calendar/daily planner!

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Last reply by DuesyGuy · Sep 6

Floyd Clymer's STEAM CAR book mentions my Doble F-30

I just noticed this in the Floyd Clymer's STEAM CAR book.. Pretty cool that Abner Doble was showing off the car to Boeing employees!

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Last reply by alsancle · Aug 27

Buick-Doble Conversion

I found two photos that I believe are of the same car. The cutaway car is noted as being a Buick-Doble conversion and the assembled sedan photo is noted as being F32. The notes on them are as follows: "1931 Buick-Doble conversion. Converted

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Last reply by Chris · Jul 6