Talk:Stanley Steamer

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Why is the Stanley Steamer Company listed separately...? --squadfifteen

I was interested to read the statement about the Stanleys denouncing the IC engine as an "internal explosion" engine, and the interpretation that they were implying that an "internal explosion" engine could actually explode. I had always understood the term "internal explosion" to be a dig at the method of power generation in an IC engine by exploding a combustible gas mixture in the cylinders, implying that it would be less smooth than the more gradual expansion of steam. Could you please cite your source for your interpretation? --emmanuel

the article does not cite the location(s) of the factory; where were they built? Jonathan Versen 07:58, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

 Stanleys were made in Newton, Massachusetts (near Boston).  I don't know where Locomobile was.  They only produced for a little while, until the Stanley boys got itching to build steamers again, and so comepletely redesigned and improved their car so as to circumvent the patents Locomobile had bought, causing them to quit productiion, and the Stanleys to begin again.
 The fact that they had no "more" than 20 Hp. is comparing apples to oranges. Stanley

steam piston-type engines work by torque, which was tremendous, and the same at any speed, even stopped--not handcuffed to RPM like a gas engine is. A BHP is then rated as 550 ft/lb per SECOND--NOT relevant to Stanleys, as I said. ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.235.149 (talk) 22:47, 18 October 2007 (UTC)