SACANW Chapter  Officers:

President: Eric Gleason 704 Case Street, The Dalles, Oregon, 97058 email: gleason@netcnct.net Secretary/Treasurer/Editor: Pat Farrell, 6647 Bridgewater Lane, Sedro Woolley, WA 98284 360-856-1294 e-mail rpfarrell@wavecable.com

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The NW Chapter of SACA newsletter is sent out the first week of each season of the year. Cost of our hardcopy newsletter is $5 a year. Cyberspace delivery is free to NW region SACA members.

Our mission is to perpetuate the use of the steam automobile and to share information pertaining to them.

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Events:

August 12, '06 (Saturday); The SACANW business meeting at 12 noon at the Steam Car display at the Saint Helens NWSS steam boat meet in Oregon. Contact Eric Gleason at 503-658-2636 for more information.

August 11-13,'06 Saint Helens, Oregon NWSS steamboat meet Contact:

Myles Twete
    4936 SE Flavel Drive
    Portland, OR 97206
    Telephone: 503-267-6465
    Email: matwete@comcast.net

September 14-16^th, 2005

Berrin Springs Steam Meet, 9^th Annual Great Lakes Steam Vehicle Time Trials, Berrien Springs. South Haven, Michigan.

All steam car owners/interested parties are invited to participate; Steam car rides-demonstrations-knowledgeable speakers; bring a vehicle or just come for the fun! Camping will be available. Time trial winners will be awarded trophies and cash prizes. Sponsorships are available for steam vehicles which qualify by pre-registering and actually running in the trials. There will be separate classes-----including an antique class. We're considering organizing a min-tour around the South Haven area----if there is enough interest. For further information, contact Frankie Fruge (954) 943-8721 or Chuck Williams (941) 496-9290

Which oil for the Condensing cars?

By Pat Farrell

Having been asked several times about condensing car lubrication, I referenced the Stanley Dealer Bulletins for answers.

The heavy-bodied superheat steam cylinder oil used in the model 740, should be thinned 50/50 with paraffin (kerosene) so it can be used in the model 735 type plunger type oil pumps by as recommended by John Goold Steam Engineers.

On Stanley Dealer Bulletin number 206 it states: 

The model 740 is equipped with a new type of lubricator which pumps a much smaller amount of oil. 

The oil used is Atlantic 20th Century Cylinder Oil, a heavy-bodied, superheat steam cylinder oil. 

Do not confuse the Atlantic 20th Century Cylinder Oil with the thin-compound diluted cylinder oils (Atlantic Stanley Cylinder Oil) such as are used in the Model 735 and earlier models. 

In delivering Model 740s to customers, you cannot impress upon them too forcibly that the model 735 thin-bodied, diluted cylinder oil used with the 740 lubricator will not lubricate the engine. 

Stanley Dealer Bulletin number 208 continues with:

Owners of condenser cars of models up to and including 735 and 736 must continue to use Atlantic Stanley Cylinder Oil for their engines.

  They should not use Atlantic 20th Century Cylinder Oil which is thick, heavy-bodied, undiluted oil, and is provided for the model 740.  If this heavy oil is used in the earlier condenser cars which require thin diluted oil, it will give excessive lubrication, which while it will do no harm to the engine, but will have injurious effect on water pumps, condenser, boiler, etc. 

The new lubricator has been well received and its advantages are increasingly obvious....

The 740 oil box containing the 740 lubricator is mounted in the same place as the former oil box, and is rectangular.  In addition to the box and lubricator, the actuating lever from the pump cross head, the cross bearing, and the indicator, will be needed.  The list price of the equipment needed for the change is $38.70.  We are in position to fill orders promptly.

Stanley Dealer Bulletin number 209 continues with:  

 (the new model 740 lubricator)   The design and construction are fundamental and reliable, permitting the pump to deliver with assurance the small quantity of undiluted oil which is required for lubrication.

The cylinder oil indicator on the dash is a dial with the hand following a semi-circle line, a segment of which is marked "Off" and the remainder "On".  It operates by pressure instead of quantity.

The lubricator runs at a very low speed, i.e. one revolution to 135 revolutions of the engine.  This accounts for the time necessary to build up the required pressure in the oil line and cause it to register on the indicator.  There is a crank at the left of the oil box for hand operation in emergency.  This operates directly; that is, one to one.

As soon as the delivery line is filled, it will be indicated by the hand leaving the pin, and the distance the hand travels will vary with the pressure on the steam line.

Charging the Main Fuel Pressure Tanks with air:

Information taken from the 1917 Stanley operator's manual. The purpose of the pressure tanks is to supply the burner with fuel under pressure, and avoid carrying a pressure on the larger quantity of fuel in the main tank.

While running, more fuel is pumped from the main tank to the pressure tanks by the power pump than the burner requires, and the surplus escapes through the fuel automatic back to the main tank, thus maintaining a constant pressure on the fuel, as shown by the Black Hand on the duplex fuel pressure gauge.

A quantity of air is carried in the pressure tanks in order to maintain a pressure on the fuel while the car is standing. The amount of air required is a matter of volume rather than pressure.

Starting with the tanks empty, that is, full of air at atmospheric pressure, if air is pumped in until the gauge registers 15 pounds, then kerosene is pumped until tank No. 2 is full of kerosene; the gauge will register about forty five pounds. If enough, more air is pumped to fill tank number 1 half full, the gauge will register about 145 pounds. Then one and a half tanks of kerosene can be drawn out, or can be burned, before the gauge pressure will fall to fifteen pounds again, provided there is no leak, and no air is absorbed by the kerosene.

Past Pres. Myles Twete writes:
April '06 I like the newsletter's byline: "Encouraging the restoration and
preservation of antique steam cars.  Promoting the development of modern
steam cars"

Had a good time walking the Portland Swap Meet at Expo Center yesterday.  I
don't think I saw anything steam except for books.  I did find a very early
Weston electric car/boat Ammeter/Voltmeter I had to get...other than that, no big finds...lots of nice cars to look at.

St. Helens, Aug11-13: 11 steamboats signed up at this point---quite a few
for this early----6Wa, 3Or, 1BC.  I expect we'll have at least 24 and as many
as 36 boats.  I'll be looking at the local area roads for steam car routes.
I have one in mind that I shared with Eric.  It's a 3-mile rural drive from
historic St. Helens Olde Towne to Scappoose's pastoral launch ramp area,
then there's a probably very rural 6-10 mile loop that Val and I stumbled on
one night which seemed to never end....just miles of darkness, 2 owls, acres and acres of trees and maybe a farmhouse or two----next thing we knew we were back at the Scappoose Creek Inn...big loop.
-Myles

Editor: This year's SACANW business meeting will be held at the St. Helens Steam meet on Saturday August 12, at 12 noon.. It appears that the steam clinic will not happen this year as our president Eric has been too busy in making a living to arrange one in his area. We will hopefully tour with our steam cars as Myles and Eric have already planned.

Editor: I just received a letter from the Stanley Museum regarding their 25th year Anniversary. Also mentioned in the letter is that Sue Davis, President and CEO has accepted a new job as director at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum in Portland, Maine. Continuing on with the Stanley Museum, Sue Davis has moved from director to trustee. The Museum now is presently seeking a permanent replacement for Sue Davis. Thank you Sue for all that you have done in saving the Stanley history and promoting the steam hobby that goes along with it.

2006 Omak Swap Meet, Car Show & Poker Run

By SSsssteamer

Friday morning, May 12^th, under gray skies, a good number of AARC members, with their vintage cars departed from the truck scales just east of Sedro Woolley, headed for the 13^th annual "Omak Swap Meet, Car Show & Poker Run". Larry McPhail briefly stopped the convoy in Concrete to wire up his transmission shifter on his '58 Corvette just so that he could have all four gears working again. A stop for lunch in Winthrop was just in time for their "Frontier Days" parade. By 2 pm, most all of the group had arrived in Omak and had checked into their lodging, except for Pat and Merrily Farrell. They hit the swap meet first and gleaned many of the super buys from the vendors. Dick and Arlene Dickerboom hosted the annual Friday night pot luck dinner at their RV space in the Stamped grounds. Dick using his secret seasoning recipe cooked the salmon to perfection. Afterwards, Pat and Merrily's 1916 Stanley Mt. Wagon was giving rides around the Stampede grounds with as many as 12 people aboard at any one time. By 10 pm everyone had finally turned in for the next big day.

The first cars started being placed on the show field by 8 am and by 10 am there was well over 100 cars on display. Under sunny skies, the tall Stanley Mountain Wagon standing over 8 feet tall, cast a long shadow over the rest of the cars in its pre-1932 class. There was a wide variety of vehicles ranging from an amphibian car to a Viet Nam era Military armored tank on the field. The ladies shopped the Omak store fronts that were with-in walking distance from the Stampede Grounds. Whether from the swap meet or from the downtown shopping, they all found interesting treasures.

The poker run was a "drive around Omak" to different sponsoring businesses to pick up your winning poker hand, one card at a time. By 4 pm the car show was over and everyone was getting ready for the 6 pm evening banquet and the awards presentation.

For the Banquet, the Mountain Wagon was the people mover again this evening and it steamed south on highway 97, at about 45 mph with eight people aboard. As it pulled up to the Restaurant's front door and unloaded its passengers, to all of the diners watching out the window, it was a sight to behold.

The prime rib dinner was excellent, followed by the awards banquet. The AARC club members had secured the main table, running the full length down the middle of the room. By the end of the awards presentation, their table was lined from one end to the other with first, second and third place trophies. The peoples' choice trophy went to Pat and Merrily Farrell's 1916 Stanley Mountain Wagon, and the highest club attendance went to AARC with 26 cars in the show.

By 8:30, it was getting dark outside and it was time to leave. After a brief firing up of the Mountain Wagon, everyone was in their seat and they steamed off. Glen Haydeen in his 1963 Ford convertible followed along behind so that the Mt. Wagon would be well seen in the dark. After about 5 miles, the Stanley had to stop to re-plumb a broken part. All of the passengers were given the option of modern wheels but with all showing their true grit, they stayed with the 10 minute repair job. Dick Dickerboom held the flashlight and found the missing wrenches as needed. Back on the road and they were just up to speed when the blue lights of a State Patrol Cruiser pulled them over. The sergeant said that the Mt. Wagon didn't have a tail light. Pat showed the sergeant that it was working and he even offered to light one more kerosene wick to make it even brighter. The sergeant asked, "Is the convertible behind you, your chase car?" With our affirmative answer, he was pleased and he parting words were: "Golly, how many people are in there???" After delivering their passengers, Pat and Merrily went out to buy more fuel and refill their water. Glen was still the chase car and they had a lot of fun running around town jumping curbs to find live water taps. They finally ended back at the RV park for water. Glen hasn't had so much fun running around a town on Saturday night since he was in High School. Every time the Mt. Wagon would bounce over the curbs looking for water, from two blocks away, you could hear Glen's jolly laugh. Glen finally left the Stanley at its motel at 10:30 that evening.

The tour was a lot of fun with a lot of beautiful people. Everyone came home a winner, sun baked, tired, and wearing a big smile.

Next year, the Stanley Mountain Wagon will be pictured on the tour plaque for the 14^th Annual Omak Swap Meet and Car Show put on by the "Friendly OK Car Club".

Perks of Restoring the 1916 Mt Wagon

*With an old car, everyone is your friend.

*The networks of old car restorers and parts suppliers are soon discovered.

*We can use your antique transportation year round.

*We are creating an investment which can be liquidated when ever the money is needed. Where else can you invest your money and still get to play with it while it is invested?

*Antique clothing matching the year of the car adds to the atmosphere of time travel while touring in our "time machine".

*Once on the road and touring with the antique car, we get to see many interesting places. Our steamer tours have taken us to Idaho, Oregon, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Maine, and British Columbia to participate in their local tours..

*Owning a rare car like the Stanley puts us in the lime light. News papers, television, and the movies are some of the media that they have appeared in. Movies "Rose Red" and "Snow on the Cedars" are a couple of recent movies our cars have been shown in.

*We have met many famous people while owing our Stanleys. Recently we had lunch with Jay Leno. Jay did the cooking.

*Free admission. Car shows, like the Amelia Island Concours de'Elegance was free admission while the gate fee was $50 to non car owners. Locally, the Lynden Threshing Bee is free admission to exhibitors.

*While traveling along in our steamer, it often needs water, and we meet the nicest people with available water.

*Steam car clubs like the Steam Automobile Club of America and the Northwest steam Society have members and resources that are a lot of help.

*It is very satisfying to save a historical car and see your work progress.

*Our skills are honed to a keen edge while working on our old cars. Some which are: Machinist, Body man, Wood worker, Electrician, Upholsterer, Auto mechanic, Mechanical engineer, Plumber, Black smith, Historian, Tin smith

*Steam cars are alternative fueled vehicles. They will move with about any heat source.

Christopher Roberts writes:

  Today was a total Stanley day. I worked all day on 22413, the 1922
brougham. I got a new kidney gauge installed, (the old one was not reading and had a spare already rebuilt) plumbed in and ready to go. I also cleaned up a lot of unnecessary plumbing and made it simpler. The alternator is almost ready to install, just a few more modifications to
the original bolting for the alternator and it will slip into the cradle on the rear end. The left side blow downs are now ready to be plumbed to the front of the car. I made a bracket that fits under the condenser, so that during firing up you are not standing in water. This has been a god send as I have the same set up on my 1919. I am contemplating whether or not to discontinue using the economizer coil as I now have approximately 21 feet of feed water heater. There is an
additional 12 feet in the smoke bonnet, but I don't think it does much as the fumes make a shield of carbon around it thus insulating it. On my 1919 there was 50 feet of economizer coil along with a feed water heater and I took it out feeling it was over kill. As the car runs so well I feel I was right. Also finished on the 1922 is the oil line. I have 2 1/2 coils from the check valve to the steam line and approximately 11" thus making it as short as possible from the check to the steam line. I am convinced this is better as if the line ever breaks you will hear it immediately. According to the book and schematic, the oil check valve
should not be installed directly onto the steam line. The added steam gauge is extremely sensitive and is working great. It is hidden beneath the dashboard, so is not obvious, but a calming for me to see it working along with the winker.
   Onto the 1919...It ran wonderfully. The scored cylinder doesn't seem to
be getting any worse as after a few seconds you can not hear it; however this winter I do want to investigate it. I do have a good spare (repaired) cylinder block, but will probably simply hone this one and re-install. If new rings are needed, I will probably install new piston rods and new pistons and rings and have Ron Parolla put it together.
CWR

Pat Farrell writes: On May 28, 2006; our 1916 Stanley Mountain Wagon took the "Best of Show" trophy of over 125 cars on display at the Boulevard Park car show in Bellingham, Washington. We have just returned from 4 day at the VCCC and HCCA pre '16 car tour in Salmon Arm, Canada held on June 15-18, '06. Daily driving of just a little over 50 miles each day gave us a lot of trouble free fun. Vern and Pat Wellburn completed the tour in their 1911 Stanley model 62 Roadster. They were bothered by burner problems on the tour, but they still had smiles on their faces.

Vern & Pat Wellburn’s 1911 Model 62

Pat Farrell’s 1916 Model 826

President Eric Gleason: Oh man, I can't believe that it is summer already! It should be a busy summer as well with plenty of opportunities to take out those steam cars and run them around. After a bit of thought and a generous invitation from its organizer (past NW Chapter president Myles Twete), the NW Chapter of the SACA will participate in the annual meet of the Northwest Steam Society. The meet is in St. Helens, Oregon on August 11, 12 and 13^th. For more information you can visit the meet web site (http://www.pcez.com/~artemis/NWSS2006.htm ). We have also added a copy of the registration form and partial event schedule to the newsletter to make it easier for you to register. In addition to the already scheduled events for the meet we plan to add at least a couple of tours of the surrounding countryside and maybe will include some tinkering time as well.

The annual Steam-Up in Brooks, Oregon (http://www.antiquepowerland.com/info/annual.html ) is also coming up; two weekends in a row, July 29 and 30th and August 5 and 6th. Although we do not have anything planned for the Steam-Up it is always a fun event to go to with plenty to see and do.

Well anyway I hope to see you all at St Helens this August. If you have any ideas for these or other events please feel free to contact me at gleason@netcnct.net or (541) 296-1802.

With any luck I will have my car back together by then and steaming better as well! Happy steaming, Eric

2006 Northwest Steam Society Annual Steam Meet

"Steaming to St. Helens"

August 11, 12 and 13^th

City's Courthouse public docks

St. Helens, Oregon

Friday Evening Social: A BBQ is in the works coordinated by the City of St. Helens. The Friday Social will be a public event and take place in Columbia View Park just above the docks. We don't know the cost yet to the NWSS, so we will defer collecting for this. It'll be a big shindig to kick off the weekend!. There are also 3 or more very good restaurant/bars within a very short walk---either way, the social will happen!

Saturday Banquet: Saturday banquet meal options have not been firmed up and we are looking at banquet site options (the ballroom building got sold). Options include the Elks Lodge or the Best Western at this point. Unless we go with a buffet, we expect meal choices to include some subset of the following: (1) steak, (2) chicken, (3) fish and (4) vegetarian. Please indicate the number of each of your preferences for dinner on the spaces provided. Meals will be figured at $26.00/person.

RV and boat trailer parking: Registered NWSS members with boat trailers may park them for FREE in a secure, flat dirt/gravel lot adjacent to the park on Boise Paper's property. The same lot will offer space for up to 25 camper/RVs-the views here are astounding---so sign up early! Campers will pay a fixed fee of $25/camper to "dry camp".

NOTE: FREE tent camping on SAND ISLAND straight across from the docks ( a stone's throw) is also available!

Registration Deadlines: Registrations must be received by AUGUST 1^st, 2006.

Registration Fee covers trailer storage, name badges, boat plaques and a program of events.