early steam racing cars
here
are some early steam powered racing cars. first one is "Whistling
Billy" built by the White company. Billy was so called because of the
whistling noise all the burners made when the car was at speed. Billy
had a compound engine and was very fast for the day. it is said he once
went 130mph. a man in England is building a modern reproduction of
Billy using many original parts. next we have the Stanley Torpedo 1903
which was driven by F.E. Stanley himself. third is the Stanley powered
streamliner of Louis Ross called "Wogglebug" of 1905. in this picture
"Wogglebug" is running on Ormond Beach in Florida. the last picture is
of what i would call a Stanley sports car running in a steam exhibition
in England.
