Do working drawing exist of Marriotts record breaking car , if they do, can one purchase copies for personal use (i.e. model making in large scale; too the foot scale etc.)?
Thanks for your email. I’m not sure any working drawings actually exist of Marriott’s car. A book just published by the Stanley Museum called “The Stanley Steamer – America’s Legendary Steam Car” has many pictures of the car. The engine for the car is in the possession of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. I know folks have studied the engine. From many of the photos in the book one can see the design. We know where the body was made (a canoe manufacturer). As this was a one-of-a-kind car I doubt any real drawings were ever done. I suspect that the Stanley Twins simply took what they needed from their production areas and made the rest as needed in the making of the car. The photos also definitely reveal that the car evolved and changed over the couple years it existed. So any drawings would be limited to only a specific window of time. The book has a lot of the car’s specifications described (boiler size, pressures, etc). I’ve also heard there are folks attempting to build
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