Re: 1906 Stanley Racer
Posted by:
Jeff Theobald (IP Logged)
Date: February 12, 2002 09:04PM
<HTML>Hi Jim,
No I have not seen the car in France, but did have a good look at the car here in U.K. at the Science Museum store, same chassis and engine as the racer, not sure about the boiler, and a much heavier body, they say the original Serpollet racer had a smaller boiler fitted a few years after it's record run, and did not go so well, I not sure how the boiler in the original racer compares with the standard car, this year is the hundredth anniversary of the first racing on Bexhill-on-Sea sea front, and at least one of the original I.C. cars that raced in 1902 will be there, a lot of steamers are coming including the replica of Hancock's 1835 Enterprice, and Treithick's steam carriage, also a 1900 Serpollet, and many others.
Jeff</HTML>