Tag: Stanley Steamer
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Oct 11 2012
Highlights from the Hershey Fall Meet: “Reflections Through Time”
The world's largest car show and swap meet began on Wednesday and runs through Saturday in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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Feb 10 2010
Jay Leno & the 1906 Stanley Steamer Vanderbilt Racers
In May 1906, Charles J. Swain and John Wilkins, Jr. of the Cape May Automobile Club announced that intended to purchase two specially-built Stanley Steamer racers to compete in the American Elimination Trial for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Swain proudly announced to the automobile trade journals: "Preliminary negotiations were made for the purchase of two Stanley steamers, guaranteed to do a mile in thirty seconds, and capable of standing up for the Vanderbilt Cup car journey".
