Doble steam car - Wikipedia
The Doble steam car was an American steam car maker from 1909 to 1931. Its latter models of steam car, with fast-firing boiler and electric start, were considered the pinnacle of steam car development.
Doble: Last of the Red Hot Steamers (Sidebar by Jay Leno) - HistoryNet
2017年2月14日 · The 11 vehicles that Doble-Detroit Steam Motors did deliver proved sluggish and unreliable. Doble-Detroits tended to pop unexpectedly into reverse. Finicky boilers caused breakdowns. Steam Heat: Doble steam generators used long lengths of tubing to achieve constant power. (The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA)
The Doble Steam Car - Emeryville Historical Society
The factory built as the headquarters of Doble Steam Motors still stands at the edge of old industrial Emeryville–a reminder of how the Doble brothers’ steam dreams were nearly realized. This story originally published in 1996 for the Emeryville Centennial Celebration and compiled into the ‘Early Emeryville Remembered’ historical essays ...
Doble Steam Motors Co - Motor Car History
The Doble steam Car was an American steam car maker from 1909-1931. Their latter models of steam car, with fast firing boiler and electric start, were considered the pinnacle of steam car development.
Jay Leno and His Doble Steam Cars - Popular Mechanics
2010年11月10日 · At least Doble's customers got an incredibly sophisticated automobile for their money. Superheated steam from a 1200-psi front-mounted boiler drives a four-cylinder double-compound engine,...
1924 Doble Steam Touring Car - The Henry Ford
Doble Steam Motors of Emeryville, California, produced the world's most sophisticated steam cars. Electric ignition cut warm-up time to 90 seconds. Condensers captured and reused exhaust steam. Top speed exceeded 90 miles per hour. But fallout from a fraudulent stock sale forced Doble to close in 1931.
The Last Great Steam Car - Damn Interesting
2006年10月24日 · With no clutch, transmission, or drive shaft, the Model E was a very straightforward machine with only twenty-five moving parts in the entire drive train. Fully loaded with kerosene and water, the new Doble car weighed about 5,500 pounds, which is roughly equivalent to a modern Ford Expedition.
Why Jay Leno Loves Steam-Powered Cars - Hagerty Media
2024年8月15日 · In a gas car, you combust the fuel internally, inside the cylinder, using the energy instantly to make power. In a steam car, you combust the fuel externally, into a boiler, and hold that energy until you need it.
Here’s What Steam-Powered Cars Were Like ... - Smithsonian Magazine
2015年7月20日 · Abner Doble and his brothers John, Warren and Bill, were just steps away from building a steam car empire. Unfortunately, they couldn’t deliver, writes Alan Bellows for Damn Interesting....
Doble Steam Car Companies - Virtual Steam Car Museum
Abner Doble was the most creative steam car engineer who ever lived. He grew up in a wealthy San Francisco family and went to MIT in 1910 to study engineering, the family business. He visited the Stanley factory in Newton and was unimpressed with its technology.