''In 1906, Fred Marriott drove a steam powered vehicle built by the Stanley
Brothers to an amazing speed of 127.659 MPH,''

''In 1985 one of the Lear turbines found its way into a car which had been
brought to the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah, USA for an attempt at the
steam powered Land Speed record. Over the course of several years the car
progressed from 110 MPH to a measured speed of 145.607 MPH.''

''The official speed set by Bob Barber stands at 145.607 MPH but is not
recognized by the FIA. However, we at the British Steam Car Challenge
recognize this speed as the record to exceed. ''


''The existing steam land speed record stands at 127.66 miles per hour, set
in 1906 by a modified Stanley Steam Car. Since then research has been
concentrated on the combustion engine to the neglect of steam vehicles.
However, technology has advanced so much since 1906 that new
techniques can be applied to steam which have simply not been tried
before. With the team's new vehicle, the record is set to rocket to as
much as 190 miles per hour. ''

Don't think they did it yet.



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
I'd actually kind of like to have a steam car, if it could have enough
oomph to drive on the highway.

DSK

A Stanley Steamer once held the world's speed record, at I believe
something
over 190 mph.