1916 Rauch and Lang Electric Brougham 1922 Stanley Touring Model 740

Want to hear our founder Tom Marshall talk about the Model 735? Check out this video from the official Marshall Steam Museum YouTube channel!

Tom Marshall: Model 735

General History

The Model 735, produced from 1918 through 1922, was one of the most successful late Stanley models, with an estimated 1,100 built, constituting more than 10% of the company’s total output. It used the same 20-horsepower power plant that remained fundamentally unchanged from 1915 through 1924.

In this black and white photo, Tom Marshall, at this point a young man, sits in a Model 735 in a field — Tom Marshall driving a 1918 Stanley Model 735 at Rockford Park, taken in 1947

Our Model’s History

This Model 735 was purchased in 1946 from the original owner in New Haven, Connecticut, at a cost of $75. It had 5,038 miles on the odometer. According to the serial number, this was the fourth Model 735 produced.

Soon after purchase, the car was repainted by Bill Allaband in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and likely had a newly-retubed boiler installed. The car was then driven on the 1947 Glidden Tour in New England and on the 1953 Glidden Tour to Detroit, and with its newly designed piston valve engine, to a Steam Car Tour at Kent, Ohio, in 1957.

Model	Car Type	Passenger Capacity	Engine (Horsepower for Steam & Gas, Volts for Electric)	Weight (Pounds)	Wheelbase (Inches)	Original Cost (Year Released)	Today's Equivalent Cost (in 2015)
1901 Mobile	Steam	4	4.5	900	65	1901	17000
1902 Stanley Stick-Seat Runabout	Steam	4	6	900	70	1902	18108
1905 Stanley Runabout Model CX	Steam	4	8	1000	78	1905	16900
1907 Stanley Semi-Racer Model K	Steam	3	30	1850	108	1907	47368
1908 Stanley Gentleman’s Speedy Roadster H-5	Steam	2	20	1350	100	1908	35526
1908 Stanley Model EX	Steam	4	10	1200	90	1908	20400
1910 Stanley Touring Model 71	Steam	4	20	2200	115	1910	35000
1912 Stanley Touring Model 87	Steam	7	30	4200	134	1912	57100
1913 Stanley Roadster Model 78	Steam	2	20	2500	115	1913	36700
1913 Stanley Touring Model 76	Steam	5	20	2800	120	1913	38000
1914 Ford Model T	Gas	5	20	1200	100	1914	12000
1914 Stanley Model 607	Steam	4	10	2200	112	1914	34414
1915 Stanley Mountain Wagon Model 820	Steam	15	30	5000	136	1915	54635
1916 Rauch and Lang Electric Brougham	Electric	5	90	3500	92	1916	60967
1916 Stanley Touring Model 725	Steam	5	20	3400	130	1916	43004
1918 Stanley Touring Model 735	Steam	7	20	3850	130	1918	40866
1922 Stanley Touring Model 740	Steam	7	20	4200	130	1922	40866
1924 Stanley Model 750	Steam	7	20	4200	130	1924	36086
1932 Packard Phaeton Model 905	Gas	4	160	5450	142	1932	82288
1937 Packard Model 1508	Gas	7	175	6000	144	1937	74168

Model

Car Type

Passenger Capacity

Engine (Horsepower for Steam & Gas, Volts for Electric)

Weight (Pounds)

Wheelbase (Inches)

Original Cost (Year Released)

Today's Equivalent Cost (in 2015)

1901 Mobile

Steam

4.5

900