1924 Brooks Steam Car Restoration Pt 2 (V002)

In this video I try running the Brooks steam car on compressed air. It's the first time there's been any attempt at running this engine in anyway for at least 10 years.
I wish to again thank Steve Theobald for allowing me to acquire this vehicle.
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[@s-s-p704]

Fantastic, George.
I'm looking forward to part 3 👍👍

[@workshopgeorge1078]

Thanks Snobby. Part 3 already in production. And thanks for watching.

[@s-s-p704]

@@workshopgeorge1078 I was going to put it in my community page, hours ago but I thought I would ask you first

[@workshopgeorge1078]

@@s-s-p704 Please do, feel free and thanks again.

[@eastcoastuk9705]

Great to see it fired up on air , definitely be more scary firing it on steam for the 1st time . See you on part 3.

[@workshopgeorge1078]

Yeah, frightening I should think.

[@harryhumstone3149]

I grew up around the old model A and model T Old cars are cool .Steam ones must be tough to work on. Good luck and restoreing the old girl

[@workshopgeorge1078]

Thanks Harry. Funnily enough, once I get these cars done, I quite fancy a Model T. They're a bit more affordable and easier to use.

[@clairemace7825]

Well done!! 👍

[@workshopgeorge1078]

Thanks for watching :)

[@garrybowers414]

lovely old car

[@workshopgeorge1078]

Thanks Garry, should be fun when I eventually get it out on the road.

[@AliMackMechanical]

Could hear her filling up with air. The wheels are going round Tea is allways good. They probably rusted out. How many gears does it have or does it have any at all. So it just has forwards and reverse. Ah I see better to put the one in mate. Cool I like the old water pump. Liked watched twice and shared

[@workshopgeorge1078]

Yes, single speed so it will go as fast backwards as it does forward. I wouldnt want to go very fast backwards in it though. Thanks for the share Ali and thank you for watching.

[@AliMackMechanical]

@@workshopgeorge1078 I never got Notification for this video mate. I have cleared my history to see if this cures it but currently yt are having problems with notifications.

[@tandemcompound2]

I think you are the chappie I drove down from the Interior to the coast in Canada.

[@workshopgeorge1078]

It wouldn't have been me. The lad that brought the thing from Canada to the UK was Jeff Theobald so it was likely that it was him. Did you happen to know anything about the car or were you just transporting it?

[@boneyardgaragesmallenginer188]

Nice video!!

[@workshopgeorge1078]

Thanks.

[@harryhumstone3149]

I’ll be watching

[@MultiRichardW]

The Boiler looks like an original Brooks, all welded with oxygen-acetylene, they machined a collar in the bottom tube holes and acetylene welded tube to collar, top of tube is expanded Brooks original tubes are 17/32nds OD. I owned a Brooks for 25 years and rebuilt both boiler and engine, then drove same for over 2000 miles. Is that from the Theobald collection? Richard

[@CruiserMac]

Making progress! How many of those were made in the day?

[@workshopgeorge1078]

As far as I can make out, about 180 and there are about 12 left. Thanks for watching.

[@CruiserMac]

@@workshopgeorge1078 Wow, I figured they must be rare! Must be one of the last steam cars made over there.

[@workshopgeorge1078]

@@CruiserMac Brooks were late to the game, by the time they started production many other steam car companies had already stopped or were very close. For example Stanley, which seems to me Brooks were largely copying (Very similar at least, ceased production in '24 I think, precisely when Brooks started. The writing was on the wall I would have thought.

[@sanclea]

George, where is PT 3?

[@workshopgeorge1078]

Working on it. Won't be long now.

[@scrapyardmarkmetalpicker614]

Im guessing the steam enters the cylynder via a piston valve same as my steam roller rather than a slide valve?

[@workshopgeorge1078]

Mark, slide valves in this one.

[@scrapyardmarkmetalpicker614]

@@workshopgeorge1078 ah good such a better design much smoother

[@splinter196]

wuhoo its alive

[@workshopgeorge1078]

Indeed, I thought there was going to be a load of hassle getting that to run but no, it was all good. Thanks for watching.

[@sanclea]

George, that was 11 months ago you promised part III!!!

[@JakeBreyck]

So where is episode 4 and beyond it’s 4 years later so what’s the latest status of the car?

[@JakeBreyck]

I meant episode 3.

[@ligurian728]

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