2013 Annual Chicagoland Steam Meet

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2013 SACA Chicagoland September Steam Meet

(Left to right) They are all here, the 2013 Steam Meet-Vehicle Group: Bob Edwards, Gary Hadden, Rick Heinig, Tony Grzyb, Ken Hemmelgarn, Tom Kimmel, Bill Ryan, Don Beck (hidden), Hal Fuller.

 
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Jim Jones’ Thing with new boiler and pellet burner

 

Jim Jones’ Thing 6 ½ hp Stanley

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Bill Ryan and Leo Weibel insulating steam lines

 

Display shelf, steam engine collection

2013 SACA Chicagoland September Steam Meet

 

2013 SACA Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Bill Ryan resting with his hot head go-kart

 

Don Beck and Terry Stout working

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2013 SACA Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Motorcycle boiler, 800 feet of
stainless tubing, ¼ and 3/8

 

Pump stand with controls and motorcycle
boiler, Beckett burner

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Bill Ryan’s hot head engine top view, butane fired   Ryan’s 6 c.i.d. engine with 326 square inches heating surface
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MSS VW with Mark II boiler,
500 pounds per hour steam

 

MSS VW with toothed belt drive to VW transaxle

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Mobile Steam Society VW with Hirth 3 cylinder engine    
   

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Art Gardiner visiting with Leo Weibel,
Besler Chevelle SE-124

 

Jo Bibby and Tom Stoecker

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Terry Stout, left, adjusting controls for tests
on motorcycle boiler.
 

Making steam

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2013 SACA Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Jan Christianson and Ken Hemmelgarn
with Ken’s steam bike

 

Dan Greger, Joyce Hoffmaster, Leo Weibel during break

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2013 SACA Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Stan Jakuba with his modified air compressor
into a bash valve steam engine

  During breaks: Ken Helmick, Gilbert "Red" Hall and Jim Anderson converse.
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Break at the steam meet with Jerry Peoples and Tom Stoecker in the foreground.

 

Dan Greger and Tony Grzyb during a break.

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John Bowditch, Hal Fuller, SES Presentation

  John Bowditch, Hal Fuller and Stan Jakuba, SES Presentation
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Hal Fuller’s lawn mower, Stuart Turner #1

 

Preparing for vehicles for the time trials

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Dan Greger, Leo Weibel, Tim Nye,
George Knight at Fairgrounds
  Working on Bill Ryan’s go-kart
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Tom Kimmel in wood fired dune buggy

 

Art Gardiner, Don Beck, on “The Thing” pellet fired

 
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Tony Grzyb in Ofeldt boiler vehicle

 

Bob Edwards in MSS VW

   

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2013 SACA Chicagoland September Steam Meet

 

2013 SACA Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Gary Hadden on his own vehicle with his
own steam engine

 

Gary Hadden at start of race, poppet valve, three-dimensional cam, uniflow

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Tony Grzyb making steam

 

Ken Hemmelgarn, propane fired making a run

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Kimmel's wood-fired dune buggy making smoke and steam

 

Hal Fuller walking his lawn mower, wood-fired

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Trying to line up for the group photo

 

Gary Hadden’s automobile

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MSS-VW, Bob Edwards; Gary Hadden; LocoRacer, Likamobile,Tony Grzyb; bicycle, Ken Hemmelgarn; Dunebuggy, Tom Kimmel; Hot-head Go-Kart, Bill Ryan; Pellet Kart, Don Beck. Not all the vehicles were in the picture yet.

 

 
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Hal Fuller award for lawn mower

 

Don Beck award for pellet burning cart

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2013 Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Bob Edwards award for MSS VW

 

Ken Hemmelgarn award for bicycle

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2013 Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Tony Grzyb award for antique car replica

 

Dave Lewis recognition of book keeping and registration

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2013 Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Pat Grzyb recognition of registration assistance

 

Leo Weibel recognition of time trials assistance

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Jan Christianson recognition of time trials assistance

 

Tim Nye and Art Gardiner, our two PhD engineers

     
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Group in front of the shop   Roberts boiler, metal work by Maxfield Parrish Jr.
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Roberts boiler, metal work by Maxfield Parrish Jr.   Hal Fuller’s lawn mower, metal work
by Maxfield Parrish Jr.
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Gar Dickerson running his Doble Triple
assisted by Terry Stout
  Making steam with Doble Triple and Doble boiler
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Tony Grzyb’s LocoRacer with two engines for next year

 

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2013 Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Vehicle display on front lawn, Tom Kimmel collection: Red Oscillating Engine, Doble Simplex replica, Wetz Ranger bash valves, SE-124 Chevelle, Keen Steamliner#2. See video of Tom explaining some of these vehicles.

2013 Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Vehicle display on front lawn, Tom Kimmel collection: VW conversion-V-4, Likamobile, Dick Howe's Curved Dash Olds Kit car. Video of Tom explaining these three vehicles.

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Chuk Williams working on his LSR car

 

Tom Stoecker working on Chuk’s LSR car

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2013 Chicagoland September Steam Meet

LSR car making steam

 

LSR car under observation: Bob Edwards, Tom Stoecker, Chuk Williams, Terry Stout and Jo Bibby.

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Day-Land castings at the steam shop

 

Johnson bus engine from Chicago

   

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2013 Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Doble Triple made by Ed Blakeman

 

Doble Triple made by Ed Blakeman

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2013 Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Doble Triple with solenoid valves

 

Day-Land castings at the steam shop

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2013 Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Day-Land engine

 

Day-Land engine

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2013 Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Day-Land engine

 

Day-Land engine

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2013 Chicagoland September Steam Meet

Day-Land steam chest

 

Day-Land steam engine

   

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