Jay Leno's Doble Steam Car

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  • Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
  • Jay Leno shows us his collection of steam powered machines and takes us for a spin in his 1925 E-20 Doble Steam Car. This is one of the greatest steam cars ever built!
    0:00 - Jay Leno
    2:22 - Jay explains the Doble Steam Car
    6:33 - Howard Hughes Doble Steam Car
    7:52 - Jay starting the Doble
    12:11 - Driving the Doble
    S19E02
    #JayLeno #JayLenosGarage #steamcar
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  • @georgec2126
    @georgec2126 Рік тому +58

    I respect a man who can explain how it works, rather than simply planting his boot on the pedal.💪

    • @SomaFlly
      @SomaFlly 4 місяці тому

      as a boot planter..i fully agree!

    • @randomrazr
      @randomrazr 2 місяці тому

      was this the one leno got in an accident with

  • @conservativemike3768
    @conservativemike3768 3 роки тому +51

    As an engineer, I say this steam engine is a work of pure genius.

  • @ziggassedup
    @ziggassedup 9 років тому +131

    The engineering and thought that went into that is enormous...what a cool vehicle.

    • @brandonk1287
      @brandonk1287 4 роки тому

      ZIGgassedUP stfu

    • @lobmin
      @lobmin 4 роки тому +7

      @@brandonk1287 what?

    • @thenegus5469
      @thenegus5469 2 роки тому +1

      @@lobmin what'd he say

    • @lobmin
      @lobmin 2 роки тому

      @@thenegus5469 some nonsense that was out of place I think

    • @user-jt5vm3mi1w
      @user-jt5vm3mi1w Рік тому

      not really

  • @pnotuner1
    @pnotuner1 Рік тому +3

    I learned about the Doble steam car when I read a book called The Tin Goose to my young son. The story is centered around a young man who gets a job at an airfreight company and their big plane is a Ford Trimotor.
    His grandfather, an eccentric old codger, has an old Doble and the car ends up, oh, wait, I don't want to spoil it for you.

  • @rocketsnhotrods9022
    @rocketsnhotrods9022 3 роки тому +10

    Love it when you get together with Jay

  • @shaundiltz5821
    @shaundiltz5821 Рік тому +5

    I absolutely love that Jay Leno is a steam car engine professional in my timeline.

  • @dickstueland4009
    @dickstueland4009 6 місяців тому +3

    My grandpa had a steam tractor that he used up until the 60 s. The wheels were steel that had spike like protrusion’s. Coal was the best fuel as it gave the best bang for the buck. Strong, sturdy and reliable. I remember it had a unique xhaust

  • @DerKaktusAvant
    @DerKaktusAvant 2 роки тому +22

    What a well built machine. Truly a marvel, thankyou Jay for keeping these engineering feats looked after. I love how you actually drive them.
    You should have an open day, I would love to come and visit.
    Love from the UK.

  • @pooddescrewch8718
    @pooddescrewch8718 3 роки тому +7

    I am in love with Doble Steam powered cars

  • @elosogonzalez8739
    @elosogonzalez8739 Рік тому +3

    Thanks Dennis! Love every visit with Jay.

  • @raydornbush
    @raydornbush 7 років тому +54

    I wonder what other episode Jay Leno was talking about when he mentioned talking about that Steam Motorcycle... because it has been quite awhile and still no Steam Motorcycle. ???????????????? curious

  • @theraildynasty_
    @theraildynasty_ 4 роки тому +13

    What an impressive piece of engineering even being so old ❤️❤️❤️

  • @pkshome123
    @pkshome123 2 роки тому +5

    Its no doubt a master piece of technology, a great planning, a great designing and wonderful workmanship.

  • @thomasgeorgecastleberry6918
    @thomasgeorgecastleberry6918 7 років тому +21

    This is one of best shows on You Tube. Jay's knowledge is amazing. Plus as a bonus Jay almost always messes up Dennis Gauge's fantastic mustache.

  • @raydornbush
    @raydornbush 7 років тому +63

    Man I love steam power.... I can only imagine what a modern steam car would be like unfortunately :(

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 6 років тому +12

      Several "modern" ones have been built and tested. Unfortunately the laws of thermodynamics are immutable.

    • @Miss-Stephanie-Night
      @Miss-Stephanie-Night 5 років тому +1

      why dont you build one then ?

    • @giovannicesaramorim9adigan961
      @giovannicesaramorim9adigan961 3 роки тому +4

      @@wholeNwon I mean, most of those died because the companies that drove those projects closed them.

  • @aktab9
    @aktab9 Рік тому +2

    Now this is my dream car

  • @joshdelyea4835
    @joshdelyea4835 Рік тому +2

    Old but gold

  • @deftone4u
    @deftone4u 2 роки тому +7

    I LOVE these videos with Dennis and Jay I wish they made more!

  • @IgnusDarkwalker
    @IgnusDarkwalker 6 років тому +32

    Just imagine, with the modern capabilities our technology has today, what we could do with an idea so 'simple' as this. The power of batteries and allowing us to make a system like this so much more efficiently and able to make one of -the- most common elements on our earth into a fuel.

    • @davidf2281
      @davidf2281 6 років тому +10

      I hope you're not imagining that the fuel of this car is water.

    • @ghoulbuster1
      @ghoulbuster1 5 років тому +13

      it still uses fuel, but it can be anything that burns, as long as you have water boiling, it will move.

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 4 роки тому +1

      ???????????????

    • @JasonSmith-vp6vl
      @JasonSmith-vp6vl 3 роки тому +1

      @@ghoulbuster1 Yes, but we learned how to make the combustible fuel drive the wheels directly without the need for water, making it more fuel efficient and obviously much lighter with no need to wait to heat up the vehicle. Steam power isn't totally obsolete though, as its still good for generating power from a heat source like nuclear power.

    • @ghoulbuster1
      @ghoulbuster1 3 роки тому +1

      @@JasonSmith-vp6vl fusion reactors son!

  • @andreassjoberg3145
    @andreassjoberg3145 Рік тому +1

    Honestly, this engine, but with variable fuel and a modern chassi and you have the ultimate green-car.

  • @hdofu
    @hdofu Рік тому +2

    I believe Jay also collects friends with period specific mustaches.

  • @Victor-tl4dk
    @Victor-tl4dk 3 роки тому +6

    I wish we still drove around in those things lol

  • @RamblinAround
    @RamblinAround 9 років тому +11

    Great episode Dennis...really enjoyed it.

  • @kidguzzi_chrisgalardi
    @kidguzzi_chrisgalardi 9 років тому +5

    Fantastic! Thanks for sharing this.

  • @KelvinSmoke
    @KelvinSmoke 9 років тому +11

    Remember, It's not the car that reveals the owner's character, it's how the character treats their car that defines the person.

    • @KelvinSmoke
      @KelvinSmoke 9 років тому +1

      Did I just make up something good, or am I stealing in ignorance?

  • @peanut9560
    @peanut9560 3 роки тому +6

    If I could have one of these for free but it had to be my main car, I would definitely have it

  • @Bruningable
    @Bruningable 9 років тому +4

    Just fantastic!

  • @sean-fw7zi
    @sean-fw7zi 5 років тому +2

    well i now love this channel i love learning about the history of cars this is great

  • @lowellleland
    @lowellleland Рік тому +2

    This was fascinating! Thank you.

  • @BRIANBOBCHAPMAN
    @BRIANBOBCHAPMAN 9 років тому +8

    COOL
    My Classic Car Season 19 Episode 2 - Jay Leno's Doble Steam Car

  • @hyperhummel9135
    @hyperhummel9135 5 років тому +3

    this is incredible!

  • @user-tb6hm7dq2n
    @user-tb6hm7dq2n 3 роки тому +3

    I think the double is the most amazing car I've ever seen,

  • @richardkelley3644
    @richardkelley3644 6 років тому +2

    AWESOME!!!

  • @garyschultz3483
    @garyschultz3483 2 роки тому +1

    Best show on you tube

  • @MIGHTYcbu
    @MIGHTYcbu 4 роки тому +6

    2:06 newspapers used to be much bigger

  • @natashalepore9435
    @natashalepore9435 11 місяців тому +1

    Awesome video

  • @ralphburns6659
    @ralphburns6659 4 роки тому +1

    My favorite Leno car!!!!!!

  • @hillarious2393
    @hillarious2393 2 роки тому +2

    Really interesting masterpiece of engeneering art!

  • @christophermay4366
    @christophermay4366 6 років тому +3

    Dennis and Jay.....two of the coolest guys on the planet.....

  • @TheInkPitOx
    @TheInkPitOx Рік тому +2

    The car is almost a century old now.

  • @frankieclayton9303
    @frankieclayton9303 4 роки тому +2

    Love this

  • @alfredobe6427
    @alfredobe6427 5 років тому +1

    Amazing!!!

  • @deandesmond31
    @deandesmond31 7 років тому +30

    If the world ever ends. We can still get around using steam cars :)

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 6 років тому

      And your fuel source would be?

    • @ChuckUFarley90
      @ChuckUFarley90 6 років тому +4

      Alcohol can make an excellent fuel. Not difficult to make or refine, and it can burn really well. The only real difficulty would be getting oil for it.

    • @kingofthespazs
      @kingofthespazs 6 років тому +3

      Chuck U.Farley if you have wood you could make bio crude oil creosote

    • @bobbylee2853
      @bobbylee2853 6 років тому +2

      Dean Desmond Get a horse! 🐎

    • @djroxdown
      @djroxdown 5 років тому

      Wicked Houston lol I think he meant that there would probably be low amounts or contaminated amounts of fresh water and not as easily accessible as it is today in most parts of the world to use as fuel for a steam car. I assume it’s a given that we would have to adapt the engines to run the dirty contaminated water or have to find a way to purify salt water/find resistant material that won’t corrode from the salt residue being boiled off from the ocean water. Let’s hope we as a species don’t keep messing up our earth enough to mess it up for everyone and everything on it because I would much rather we put time into advancing our species imagine building a steam engine car right now with the tech that could be added to make it more efficient, quicker, more stable and safer and more aerodynamic with the modern features we now take for granted

  • @lindacurran7981
    @lindacurran7981 Рік тому +1

    My grandfather was a CA gold miner, pioneer S. Francisco Bay Area, 1870s to 1930. He owned The first Stanley Steamer of the Bay Area. That was prior to the earthquake of 1906. The car and my Grandfather's furniture business in S. Francisco were wiped out by the earthquake along with his fortune. My Father was 11, the family lived in Alameda. That first car, the entire front was long and open. I was told it made alot of noise.

    • @paulhorn2665
      @paulhorn2665 4 місяці тому

      Well couldnt have been a Stanley Steamer, when it was noisy. I experienced old Stanley Steamers at a steam rally. These where quit, more quit than even a modern gas or diesel powered car. Also the front of a Stanley at this time was closed, these had no radiator. Maybe they had a another car than the Stanley Steamer?

    • @lindacurran7981
      @lindacurran7981 4 місяці тому

      Yes definitely a Stanley Steamer.

  • @sachideshmane5088
    @sachideshmane5088 9 років тому +25

    I wonder how fast this car will do a quarter mile.

    • @Victor-tl4dk
      @Victor-tl4dk 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah, me too

    • @thomastsangthomas1616
      @thomastsangthomas1616 Рік тому +2

      This 1925 Double E-20 Steam Car, has a maximum speed of 133 mph(212.8 km/h), a torque of 1000 lb-ft.

  • @henryatkinson1479
    @henryatkinson1479 2 роки тому +2

    I still cant get over the torque figure

  • @pointdexter3606
    @pointdexter3606 6 років тому +7

    Keep the videos coming with Jay please, point

  • @enedenedubedene4811
    @enedenedubedene4811 Рік тому +1

    Habe gar nicht gewusst, dass Horst Lichter so gut Englisch spricht.👆👆👆👆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Viele Grüße aus Germany

  • @offgridprosperity
    @offgridprosperity 6 років тому +2

    sick i want one

  • @nickelplatenerd6989
    @nickelplatenerd6989 5 років тому +7

    This has the same cylinder configuration like a Great Western Railway Hall, Castle class locomotives.

  • @amrendrasingh4118
    @amrendrasingh4118 Рік тому +1

    Beauty full work sir ji.

  • @VisualFeast7557
    @VisualFeast7557 9 років тому +1

    VERY INTERESTING :)

  • @frankieclayton9303
    @frankieclayton9303 4 роки тому +2

    It's great to have

  • @craigmonteforte1478
    @craigmonteforte1478 3 роки тому +3

    awesome piece of history ! Any time Jay gets involve it’s going to be something special sadly a couple of weeks ago my next door neighbor in his late 90s passed away he was my freind and a retiredMachinist fromPensylvania on his wall he had a picture of him driving a Antique steam Powered Tractor that was featured onthe local 6 OClock evening news because it was done by a local FarmClub as far as the restorationmy Buddy always bragged that he helped them by making various parts that were no longer available and that it was the same make,model, and year of one that JayLeno has in his collection I believe it was the Advance one I asked my freind jokingly if it was fast and he said yes he thinks he was going 5 or 6 MPH in the picture

  • @stratocaster1greg
    @stratocaster1greg Рік тому

    Mr. Leno I made a punch and die set that stamped out spacers for White boilers. Mike was building a boiler for you. He gave me a 1938 Atlas shaper as payment. I cut sprockets for Erector set chain on it.

  • @rheniumzandor9938
    @rheniumzandor9938 2 роки тому +1

    I want one!

  • @frydemwingz
    @frydemwingz 2 роки тому

    "and now the warning; you don't want one of those internal combustion clocks."
    That was the funniest joke i've heard this guy say.

  • @ianboard544
    @ianboard544 7 місяців тому

    I wish he had said something about the big plume of steam visible under the car. Very cool car.

  • @opera93
    @opera93 Місяць тому +1

    Dennis , & Teams: the Video is oddly , & extra interesting! Thank you…..the Doble appears to be a Marvel…

  • @vaibhavjoshi8555
    @vaibhavjoshi8555 3 роки тому +1

    Classic

  • @haydendasilva487
    @haydendasilva487 4 роки тому +5

    I always wanted to drive a tea kettle.

  • @johnnymason3265
    @johnnymason3265 3 роки тому +1

    Why didn't this episode make the DVD for My Classic Car with Jay Leno? I certainly enjoy this episode every time I play it!!!!

    • @MyClassicCarTV
      @MyClassicCarTV  3 роки тому

      There are actually three Jay Leno DVD’s. All the eps are there.

    • @johnnymason3265
      @johnnymason3265 3 роки тому

      @@MyClassicCarTV I have those DVD's already! This episode about this Doble steam car isn't there! Can you explain why?

    • @MyClassicCarTV
      @MyClassicCarTV  3 роки тому

      We shot the first ep on the Doble back in 2004, and it is on Vol 1 of the Leno DVD series. The ep you're referring to was shot in 2014 and may not have made it onto the Vol 3 Leno DVD before it went out the door. It aired in Season 19 (2015) and that full-season DVD is still available on ebay.

  • @oliveiraluis3540
    @oliveiraluis3540 Рік тому

    Beatifull. Everybody should have one a these and it would be better on all fronts then an EV.

  • @Calebisrandom
    @Calebisrandom Рік тому +1

    This would be the best car these days because even though there is no doors and no locks or any security features no one will be able to steal it because they don’t know how to do anything with it other melt it into scrap metal which will be almost impossible without the car being able to drive

  • @randolphtorres3844
    @randolphtorres3844 5 років тому

    THANKSGIVING

  • @user-nm4ey4ih7u
    @user-nm4ey4ih7u 11 місяців тому

    I would love to see a video on the steam motorcycle.

  • @capngloval
    @capngloval Рік тому

    A lot of people don't realize water isn't a lubricant. Water doesn't minimize friction.

  • @user-hp4oy9tm5c
    @user-hp4oy9tm5c 3 роки тому

    Величайшая машина за всю историю человечества! надо заглянуть в этот музей в Калифорнии.

  • @TheTheeggmann
    @TheTheeggmann 9 років тому +1

    The only way Jay can go back any further would be a Horse Drawn Carriage, and what fun would that be other than unhitching the horse and going for a gallop.
    But then we get into the motorcycle thing, it's all a big circle.

  • @Earth11111
    @Earth11111 2 роки тому +1

    Jay gotta have a whole closet of the same clothes lol

  • @mrcina8621
    @mrcina8621 6 років тому +14

    We should drive steam cars now and avoid all drama,petrol, service,gas emissions

    • @jarroddraper5140
      @jarroddraper5140 5 років тому +1

      MrCina86 not run it out of water then u got a bomb

    • @MichaelSHartman
      @MichaelSHartman 5 років тому +1

      @@jarroddraper5140
      When you run out of water, you run out of steam, hence pressure. A water level sensor might cut the flame.

    • @toyota420xp
      @toyota420xp 5 років тому

      But we still need fuel to heat the water

    • @Rainer67059
      @Rainer67059 5 років тому +2

      Steam cars use petrol, too. They cause emissions too and are less efficient because they're external combustion engines, so they cause more emissions than Otto engine cars.
      The drama about petrol, emissions, etc, is because some powerful people don't want us to drive good cars. We can't avoid the drama by going to different types of engine. The only solution is political.

    • @lurac5710
      @lurac5710 4 роки тому +1

      @@Rainer67059 You seriously gonna sit here and say 'ThEy EmIt MoRe EmMiSiOnS ThAn EnGiNes' the otto engine has a lot of issues with it, it is a pipe dream.

  • @mina7572
    @mina7572 3 роки тому

    Jay has great eyesight.

  • @peterdemonov1199
    @peterdemonov1199 5 років тому

    Великолепные машины!

  • @WeedMIC
    @WeedMIC 5 років тому +1

    Hughes was rhe musk of my day - only w/o all the subsidies.

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 4 роки тому

      Resulting in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

  • @Dr.Mcstaby
    @Dr.Mcstaby 7 років тому +32

    i find it funny how all those years ago people made impressive cars like this but now a days the car engineers make everything over complicated and impossible to work on

    • @GrumpyIan
      @GrumpyIan 6 років тому +8

      the companies make more by forcing you to replace it.

    • @ghoulbuster1
      @ghoulbuster1 5 років тому +1

      back then, this steam car would be as expensive as a brand new lambo

    • @sk8ter4life171
      @sk8ter4life171 5 років тому +2

      @@ghoulbuster1 yet so easy an 18 year old could have fixed one, today you have to go to a lambo mechanic to fix one, back then you went to your father

  • @ryhol5417
    @ryhol5417 2 роки тому +2

    I want a steam car

  • @steveespinola7652
    @steveespinola7652 3 роки тому +1

    That Jennifer Lopez comment Jay Leno made was hilarious. 😂

  • @kenhanson4015
    @kenhanson4015 3 роки тому

    Jay's steam punk drinking game, each time he says, "dollop', take a shot. Works for all his steam car videos.

  • @THEROBINKEVIN
    @THEROBINKEVIN 6 років тому +2

    Wow very fast

  • @technowarriorstv
    @technowarriorstv 2 роки тому

    What's the music in your intro

  • @justinmckee2256
    @justinmckee2256 2 роки тому +1

    Today I learned they had blown steam cars too

  • @pivkaaa
    @pivkaaa Рік тому +2

    What is better..
    To be Jay Leno, or Jay Lenos car ?:]

  • @user-nx1ig2dv2d
    @user-nx1ig2dv2d 7 місяців тому

    How many MPG of gas, or whatever the fuel is, does the vehicle get. How big of a tank is it?

  • @dansneyd4646
    @dansneyd4646 6 років тому +2

    That thing is truly a wonder. Question.. steam is being vented under the car, I thought all the steam was recycled? Or is that just a high pressure valve that vents when it has more than it recycle?

    • @marzsit9833
      @marzsit9833 5 років тому +1

      steam is recycled until the point where the condenser at the front of the car can't keep up, the temperature rises and a relief valve vents the pressure. on a long steady cruise the temps stabilize and the relief valve doesn't vent very much. climate could be an issue as well, i don't think a doble would survive a freezing weather event very well with hundreds of freeze-exploded tubes.

  • @liverpix
    @liverpix 3 роки тому

    Fred Dibnah would have loved all these steam vehicles.

  • @pooddescrewch8718
    @pooddescrewch8718 3 роки тому +2

    That Doble is very impressive . How is it that few people have heard of them but many have heard of Stanley Steamers ? They were awful .

  • @KimchiSpringRoll
    @KimchiSpringRoll 3 роки тому +1

    All the good stuff's in the trunk. 😂😂😂

  • @parthasarathyvenkatadri
    @parthasarathyvenkatadri 3 роки тому +4

    It seems like something that would have a flux capacitor 😂

  • @Dekko-chan
    @Dekko-chan 3 роки тому

    “Internal combustion clock”
    12:12

  • @jpsholland
    @jpsholland 5 років тому +2

    What amazes me is how silent the steam car is. It look like he is more silent then a electric car. On the other hand, steam locomotives are always hissing, sighing, moaning and sneezing around, even when standing at a platform. I wonder why that is.

    • @wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695
      @wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695 5 років тому

      Much bigger

    • @marzsit9833
      @marzsit9833 5 років тому +1

      open system vs closed system. a steam locomotive is an open system where all of the water is lost, the doble is a closed system where the spent steam is condensed back into water and reused to make more steam.

  • @two3lights
    @two3lights 8 років тому +6

    dont mess with thomas the steam train

  • @parentsbasement7734
    @parentsbasement7734 Місяць тому

    Countless guys have told the girl they're with about the engine in that car having no idea what it is. Oh ya babe that's a rolls Royce 12 cylinder....

  • @ronhood7773
    @ronhood7773 Рік тому

    Why is there a dent in the camera car mustang hood???

  • @valeriyreiter4199
    @valeriyreiter4199 9 років тому +2

    The only two bad things in all steam cars is heat exchangers and not the best using of heat

  • @stevengrotte2987
    @stevengrotte2987 6 років тому +1

    What year is it, must have missed it if they said.
    Thank you.

  • @styldsteel1
    @styldsteel1 9 років тому +3

    How many miles can you go on one "fill up" ?

    • @biteme1167
      @biteme1167 3 роки тому

      24 gallon tank getting between 10-14 mpg so about 280 miles per tank, depending on how fast you drive of course.

  • @donmaguire
    @donmaguire 5 років тому

    How hot is the combustion gas temperature after the boiler?

    • @biteme1167
      @biteme1167 3 роки тому

      In the flames at the top of the combustion chamber 2800-3000 degrees F.

  • @UFOsExst
    @UFOsExst 4 роки тому +1

    Someone make a modern steam car and ill buy it! Lets get back to what makes sense! Water for fuel!

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 4 роки тому +2

      Water for fuel? Last time I tried, water didn't burn.

  • @oceanmariner
    @oceanmariner Рік тому

    What is the fuel, gas, diesel? What is the mileage? If you have a condenser, what is the steam exhausting under the car?

    • @WilhelmKarsten
      @WilhelmKarsten Рік тому

      The Doble can run on kerosene. Gasoline or Diesel.
      Jay gets around 3.5 to 6 mph on unleaded gasoline

  • @Patriotx-gx4ce
    @Patriotx-gx4ce 3 роки тому

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