5 hp, two-cylinder double-acting steam engine with single chain drive, solid axles with full-elliptic leaf springs, transverse front and longitudinal rear, and mechanical differential brake. Wheelbase: 1,575 mm

• Extremely rare Marlboro steamer

• Well-preserved older restoration

• Ideal candidate for London-to-Brighton

Orrin P. Walker was president of the Marlboro Automobile and Carriage Company, a carriage builder with a quarter-century of experience, in the Massachusetts town of that name. The Marlboro car had a water tube boiler, automatic pressure regulator and single chain drive. It would do 30 mph on “fair roads” and 25 on “poor roads” and could climb a 25 percent grade. By January 1901 Walker had built 30 steam cars and sold them all. He increased production but the following summer had to announce that he had a “stock of cars” on hand. He then halted production, to his stockholders’ chagrin. Marlboro steam cars were few and far between in their day. This survivor may very well be unique.

This 1899 Marlboro Steam Stanhope was restored in the 1970s and received an Antique Automobile Club of America National First Prize in 1975. Fitted with all-white rubber tyres on wire spoke bicycle-style wheels, it seats two up high and proudly in its early Stanhope coachwork. It is equipped with a roll-down front screen for steaming in bad weather. Its information file includes a copy of the original instruction manual. Prior owners in California are known back nearly two decades, and it has had a recent service in 2009. Steam is one of the fastest growing collecting categories, and few steam cars offer the quality, rarity and history of this 1899 Marlboro.

A reduced import tax of 5% may be applicable to this car. For further explanation please speak with an RM representative.