THE VIDEO SHELF · steam cars
1925 Doble E-20 Steam Car - Jay Leno's Garage
Jay Leno tours and drives a 1925 Doble E-20 steam car, once owned by Howard Hughes, covering how it starts up and runs. It includes a cutaway view of the engine.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited in steam car threads as a well-produced view of how a Doble works and how it solved startup in 1925.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Jay Leno's Garage
- Topic
- steam cars
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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anybody have diagrams of this engine? Picture [LINK] This video opens the hood, and shows cross sections of engine. And is technical focus. [LINK] This Jay Leno video is actually good. Has cutaway of the engine to show the moving parts. [VIDEO]
FrustratedMonky on Hacker News · 2024-03
In Howard Hughes modified a 1925 Doble steam car to reach 133 MPH (2022)Jay Leno has a Doble car (mentioned in the article as a 1920s attempt at a "user-friendly" steam car revival). The video has great production and really shows the starting and driving processes: [VIDEO]
snaily on Hacker News · 2024-05
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