Original features often vanish during repair or restoration; photos of sister cars show a small beveled washer between the boiler pressure gauge elbow and firewall
The boiler pressure gauge is the right hand one in this photo of restored sister car #7712 in the USA. This car also has its electric gauge lamp, long since vanished from
ours, and the indirect reading water gauge between the fuel and boiler
pressure gauges.
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| This pre-restoration photo showed that the washer and gauge glass fitting had vanished from our car |
When the car was dismantled, a ring of discoloured paintwork was found where the washer fitted. Spares and accessories for Stanleys are relatively easy to come by;
Vintage Steam Products in the US supply a wide range of Stanley spares and accessories, including a stainless steel reproduction of the missing washer, and with the pressure gauge off to avoid it freezing in the winter, it was a good time to order a replacement.
During restoration we also sourced an original Stanley water gauge fitting from T Clarence Marshall of the
Marshall Steam Museum, whose father was a Stanley dealer.
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