My fellow club members seem to get a kick out of asking me to start my
car with the crank, not too hard to do. I usually use it to adjust the
valves and timing. I don't know the last year cars had a crank but the
MGA's had one through 62.
Ron
58 MGA
Glenn Schnittke wrote:
> Discussion came up at home tonight twixt the wife and myself about
> hand-cranking engines and when the practice died out.
>
> The question before the board is "What was the last automobile manufactured
> with the capability to hand crank the engine?" Not the necessity, but the
> capability.
>
> Glenn
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