[Mgs] Hand cranking

[Ron Engelhardt]

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