[Mgs] Hand cranking

Bert Palte palte at gmx.net
Wed May 7 13:37:03 MDT 2008


At 02:40 7-5-2008, you wrote:

>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.

My first car had this capability, a Renault 4 from 1963.
I was 18 at the time (in 1971).
Of course, I tried if it worked.
It did, but it was a PITA.
I found that it was easier to push the 600 kg car by hand, jump into it,
shift it into 2nd gear (out of three!!!) and release the clutch to 
get it started
when the battery was flat.

Bert


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