<VV> push start

[Rt66Vairs at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/21/2005 11:33:39 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
Corvair at fnader.com writes:

I guess  they never considered a hand starter.  My Tatra V8 has one...big hit 
at  car shows when they see the Hemi V8 and the starter handle sticking out  
through the bumper!

I've started a few Model T's and British cars  with a handle, but I've not 
yet attempted the  Tatra.

Bill



Many years ago in a fight of lunacy I bought a Peugoet 403.
 
Came with a crank handle in the trunk for starting the engine.
 
Never used until one very cold morning (living in Chicago at the time) I  
went out to go to work
and all I got from the starting was a short grunt.
 
The guy next to me in his brand new Pontiac got the same sorta grunt.
 
I remembered the crank got it out. Pulled the choke, turned on the ignition  
and put the car in neutral. I gave the crank a turn and she fired right up. I  
was totally amazed.
 
The guy in the Pontiac asked which way I was going.
 
My Corvairs never failed to start in all the years I lived in Chicago. But  
whenever a car did I
thought of the Peugeot. 
 
Tim Abney
IECC