In search of Christopher Willis

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat May 17 18:28:00 2003

> The newest car that I've had that had a crank was a 1958 VW pickup,
> although the U.S. models stopped in the early 50s. But the parts were

I am pretty sure that UK Land Rovers had the starting handle at least
until the late 1970s... The series 3 workshop manual shows the special
dog bolt anyway.

The starting handle makes some maintenance jobs (setting the valve
clearances and the static ignition timing, for example) a lot easier too...

-tony
Received on Sat May 17 2003 - 18:28:00 BST