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Re: New thread: First word, Desmodromic, sounds like....

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Subject: Re: New thread: First word, Desmodromic, sounds like....
From: Egil Kvaleberg <egil@kvaleberg.no>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 16:35:09 GMT
Organization: Siving Egil Kvaleberg AS
References: <199912181031_MC2-9194-4E9F@compuserve.com>
On 18 Dec 1999, David Massey wrote:

> The Renault Dauphine was hand crank-able via a hole in the REAR bumper. 
> But they stopped making those in the early 60's whereas the TR4 (not the
> 4A) was built until  1965.

The Renault 8 (and probably also the 10) had rear crank handle, and
was made untill at least 1971. The high compression engine was really
only startable via the crank when hot, but it sure was nice for setting
the ignition and adjusting the valves.

Egil
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