Who needs a starter motor to start the engine?? 💪🏼💪🏼 Just crank it with your arm! How easy! 😎🤓 

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When an engine has 5:1 compression ratio it’s all good!

Best engine sound I've heard this day

I used to have a 1954 Rover. People used to laugh at the crank under the hood. Then one night I had a flat battery and fired up the old 7.5:1 F-head 6 cylinder by hand and they never laughed again.

Now that's old old school right there. Many an arm was broken before the electric starter.

Had a crank in my Peugeot 404, very good in cold winter, cranked 2 to 3 times, and it started much easier with the electric start motor, while other cars just empty their batteries 😊

Michael Myers is chasing you down you got to start your car like this

Miss those old beetles.. Fantastic engines. Easy to work on. 👍👍👍

Saw it below, my gramps had a crank start model T. Always pull up from the bottom and keep your thumb over top. You'll never break your wrist, thumb or arm. 😊

Don't grab it with your thumb, if it backfires you'll have thumb in the wrong place

The idle is so quiet wow

I remember that my Dad's 1960 Beetle also came with this handle just in case the electric starter did not work. May his soul rest in peace forever.

Nothing like the awesome sound of a air cooled VW ❤

Used to start my dads Hillman Hunter with a starting handle. Best thing was if the battery was flat you could always start it! To think this is how cars were back in the 60s and 70s for me

NEVER go down with the crank like that, always pull up from the bottom, you can break your arm if it back fires on you. A lot of men did back in the 30s & 40s.

My 51 vw van had a crank start. It also had a crashbox (no syncros), opening windshield and opening doors on both sides of van body. There was no opening door at rear. Loved that van.

I wish we still had that option. More and more I keep stripping my car of things that go bad, I don't replace them unless it's super necessary

356 engine 👍

I was taught to only pull up on the crank in case it “kicked” back, as your hand would be above it..out of the way..🤗

my 1958 MGA that I have owned since 68, Has a hand crank in the trunk from the factory that operates the jack and starts the motor. It has saved me all through high school many times. And I still rotate the engine over at least once a week using the hand crank.

My grandfather had a 1910 Ford Model T when I was very young. It too was a crank start, but I enjoyed nothing more than watching him test, tune, and drive it! Sadly both are gone

The sound of the carburetor...nice

The engine sound is very satisfying

My brother-in-law had an early 1900s Centurian tractor that had a crank. I do believe that tractor was instramental to the phrase "Kicks like a mule"! LOL

Those old VW engines are beautiful!

I used to have to do this to start my Citroën Dyane, but with a flat two-cylinder engine with 602/ 29 hp it was quite easy.

"Hurry and start the car!" "THEY'RE RUNNING RIGHT AT US!" meanwhile :

That engine sounds very healthy ❤

The available space in that engine bay is amazing.

When I was young, I started my dad's 1949 Austin like that.

Just remember to park on the hill. Did that for a few months.

“In 1977, you couldn’t drink the water in France and they hadn’t heard of an ignition key” - Jeremy Clarkson whilst watching James May start a Citroën Ami

If you start the engine by pulling from the bottom up you'll have less chance of getting hurt if it backfires.

I had a Morris Minor that started that way, no starter motor, just the crank handle. How times have changed.

A wise backup, seeing how long VW retained a 6 volt electric system…😊

My 1959 Austin A35 had a starting handle. Very useful. My First car in 1976.

That’s where the phrase “fly off the handle” came from. That’s also the reason Cadillac made its first starter motor vehicle. People were suffering from injury and even deaths from crank starting their engines..

Главное теперь на светофоре не заглохнуть!

My uncle had a crank start car back in the early 60’s. Damn I’m old 😅

My last baja came with a JC Whitney 75-1169 which was basically a belt you wrapped around the gen pulley to start it with

There's always people on the Internet telling you that you're doing it wrong. I'm not going to say you're "wrong", but I'd like to offer you some advice on how to improve your technique if I may? I'm a prewar restoration engineer and handcranking is a daily thing for me. Every engine is different but there are a few things you can do and develop your own technique from. Firstly, Mark up your bottom pulley with some ignition timing marks using a paint pen. Then, engage the crank and turn your engine around and just feel the whole range of movement that one crank can give you and keep an eye on where you are in relation to TDC/BDC on your crank pulley. Once you've figured out the relationship between the swing of the crank, the engagement of your starting handle and position of your crank pulley then, what you need to do is find the optimal position before TDC that allows the best sweep of the crank handle. If you have accelerator pumps or ticklers, operate them or use your choke. If you have a decomp valve and ignition advance retard mechanism, now is the time to adjust this to get the optimal setting for starting. When you put your "driving hand" on the crank, keep your thumb on the same side as your fingers. Now, pull UP. This way, if the crankhandle kicks back in the lower portion of the stroke, it will simply pull out of your fingers and thumb. If it kicks or pulls forward without disengaging the drive dogs, it will pull out of your hand relatively harmlessly. You can also go from a bent over to almost standing position whilst cranking so as to apply more pressure to the handle and not rely as heavily on your arm alone. I hope that this comes across to you in the helpful way that I intend it to. It is in no way intended as any sort of criticism, I purely want to share the knowledge that I've gained by working on older vehicles. Enjoy your lovely old Volksie 🤙

My Dad would’ve loved this. He put a Corvair engine in his ‘68 bus. Bought it from the scrap yard by the pound. Started it in the yard and a snake skin blew out of it. Drove it to the Keys and to Big Bend TX from NC. VW’s always warm my heart.

What a beautiful sound.

There is a particular way of cranking that saves your ligaments, on the up stroke only, if it back fires it shoots forward sparing your thumb, also curl your thumb under the crank away from danger. Crank with four fingers.

ALWAYS pull up on a crank unless you want to break your arm

Should be pretty handy after a 12 hour shift at work....

That is, that was simply german engineering !!! The VW Bulli Its run an run an run 👍👏👏👏

That's how we did it in the good old days. Cars, trucks and tractors.

Sounds like fine German engineering that's built to last. ❤

That’s gonna be fun in the winter 🥶

Sounds real 👍

That engine is clean. Very nice

The idle sounds so satisfying!! Well tuned!!❤❤❤

My 1976 Toyota FJ-40 Land Cruiser can be crank started without the starter. It was an option.

Thats cool...lovely smooth engine...perfect

I don’t want to burst any bubbles here , but that dynamo on the top of that engine doubles as a starter . Very handy a crank start .

The sound it made after starting up is what you heard when you were stuck behind one of those buses going up hill!

Mobil tua ini emang keren,sangat terawat suaranya juga masih halus, salam kenal salam kompak selalu bang, dari Medan Sumatera Utara,

I’m a big fan of those giant heavy fly wheels the Germans had on their tanks. Easy starting

My 2nd grade teacher had one of these in Detroit and started it this way! Ms Hall, old lady too. I forget why she finally had to get a new car but she literally cried and taught us a song she wrote about the car called "my old jalopy" and she explained what a jalopy was and how everyone thinks she's crazy for still driving this car. We had no clue how cool that lady actually was 😅 she insisted it started super easy "even for an old lady".

шикарный звук, можно влюбиться.

That vdub has an iconic sound

Every man's right hand those days💪💪💪💪

“I’m benching at least 350 pal! Plus I can rebuild dem starter motors!”

What is the compression ratio of that beauty? It’s 7:1? or maybe less?

An engine that never breaks

What a lovely smooth sounding engine

My dad had a 58 Renault Dauphine that was 6V and he had to crank start it in winter because the starter didn’t have enough power to crank it. He hated cranking it in rain and snow, and when the crank snapped back it nearly broke his arm. He traded it in on a Rambler the next spring.

Older VWs all had this, started fairly easy. Older Renault Daphne had this also

Pretty neat . A near perfect tuned carb is definitely required for this setup or it’s gonna make for some strong arm muscles 💪

Gotta be a Volkswagen ! The things actually running 😂

I'd say everyone needs it, electric starters are essential. My great uncle broke his shoulder cranking a model-T and the electric starter was invented by a company who's owner's friend died from manual crank injuries on a car of thier design. But I do have to admit, it is kinda satisfying seeing that engine be cranked over.

When mechanic life was easy

Dual carbs and a hand crank! nice

Couldn't imagine killing it in traffic like a new driver on a clutch and jumping out and cranking it back over to start 😂 but love it super cool!

My VW had a faulty starter motor, and I did it this way: Make sure to park the car at a flat or downward inclining surface. Put the gear in neutral and turn on the ignition. Make sure there is free space in front of the car. Open the door and start to manually push the VW forward. As soon as you get it moving a few steps, jump into the car and quickly push the clutch to the bottom, and at the same time quickly engage second gear. Release the clutch quickly a brief moment, and at the same time give it a little throttle. Immediately push the clutch to the bottom again, and the engine is running. This worked every time, but timing of every step is crucial to make it work.

Чух чух..... красота

Love the old school crank start

Best alarm system I ever seen and you too. Who could steal the Van

In 1971 I had a neighbor with a '66 Beetle. It was a cold winter. His car battery would not buy spin the motor. I had worked on my dads VWs for years. I did not have my jumpers at home, that day. I got a piece of rope from the shed, wrapped it around the crank pulley a couple three turns and pull started it like a lawnmower.

That's purring like a kitten..great sound!

Está kombi já tem mais de 55 anos, .LEMBRO da minha infância

I always started my old VWs on a speed bump and roll it down, pop the clutch in 1st,or second if slightly downhill.

You don't have a starter? Becomes the starter

Its like my brain in the morning :)

Работа двигателя, как часики💯👌

Years ago,JC Whitney made a pulley that you could adapt to a type 1 VW engine and start it with a pull cord.

That's right. A Beetle's boxer four. Porshe's genius enginiring of 30-ties.🤗

I remember the old VW beetles had that

May God bless you all who's ever reading this 🙏💖❤️🙏

Car chases in horror movies be like

The sound of my childhood❤

Beautiful Barndoor. Geeze 💘

356 Engine....stunning.

This sound has separate fan base😍😍😇

wow , what a sound. smooth

The dude who invented the electric start witnessed a lady kill herself starting a car this way. True story!

Back when I was a kid in the early 1970s, my sister bought a 1953 VW bus for $500. I can't recall it starting with a crank,but it looked very similar to this one here. I also remember she couldn't drive it on the freeway, the thing couldn't do much better than 40 mph.

What a thing of beauty, simply amazing.

20° outside mfrs be like "man I'm hard core!"