I have a friend who had an early 60's Karmen-Ghia(SP?) that would occasionally need hand cranked with that strap gizmo. His had a pin sticking outward on the gen pulley, and you'd hook a hole in the end of the strap on that pin, kinda like the strap start on a Gravely tractor. It worked good as long as there was a smidgen of juice left in the batt.
Someone mentioned broken bones - I saw a man knock himself out when he let the crank slip out of a Wisconsin engine while he was cranking it hard. It swung around and hit him in the chin and he went down like an oak tree. We'da felt sorry for him if he hadn't been making so much fun of the rest of us for not being able to start it. We drug him over by the fire barrel (after we were able to quit laughing). He finally came to and seemed as normal as he ever was. . .
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