Pull out the choke, turn on the ignition, step on the starter

[ROUSTABOUT]

My 49 Willys Overland had the starter on the floor, 3 on the tree with dashboard overdrive. What a tank. 50 top speed in OD.

Lot of them had 5,36 gears. Some had 5.13 ratio.

 

[oldnslo]

520 Johnny popper, Super M Farmall, H Farmall, from 60s thru 86 when we sold the last one. Don’t remember if 52 Ford with flat head had starter on the floor though.

 

[Jstpssng]

My father’s 1949 KB5, although I don’t remember ever driving it.
Every time I saw him start it cold though he would get it rolling backwards out of the barn, slip the clutch and it would start immediately.
His Ford 4400 was also like that.I got it going after it had been setting for about 5 years. Then we sold it.

 

[dodge man]

Funny you bring this up because I just did it NEVER. Are we talking airplanes.

 

[orezok]

My Dads 39 Plymouth. We drove across the country pulling a home made trailer. Times were lean then.

 

[RalphVa]

Last was an old Gravely. Probably last car/truck was an old Studebaker.

 

[Xfaxman]

I did it in my first car, a 1929 Model A ford coupe.

Plus several more after that.

 

[LouNY]

59 Chevy 2 ton truck had the floor starter,
WD Chalmers had a pull rod to engage the starter,
Farmall 560 and 656 have push buttons on the dash.
Lots of other vehicles with manual chokes, some had the auto chokes removed and manuals installed.

 

[IXLR8]

Last time I did that was in 1971 driving my dads 1927 Model T Ford.

 

[orezok]

My Dads old Plymouth also had the high beam switch on the floor.