Christine Studies Sportscar Design & Tech here with a Crank Start Packard
Publicado 2023-10-04
At the San Marino MotorClassic Christine talks with Nethercutt Collection Vice President Cameron Richards who demonstrates the crank start procedure. He makes it look easy but observing this startup procedure makes us VERY grateful for ignition technology. He shares a little about restoration at this world famous museum and Christine does an up close, 'bee-view' design study of this wonderful 1909 Packard Model 30 from the Brass Era.
At a time when bicycles and horses were relied upon to cover distances of dirt roads, and ladies wore hoop skirts, Packard was among the earliest automakers to undertake production at scale while also pursuing details for comfort, adjustability and other thoughtful accommodations. TNC or The Nethercutt Collection is open to the public in Sylmar and offers an amazing walk through history in several buildings - including historic music technology, a phenomenal mascot collection, custom private luxury railcars and other towable living accommodations - one of our favorite design challenges here...
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This is AWESOME! Beautiful piece of HisStory. Thanks for putting these together for us to “be there”!
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This turned out great! Love it!!! Thank you so much Christine!!
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My first car was a 1959 Morris Minor woody. It had a crank starter that I joked was there to back up the Lucas electrics. That crank got me to work on time more than once, Lol! A beautiful production of some very nice cars Christine❤!
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Renaults in the 60's could be hand cranked by sticking the jack crank handle through a purpose-made hole under the rear bumper and fitting into the engine crankshaft end. My Caravelle only had a 750 cc engine, so this was very workable.
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Its called a Friction damper. Its just a series of friction plates half of which are connected to one arm of the damper and the other half to the other arm. They all pivot around a center axis bolt that has a tensioning nut that can increase or decrease the amount of friction and therefor dampening effect.
