<VV> push start

[kaczmarek at charter.net]

Mark
I pushed my 65 monza 140/pg in neutral, dropped it in low, and it started!!! But I didn't push it by myself. Had someone helping me get her going fast enough. It can be done though. Nothing to defy, but you do have to get the car going a bit faster than a manual trans car. Normally you can get a man trans car started by pushing less than 20 feet. 

Hank
> 
> From: "Mark J. Murphy" <m.j.murphy at comcast.net>
> Date: 2005/07/21 Thu AM 07:56:17 EST
> To: "Corvair List" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV> push start
> 
> The key there is "popped the clutch".  No doubt you can push start a manual
> on your own, been there myself.  But the original comment was on pushing a
> PG to start, and I still defy anyone to do that.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roger Gault" <r.gault at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Corvair List" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:23 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> push start
> 
> 
> > I have push started my '65 convert by hand, by myself .  I did this in the
> [snip]
> > I connected the battery back up with a jumper cable, stood in open
> driver's
> > door, pushed and ran, jumped in, dropped it into gear, popped clutch and
> > drove home.
> 
> [snip]
> > > I raised an eyebrow at the "by hand" bit myself, however I have push
> > started
> > > several over the years just not by hand.  Usually a bumper-push with
> 
> [snip]
> > > > > and that means you can PUSH START a Corvair PG.......BY HAND!!
> 
> [snip]
> > > If you can get it up that fast buy hand, let me know. I'll sell tickets.
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