<VV> Towing with a Car Dolly or Flat tow

[FrankCB]

     Years ago when I was working at a place that had a very sloped parking lot, I would try to park at the highest corner.  Then, when I left for the day, I let the 66 PG Corvair roll and with the ignition ON I would try to roll start the car without using the starter.  Usually I could get up to a high enough speed to do so.  But don't bother trying this with any "modern" car.  Now that I think of it I also did the same thing in 1962 with my Torqueflite equipped 58 Plymouth when the starter malfunctioned (but only when hot) on a trip back home from a Riverside, California jobsite to NYC.
     Frank "thanks for the memories" Burkhard

In a message dated 02/16/10 12:45:31 Eastern Standard Time, corvairduval at cox.net writes:
Powerglide cars have what is known as a rear pump. You can test this by 
turning the car off in neutral and turning the ignition back on then drop 
the selector in D or L if your speed is over 18 MPH. Obviously this could 
be a dangerous driving trick, so a non populated street at 25 MPH is good. 
This also means you CAN push start a powerglide equiped car, as long as 
your buddies can get up to 15+MPH pushing.