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Thread Author: bathtub tom Replies: 8
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New Fri 14 Sep 12 17:23 
 Twinkle, twinkle chocolate bar - bathtub tom
I heard my grandson sing this:


Twinkle twinkle chocolate bar
granddad drives a rusty car
Pull the starter push the choke
Off we go in a cloud of smoke
Twinkle twinkle chocolate bar
granddad drives a rusty car

You all know what I've got.

He said his granny taught him it.

I think I shall be having words.....................
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New Fri 14 Sep 12 17:29 
 Twinkle, twinkle chocolate bar - diddy1234
excellent. what's Nan going to teach next?
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New Fri 14 Sep 12 19:12 
 Twinkle, twinkle chocolate bar - WillDeBeest
I suppose it would be pedantic to suggest we should push the starter and pull the choke.
}:---)
Last edited by: WillDeBeest on Fri 14 Sep 12 at 19:15
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New Fri 14 Sep 12 19:16 
 Twinkle, twinkle chocolate bar - mikeyb
My kids learnt this one at school!
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New Fri 14 Sep 12 20:25 
 Twinkle, twinkle chocolate bar - Armel Coussine
>> pedantic to suggest we should push the starter and pull the choke.

Actually WDB in the forties starters were usually pulled...
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New Fri 14 Sep 12 21:47 
 Twinkle, twinkle chocolate bar - Harleyman

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>> Actually WDB in the forties starters were usually pulled...
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.... or in your case, cranked. ;-)
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New Fri 14 Sep 12 23:28 
 Twinkle, twinkle chocolate bar - WillDeBeest
I had no idea Tom's tub was that old.
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New Sat 15 Sep 12 00:51 
 Twinkle, twinkle chocolate bar - Armel Coussine
>> ... or in your case, cranked. ;-)

All too often comrade, but only when battery or starter was a bit limp.

Perhaps we need a thread on crank handles, cheap bent dodgy ones, with a bent front bumper so the hole is in the wrong place, and with worn dogs on the end of the crankshaft ... the physical techniques sometimes needed to swing the engine quickly enough to start it... and the over-advanced engine kicking back trying to break your wrist or thumb... ah, the old days...

I sometimes think I'd still be the man I used to be if it hadn't been for all those damn jalopies ... they wore me out.
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New Sat 15 Sep 12 02:05 
 Twinkle, twinkle chocolate bar - Armel Coussine
But you pulled starters in the forties as a rule. Starter and choke were often identical symmetrically placed pull knobs.

Ford, Humber, Hillman all had pull starters. The Ford V8 had a hand throttle as well as a choke. They looked the same and as a child I had difficulty understanding the difference as they both increased engine speed when you pulled them.

My first two cars (c.1936, and 1947) had pull starters.
Last edited by: Armel Coussine on Sat 15 Sep 12 at 02:06
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