les freathy Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Now heres something you dont see everyday, the Ford model T with the hucks starter is quite a well known vehicle but not so this Morris Cowley with the Hucks aircraft starter. This photo shows one as a prototype i wonder did any make it into production Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 It is quite different from the Hucks on the Model T. It looks too low down to start an aeroplane engine, unless i am missing something. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlangham Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 i thought that too - maybe the whole cab area with the starter attached moves up, like a lift? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 (edited) I see it has an Army census number and MWEE above it (Mechanical Warfare Experimental Establishment). Aircraft were not the domain of army in 1930's. The census number list shows it as a single purchase and only states Morris 4x2 car. Perhaps it was for starting tanks, like the Vickers Medium, the main one of that time. Edited February 14, 2010 by Richard Farrant Alteration re. MWEE meaning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 That could be it. I see that the starter arm sits in a rest, so maybe the whole thing lifts up. It could be for starting tanks, but it would be really annoying of you stalled in the battlefield and had to wait for a starter to catch up with you. I see that the arm does not stick out as far as the read mudguards, so you would really have trouble backing up to be in the right position unless there is another piece missing. It is a very curious machine. Thanks for posting it. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlangham Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Be interesting if it was for Tanks - I know next to nothing about the mid-war Tanks, did they have to be started manually from the outside? I know with the WW1 'Rhomboids' they were started from the inside with a crank operated by about four men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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