Crank Knobs
 

So you know we got it all wrong the whole time :D

Yeah, I always thought it was foreskin, don't you know.

Thanks Vlim :cheers: I needed that :thumbup:

It's from this British publication, aimed at home guard troops.

IMO we need a choice of emoticons besides the thumbs up. I'd suggest one for laughing and one for "You gotta be kidding".

That diagram is a hoot.

A vet friend of the family eons ago was talking about Lugers and a couple he had in the ETO. He referred to the toggle actions as "Grasshoppers." I don't recall ever seeing that anywhere.
Old memory bobbing to the top.

Crank Knobs? I can only hear it in the voice of Beavis and Butthead.... CrAnK KnObS

Neil I have a good friend that spells "foreplay" a little differently.."begging" Crank knobs..might be a little word play there!

I have a girlfriend who calls her ex a 'crank knob' Jerry http://i.imgur.com/GWFWA5e.gif

This is my laff emoticon Doubs - feel free to use it. http://i.imgur.com/NXpGI.gif

Gerben, I notice there are quite a few other items in this book..are they all as crazy as the Luger?

I will have a look.

Putting a stripper clip in a C96 may be a challenge:

If it had the foresight to take to it's wings, it could fly...

I love the British elite ego when things go wrong...

It seems they had no direct access to German pistols or reference literature.

The Colt 1911 pistol and the revolver were described in more detail.

Given the fact that the Brits drive on the wrong side of the street, this makes perfect sense.

Also George until 1965-67 the Brits (and other European countries) used the 6 volt positive ground system (electricity actually flows from negative to positive) which was a nightmare to own and work on. The 12 volt negative ground system was reluctantly adopted to facilitate 'modern' electronics such as stereo equipment and accessories (LED lights, cigarette lighters etc). Ford and Chrysler used the 6 volt positive ground system until about 1956. A positive ground system reduces corrosion (rust) as researched by Telecom industries.

As a teenager in the late 60's my pride and joy was a 1963 Austin Healy 3000 MKII BJ7 ... a definite chick magnet and fun to drive but sorting out wiring problems was a challenge. On the + side, they were cheap because of the positive ground.
https://i.imgur.com/zQU6eBb.jpg

Back in 1964 I traded in a 1959 MGA in on a 1964 MGB. Can't remember at the moment but one or maybe both use a two 6 volt battery's into a 12 volt negative ground system. Kept the "B" for 18 years. Great cars and drove both across the nation a couple of times...

Lucas the prince of darkness
 

Had a '54 Jag with Lucas electronics. Renamed the prince of darkness for constantly going out when headlights turned on:confused:

I owned a '61 3000 2 seater with no "buddy seat" in the back. Mine was silver and I did repaint it. I loved that little car and purchased a removable hardtop for it for the winter time. Sure wish I still had it!!

The Colt revolver is a complete hash-up. But I think I am going to start calling the slide release a "long catch" I like the sound of it.

Yeah... there is a "gun cranks" YouTube channel...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKO...BAu4Q/featured

I bought a '59 A-H 100/6 2+2 when I was at the Philly Naval Hospital back in Winter of '71. Later I bought another 100/6 but 2-seat only. Finally finished up with a 3000 w/3 carbs. Sold all of them because of rust-worn frames; they sagged in the middle. :(

Spangy, that pic of yours looks more like a 100/6 than a 3000. 100/6 had clip-on side windows & snap-on fabric top over a rod-in-hole spidery top frame; 3000 folded down onto the rear deck & had roll-up windows. 100/6 had horizontal grille slats; 3000 were vertical. I don't have any pics of any of mine, I was never into cameras. :o

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If the pistol has a foresight, does the back end have a hindsight??? :rolleyes:

Sold mine because the AH 3000 is NOT a winter car.
I was in Saskatoon Saskatchewan when I owned my 3000.
Back then the winters were really cold ... -40f was normal and snow drifts would reach the roof line of your house.

Essentially the AH 3000 and the AH 100/6 are nearly identical aesthetically speaking ... both are beautiful machines.

Later on I revived my sports car enthusiasm with a 72 Datsun 240Z ... 1972 was the last year of the triple - 3 x 2 barrel Mikuni down draft carb set up. What a blast ... complete sports car fun.

Guns & Cars ya gotta luv em !!

My '61 AH 3000 had removable side curtains and a frame one put up for the top. Then, you put the top over the frame. 4 Speed with an electric overdrive.

Hi,

Crank Knobs sound like a part of an old Victor Phonograph!!!


Sieger

There was a place that for about twenty years, from 1978 on, that addressed such things. I sold my 65 Volvo 1800S when I became worried about the rusty uni-body. Little did I know I'd work at Finger Lakes Fabricating 2 years later.

Most often seen were VW Beetles for uni-body/heater tubes and floor pans. Dodge Darts had their own special tricks. The area around the mount for the torsion bars would weaken and twist out. My fave was that the rear leaf springs would slice up into the trunk like a can opener when the rear mount rusted loose. Subaru et. al. shock towers were a thing, too, IIRC.

They'd fix anything that was viable if the customer could afford it, and I can't begin to enumerate all the different vehicles that were structurally restored. I recall a Porsche 914, which had rocker panel structure similar to the bug. The guy working on it wanted access, and removed the roof panel, which turned out to be what was keeping the car from bending in half. Nonetheless the repair went just fine.

One night, the door was left open on a car that was left on the lift overnight. The system leaked enough that the car had slowly come down, and because the open door caught on the steel bench on the way, it was lying in repose on its side in the A.M.

They set fewer than a handful on fire, overall. One Mercedes' interior was completely burned out by a hot MIG ball that had somehow gotten inside and smoldered unnoticed in the carpet/insulation layer. Again, a surprise in the morning... Welding spatter on glass was to be scrupulously avoided. Tiny red hot balls of steel melt into and stick to glass. It is unnoticeable until the next rain, at which point it rusts and makes your windshield red. It will also destroy your wipers.

All gone now, closed up, and the owner retired since 2011.