Re: New thread: First word, Desmodromic, sounds like....

["Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>]

Don Kerr wrote:
> 
> Ok....Which was the car (not the Ducati m/c)........ using desmodromic
> valve gear .........

Mercedes F1, circa 1955, what I believe Mercedes designated the 300SLR.
Same as the one which killed about eighty people in the stands when the
car came apart in an accident.


>  secondly..the last car or 'LBC' to use a starting handle ?

As regards the Triumph, it was the TR4. As for other makes, who knows...
Russian Ladas probably need one, whether equipped for it, or not.
<smile>

Cheers.