OW> RJT>> Heck,  I can remember some of those even having six volt
OW> RJT>> batteries...   :-)

OW> GW>> How about cars that had a dyna-motor (starter that doubled as a
OW> GW>> dynamo)?

OW> RJT> I'm surprised that they don't do that sort of thing more often.
OW> RJT> Though I expect that if the hybrid cars become more popular and
OW> RJT> if they move the voltage to higher levels like they've been
OW> RJT> talking about (I hear talk of 48 volt systems),  it might make a
OW> RJT> reappearance

OW>GW> Too inefficient.
OW>GW> Not enough power output for modern vehicles.
OW>GW> Too little torque to start modern engines.
OW>GW> (guess - it'd cost more than the separate units)

OW> RJT> What cars used that setup?

OW>GW> I _think_ it was an early VW Beetle, with 6 volt electrics.

OW>I had a 1958 ? beetle and it was "normal" I had an NZeta
scooter which had a
OW>Jawa motor with a dynamotor on the end of the crank also there was a New
OW>Zealand made farm trike from the 1960's called a Gnat which had a dynamotor on
OW>its Villers engine. These were an interesting machine, Basicly a big triangle
OW>with a flat bottom with a wide low pressure wheel in each corner and a tiller
OW>to steer with. The engine was started backwards to go in reverse.

Now that would be a real pain in the a--, kill the engine so
as to restart it in reverse, then kill it again so as to
restart it in forward. How on earth did they find anybody
ignorant enough to buy one in the '60s?

Jay



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