In the cold winter months, a Model T planetary transmission would actually drive the car forward slowly just from the drag created by the grease as the engine started- - - - -even with the puny little parking brakes applied. It was not uncommon for car owners to have to jack up one rear wheel to keep the car from running over the person hand-cranking the engine in cold weather.
Jerry


"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!