Way back in the late 70's early 80's I worked for a rather large parts store here in town. A then old guy comes in, lays this starter on the bench and says "I need you guys to send this somewhere for rebuild"
So I asked and it's out of one of the little old "round fender" Datsun pickups, he points out there and says "it's out in front" (parked in front of the store)
I says "How in heck do you start it?"
"Use the crank"
AND THEN I REALIZED why the old mini pickups like Courier, Datsun, etc all had the big long crank for the spare tire winch under the bed. It's because the earlier models could be cranked!!!! Some of the later ones had the radiator in the way, but the fitting was still in place on the engine crankshaft
On a side note some of the old Datsuns had a 4 speed---on the column!!
