Taped at the 2009 AACA Hershey car show. The owner kindly agreed to demonstrate starting his 1911 Chase touring car. Just shows how we take car starting for granted today when it wasn't so easy in years gone by!
The Case uses a 3-cylinder, 2-cycle, air-cooled engine. The driver places some gasoline in the priming cups, thus giving each cylinder a shot of fuel for starting. He adjusts the fuel/air mixture and turns on the magneto circuit. The rear of the car is jacked up; not sure why, but he said it makes starting easier.