The starting handle needs a business-like flick with, as others have said, your thumb kept on the driving side of the handle.
Just to spare all from later confusion, may I politely point out that on pre-war distributors, direction of rotation is formally quoted from the drive side - A7 distributors are anti-clockwise units, even though they rotate clockwise as viewed from the cap.
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Just to spare all from later confusion, may I politely point out that on pre-war distributors, direction of rotation is formally quoted from the drive side - A7 distributors are anti-clockwise units, even though they rotate clockwise as viewed from the cap.
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