Sunday, January 18, 2026

Winton, the topic of the day (so far) came up with a compressed air starter, and the tank of compressed air was able to double as a reservoir for inflating tires


 Winton's compressed-air starter enabled advertising of “The Self-Starting Winton Six-Teen-Six”. 

That starter system also enabled Winton, from 1911, to offer tire inflation using the same compressed-air reservoir.

Until 1911 there were only a handful of self starting cars that didn't require grabbing a crank handle, and Winton and Chalmers both used compressed air systems. In 1912, 60 manufacturers were including a self starter in their equipment lists, but only two were electric

In the Jan 1912 Automobile Magazine the variety of starters was listed as acetylene gas, electrical, compressed air, spring and lever starters


https://www.delcoremyhistory.com/images/Moments%20in%20Time/Starter%20Types%20Automotive_Industries%20Jan%201912.pdf  for the details on how the systems worked

https://www.thesahb.com/snapshot-467-1908-winton-six-teen-six/

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