The Ford Model T, &quot;generally regarded as the first affordable automobile&quot; (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ford_Model_T" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ford_Model_T</a>), over 15 million manufactured, had a hand crank.  A &#x27;40s era tractor that my family &quot;inherited&quot; when we bought our 25 acres of land had a hand crank.<p>That said, while hard to use, that tractor&#x27;s hand crank automatically disconnected well enough once the engine got started.  Then again my father, born in the early &#x27;30s, grew up using them.