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[scotty]

Bit of flint on top of piston, bit of steel on cyl head piston comes up flint strikes steel flash bang rumble engine starts.
Now watching if some daft bugger tries to make it work or gives a lecture on the incompatibility of flint and alloy. ha ha.

[mustaphapint]

The scene from "Flight of the Phoenix" was my thought too when I read the OP. Thanks for posting it Alan R.