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    Villiers flywheel magnetos

    Jun 02, 2021 2 minutes
    Words and photograph: RICHARD ROSENTHAL

    Villiers unveiled their 269cc single cylinder two-stroke engine in autumn 1913, its sparks supplied by a front-mounted, chain-driven magneto. This concept applied to the Mk.II, Mk.III and early Mk.IV 269cc units. Late in the Mk.IV series (1921) the bacon slicer outside flywheel was replaced by a Villiers-built flywheel magneto.

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