| Villiers must have felt that the reference to lighting sets
in the booklet needed more explanation - or more promotion. They
devote a whole page to it, explaining that "Every Villiers engine is fitted
with its own magneto, incorporated in the freewheel. This arrangement
gives a more intense spark than the ordinary horseshoe magneto and provides
smoother running and easier starting. In addition to this one of its
principal advantages is that it generates its own electric light by the
addition of two small coils which in no way affect the ignition circuit. ...
The current is taken from a simple plug-in terminal at the back of the
armature plate of the magneto".
In a company publication, "Sixty Progressive Years", Villers wax
lyrical in their peroration to the company history:
"Villiers Group products are renowned throughout the world and their
current export activities can be gauged from the direct trading accounts
with approximately 140 different overseas countries. The engines have
performed without detriment to their established reputation for
dependability in some of the most adverse conditions. They have operated
in the frozen wastes of Greenland and Northern Scandinavia and in the
steamy heat of the tropics. They have powered rock drills, air
compressors and lighting sets during the building of the world’s highest
road across the Andes Mountains. They are used for quarrying; they have
powered light aircraft; and along stretches of the Scandinavian
coast-line Villiers engines stand by to drive emergency generating sets
should a mains electricity failure put lighthouses out of commission."
|
|
|
|
|
|
Return to Motorcycle
Engines
|
|
Return to the beginning
|
|
Proceed to Other
Products
|
|
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)