First up is the magneto section at 35 pages, as we thought that this would be of the most value, and as time permits we will add the others. To publish the complete listings the file would be too big so we have split it up into the various magneto, generator, distributor and lighting sections. It includes magnetos, dynamos (generators), regulators and associated lighting equipment, and the photographs are excellent in helping to identify parts that may be lying in the bottom of that box in your cupboard. The information contained within comes from the factory listing of all Lucas Equipment and Spare Parts for motorcycles from 1936 to 1950 and covers marques from AJS to Zenith. Not such a bad record really, and there are a lot of Lucas magnetos still giving sterling service to the owners of vintage and classic motorcycles being ridden every day throughout the world. The most interesting thing to remember is that Lucas produced magnetos from the mid 1910s to approximately 1964, a period of nearly 50 years and so would have manufactured over a million, if not millions of such ignition devices. The problem being that as the years went by the reliability of Lucas products came under heavy scrutiny with an increase in failures but most of this could be attributed to lack of maintenance. Nowadays mention the name Lucas in any sentence and owners of British cars and motorcycles could errupt into big gaffaws of laughter.
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