Re: Elto Handifour

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October 22, 2018 at 4:58 pm #84819
jim-moffatt
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    Phil
    I have owned about 5 lightfours but never a handifour.
    I now own a 37 that is identical to your motor except for having a shroud and flat-front cylinders.
    In 1937 they had the early style magneto, parts dont interchange with post-war lightfours and Zephers.
    I suspect that the pre-war Zephers had the same coils as the lightfours.

    World War 2 forged the development of rare earth magnets and all post war OMC motors used them. They
    were not available pre-war.