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Some industrial engine codes have been added." John Wood also produces the excellent "Villiers Improvements Handbook", once again co-authored by our own Rob Carrick. It is by no means complete, but is now considered to be the most comprehensive list available to Villiers motorcycle engine users. In the introduction to the appendix, the authors state, and I quote, "The following list has been compiled by John Wood and is the result of his detailed investigation, with information being gathered from many sources. The info JW gave is contained in Appendix 4, pp 262, on page 274.
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'Villiers - Everybody's Engine' (2010.) Written by ex GRA member and Villiers engine specialist of world reknown Rob Carrick and Mick Walker, author of over 115 books on motorcycling, both now very sadly no longer with us and much missed.
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In the interests of assisting members who wish to identify a Villiers engine unit, assuming of course that the ID number plate is 'original ( !), I'd like to point out that the info given by John Wakefield above can be found in the following publications
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