Hi I am trying to find out more about an engine I have been offered with the above numbers if possible Just bought one of these engines, and was curious to what it may have been fitted in? There is an excellent history of Villiers at History Website UK There was also an Australian factory in Ballarat, Victoria where they built stationary engines and powerplants for motorcycles and lawn mowers.
Most of the Villiers information from 1946-49 is lost.Īt this time Villiers sold 9D engines to Eysink, Hulsmann, Sparta in Holland and Socovel in Belgium. 9D's are identified with either the pre-war letter system AA, AAA or AAA***A as well as the three number system used after the war. The 9D engine was made before, during and after WWII. Villiers also supplied engines to a host of agricultural machinery manufacturers including Atco Mowers, Clifford Cultivators and Howard Rotavators. One of their more interesting engines was a horizontally opposed twostroke twin which was used in a DMW and in the Velocette Viceroy scooter. Motorcycle manufacturers the world over utilised Villiers engines.Īn extensive list is available in this page: Villiers Marques
Two-strokes, of 269cc, were produced in 1913. Their first engine was built in 1911, and the first Villiers was founded by John Marston & Son of Sunbeam in 1898, in Villiers Street, Wolverhampton, as a component manufacturer for Sunbeam motorcycles.
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