Old Magneto Identification

[Mumbles]

Can anyone positively identify these mags as to which motors they came off? I’m pretty sure the first one is from a Johnson single and the twin coil one is possibly Evinrude or Elto but I don’t have a clue what the Eisemann is from.

Thanks in advance!

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[stanley]

Top one Johnson,bottom Lockwood?

[chris-p]

Yup looks just like my Lockwood Chief mag

[PM T2]

The magneto with the twin coils appears to have been monkeyed with. I dare say it was originally meant to be installed on a four-cylinder motor, most likely an Evinrude, so could be Zephyr, Lightfour, SportFour, Speedifour, Big Four. I’d bet one of the smaller 4’s if I had to put money on it. One set of points has been eliminated, and there are four holes for spark plug leads in the plate itself. Each coil is meant to fire two plugs, somebody has grounded out a high tension lead on each coil. I venture that whoever did the work was trying to get this magneto to function on an alternate firing twin. Just my two cents. Hope this helps.

Best,
PM T2

He's livin' in his own private Idaho..... I hope to go out quietly in my sleep, like my grand-dad did..... and not screaming, like the passengers in his car...

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quote PM T2:

The magneto with the twin coils appears to have been monkeyed with. I dare say it was originally meant to be installed on a four-cylinder motor, most likely an Evinrude, so could be Zephyr, Lightfour, SportFour, Speedifour, Big Four. I’d bet one of the smaller 4’s if I had to put money on it. One set of points has been eliminated, and there are four holes for spark plug leads in the plate itself. Each coil is meant to fire two plugs, somebody has grounded out a high tension lead on each coil. I venture that whoever did the work was trying to get this magneto to function on an alternate firing twin. Just my two cents. Hope this helps.

Best,
PM T2

Good eyes T2! I see now how it very possibly could have originally been off a quad of some sort. The next time I have it out, I’ll compare it to some early and late model Zephyr/Light Four mag plates.

[garry-in-michigan]

1934/35 Evinrude Lightwin Imperial – – – 🙂

[Mumbles]

That makes more sense. Thanks Garry!

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