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The Magneto Guys!
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The work we do involves the repair and overhaul of all types of magnetos* and dynamos** as fitted to Veteran, Vintage and Classic machines. This includes all varieties of engines used for all sorts of applications ranging from the most simple generator sets through to exotic racing machinery - including a world speed record breaker! Customers include individual owners, collectors, companies, shops and museums from all over the world.

**Regrettably, The Magneto Guys no longer work on dynamos - please see our FAQs page for more details

Pictures from some of our customers:
See more of them in our Gallery!
* Regrettably, The Magneto Guys have had to make the hard decision to stop taking in any more magnetos for repair and overhaul at the current time 

The situation is that magnetos have been coming in quicker than they have been going out for quite a while now and the queue of work waiting to be done has grown too big. If your magneto is already in our queue, rest assured, we are still very much in business and as soon as it reaches the top of the queue, your magneto will be completed! We are still able to answer your telephone and email enquiries and we continue to sell the items listed on our Sales page. Once the queue has reached a more manageable size we hope to be able to take in more magnetos again. We apologise for any inconvenience in the meantime.

Our work has been seen in action at numerous prestigious events including:
  • Antique Motorcycle Club of America                  European meet
  • Ballade des Vieux Clous
  • Banbury Run
  • Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week
  • British Historic Racing events
  • Brooklands Reunion
  • Cannonball Run
  • Durban-Johannesburg Run
  • Dutch Horsepower Run
  • Festival of 1000 Bikes
  • Goodwood Festival of Speed
  • Goodwood Revival
  • Great Dorset Steam Fair
  • Kop Hill Climb
  • Le Mans Classic
  • London to Brighton Commercial                          Vehicle Run
  • London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
  • Mille Miglia
  • Oude Klepper Glorie
  • Pioneer Run
  • Prescott Hill Climb
  • Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique

There are a number of well known mottos or phrases which admirably describe the way we work:

♦ 'If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing right ' 
♦ 'Always use the right tool for the job' 
♦ 'Quality, not quantity ' 
♦ 'The customer is our best advertisement'

We could go on but what we are trying to say is that when you send your precious magneto or dynamo to The Magneto Guys for repair, we will always look after it and carry out all necessary work in the correct and proper manner and then return it, confident that it will give years of service. We are so confident in the work we do and the materials we use that we are able to offer a very flexible guarantee. We do not guarantee for a fixed time period. From our own experiences in the restoration game, we know that a restored magneto or dynamo may well be ready long before the rest of the work needed on the vehicle is completed. Even once the vehicle is back on the road, most will only cover a few thousand miles a year – we know that. With all this in mind, our guarantee policy is as follows:

GUARANTEE
If, at any time in the years to come, any of our work fails to please, then please return it to us. If the unit is in good clean condition, has been stored correctly (on and/or off the vehicle) and has been correctly maintained, then we would be only too pleased to investigate. If the problem is found to be due to faulty materials and/or workmanship on our part then we will put it right. 
Now hang on, this is NOT a lifetime guarantee! If the unit comes back in a dirty condition, covered in oil and grease, has corroded aluminium or rusty steel parts, brushes or points worn down to nothing or generally shows signs of lack of care, lack of correct maintenance or just plain worn out – well in these cases, our guarantee will have expired! We would almost certainly still be able to repair it but of course there would inevitably be a charge for the work – after all, we are a business! In short:
  • If you are NOT happy – please tell us
  • If you ARE happy – please tell everyone else!
We offer a first class service and would welcome the opportunity to discuss your requirements

This website was originally set up up to illustrate the work done by The Magneto Guys and to promote the business. It very quickly started to expand into providing both technical and practical information concerning magnetos and dynamos - an area we intend to expand further as time allows. More recently, some pages have been added that include anecdotes and some information about what our customers and the press think of us. Whatever your reason for visiting our site, we hope you find something of interest  - and Thank You for stopping by!

The pictures shown on this website were all taken by The Magneto Guys*. In case you were wondering - yes, ALL the pictures of magnetos, dynamos and magdynos shown were taken in our own workshops as they progressed through the restoration/repair process.
*Excluding those pictures to be found on the Customer's Vehicles and the In the Press pages
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