Atlantic is one of the many small names encountered in the history of European and American mopeds. It is best described as a badge rather than a major manufacturer: machines built from established engine and frame sets were sold under the Atlantic name, a common practice at a time when component makers supplied running gear to dozens of small brands. Company documentation is scarce, and surviving machines are identified mainly by their engines and cycle parts.

Mopeds and small scooters of this kind almost always used well-known two-stroke engines and conventional cycle components, which makes period service literature genuinely useful. Two-stroke power units of the era vary little in layout, so a manual of the correct engine family is usually all that is required, whatever the name on the tank.

The manuals offered here cover the service fundamentals these machines need: two-stroke engine tuning and rebuild, carburettor and ignition settings, clutch and drive service, wheel, brake and suspension work, and basic electrical fault-finding with wiring diagrams. Assembly torques and wear limits are given throughout. Lubrication and fuel-mix guidance is included for two-stroke engines.

Collectors and restorers working on badge-engineered mopeds, and workshops occasionally asked to service unusual machines, will find this documentation practical. Accurate general procedures and correct tolerances let an Atlantic be maintained sensibly, even where factory records are incomplete.