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I can only agree with the "prince of darkness' attributed to Joseph Lucas.
I sometimes have to wonder how Lucas seemed to keep the English car manufacturers under the thumb for so many decades,
In my 60+ years of motoring my family and I have had Ford, GM, Chrysler VW, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Renault, Alfa and Toyota vehicles and had very few electrical problems.
I have also had Austin, Morris and Jaguars and all had electrical problems.
I suspect Lucas, post WW2 failed to spend any serious money on R&D and got left behind by other overseas manufacturers.
About the only good thing I can say about Lucas is I believe they were responsible for introduction of the standard wiring colour code for English manufactured vehicles
I sometimes have to wonder how Lucas seemed to keep the English car manufacturers under the thumb for so many decades,
In my 60+ years of motoring my family and I have had Ford, GM, Chrysler VW, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Renault, Alfa and Toyota vehicles and had very few electrical problems.
I have also had Austin, Morris and Jaguars and all had electrical problems.
I suspect Lucas, post WW2 failed to spend any serious money on R&D and got left behind by other overseas manufacturers.
About the only good thing I can say about Lucas is I believe they were responsible for introduction of the standard wiring colour code for English manufactured vehicles
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04-02-2024, 06:22 AM
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I can only agree with the "prince of darkness' attributed to Joseph Lucas.
I sometimes have to wonder how Lucas seemed to keep the English car manufacturers under the thumb for so many decades,
In my 60+ years of motoring my family and I have had Ford, GM, Chrysler VW, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Renault, Alfa and Toyota vehicles and had very few electrical problems.
I have also had Austin, Morris and Jaguars and all had electrical problems.
I suspect Lucas, post WW2 failed to spend any serious money on R&D and got left behind by other overseas manufacturers.
About the only good thing I can say about Lucas is I believe they were responsible for introduction of the standard wiring colour code for English manufactured vehicles
I sometimes have to wonder how Lucas seemed to keep the English car manufacturers under the thumb for so many decades,
In my 60+ years of motoring my family and I have had Ford, GM, Chrysler VW, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Renault, Alfa and Toyota vehicles and had very few electrical problems.
I have also had Austin, Morris and Jaguars and all had electrical problems.
I suspect Lucas, post WW2 failed to spend any serious money on R&D and got left behind by other overseas manufacturers.
About the only good thing I can say about Lucas is I believe they were responsible for introduction of the standard wiring colour code for English manufactured vehicles
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