OLD cartoon that made the rounds in the aerospace commuity, back in the day..Visualize: Missle on launch pad, crew in lying down position ready for blast off. Looks of stark terror on their faces, reading on the instrument panel "Electrics by Lucas"
Another one from the old days......
"You know why the Brits drink warm beer.......?".....No why, ..?...."Because Lucas makes the refrigerators"......
On the serious side,
Had a 1957 Austin Healy 100 Six (before they called it the 3000) when I was in the Navy......with dual SU oil sump carbs to keep synchronized....always did my own work on it and liked the car a lot, it ran very good....even with the slave cylinders on the clutch and the electric O/D.....especially liked the factory exhaust system and the banjo manual telescoping steering wheel......
