Question: “Why do the British drink warm beer?”
Answer: “Lucas refrigerators.”
No kidding! Jaguar’s were beautiful cars twenty years ago, but thanks to Lucas electrics ( and their electronic fuel injection system ), they were unreliable. When Ford took over, all that was changed when they installed US-made electrics and electronics.
I had a friend who had a V-12 Jag Roadster That engine was so unreliable that he put in a 454 Chevrolet V-8. Easy swap because the Jag had a GM Turbo Hydramatic 400 transmission so it bolted right up!
“No kidding! Jaguar’s were beautiful cars twenty years ago, but thanks to Lucas electrics ( and their electronic fuel injection system ), they were unreliable. When Ford took over, all that was changed when they installed US-made electrics and electronics.”
Jaguar discontinued the Lucas ignition just prior to the Ford buyout.