Posted on 07/22/2025 4:34:25 PM PDT by Morgana
Joseph Lucas is the British engineer(?) who is the mastermind of the Lucas Automotive electrical systems.
Lucas Prince of Darkness
What better way to while away the lazy afternoon hours than with a collection of jokes, anecdotes and humorous diagrams depicting the joys of Lucas electrical systems? Joe Lucas — or, more accurately, the company bearing his name — engineered electrical bits for pretty much everything emanating from the UK, and the notorious unreliability of Lucas components played a key role in tanking the British car industry in the early 1980s. Make the jump for “If Lucas made guns, wars would not start,” and other classics.
* The Lucas motto: “Get home before dark.”
* Lucas is the patent holder for the short circuit.
* Lucas - Inventor of the first intermittent wiper.
* Lucas - Inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.
* The three position Lucas switch - Dim, Flicker and Off.
* The Original Anti-Theft Device - Lucas Electrics.
* Lucas is an acronym for Loose Unsoldered Connections and Splices
# A friend of mine told everybody he never had any electric problems with his Lucas equipment. Today he lives in the countryside, in a large manor with lots of friendly servants around him an an occasional ice cold shower...
# Back in the 70’s, Lucas decided to diversify its product line and began manufacturing vacuum cleaners. It was the only product they offered which did not suck.
# Q: Why do the British drink warm beer? A: Because Lucas makes their refrigerators
# Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone.Thomas Edison invented the Light Bulb. Joseph Lucas invented the Short Circuit.
# Recommended procedure before taking on a repair of Lucas equipment: Check the position of the stars,kill a chicken and walk three times clockwise around your car chanting:” Oh mighty Prince of Darkness protect your unworthy servant..”
There are no British Astronauts, because they saw the spacecraft had Lucas switches, and everyone quit the program.
To be fair to Lucas you have to understand that all their components are assembled in the dark.
Universal Lucas repair kit? A gallon of gasoline and a match.
Avoid Lucas electrical problems. Disconnect the battery.
Lucas Electric, from the country that brought us the Dark Ages.
You should post that pic of a jar of”replacement wiring harness smoke” with a Lucas label on it.
I dont post pics here. But the Lucas Harness smoke is sooo true
75MGB
I read somewhere the hot setup for MGBs was to install an alternator for a Chevrolet Chevette, as it fit the car and kept the battery charged.
It’s only sacrilege if you don’t keep the original parts.
did not know
Had the catalytic in the trunk
Ahh I see, not so much demonic darkness, the “Prince” epitaph is meant to be taken literally.
Note: Dilley show has a long lead in. The tribute starts at 20:00 min mark.
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