[TChad]

With an electical system by Charlie Lucas, the Prince of Darkness

It was Joe Lucas, not Charlie

* 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

The above are from here

I once had a girlfriend with a old TD and an MGA. When they ran they were great fun, but it was best to drive them on clear sunny days, and to carefully avoid puddles.

[tet68]

My Motoguzzi had lucas electrics on it, there is just nothing like rolling down the road in the middle of the
night at seventy and losing power and lights.
It happened one night crossing Mount Eagle just as I was
coming up on a hitch hiker, I heard him scream as I went by.

Mosty times you could pound on the switch box and it would
come back...

[Jimmy Valentine]

I had an Austin Healy 3000. Part ofthe problemisthatthe fuse holders were a very soft brass and after a while the fuses would swing in and out, which blocked electricity.

About 1970 while doing 105 mph on Rt. 301 in Maryland about 2:00AM the lights went out after hitting a bump.

I was always thankful that there was a full moon that night.