[oh8eleven]

I had an MGB with Lucas Electronics...and never had a problem.
Ah ha, so you're the one! I had a '77 Triumph Spitfire ... I tried not to drive it at night.

Q: Why do the British drink warm beer?
A: Because Lucas makes their refrigerators.

[Wordkraft]

I’m in the market for a ‘75 or ‘76 Triumph TR6. I can’t help it - I love the old British roadsters.

[kosciusko51]

I also had a '77 Spitfire as well (50th anniversary of the Spitfire, BTW). Did not have much trouble with the electronics, but the ignition system was previously replaced with a non-Lucas kit. Of course, I did have to replace the master and slave on the clutch and the master on the brakes - I lost half the brakes coming back from Malibu on PCH. I never stepped so hard on them in all my life. Fortunately, the girl in the car with me at the time never knew the difference.

Some other Spitfire humour:

Little Billy and his Dad were down at the autocross watching the Spitfires zipping through the cones. Little Billy looks up to his Dad and says, "Dad, when I grow up, I want to be a Spitfire driver." His Dad looks down at him and says, "You can't do both, son." Q:

[MtBaldy]

Funny.

I had a 1978 MGB (bought new in 1979). It was a fun car but I had to work on it every weekend. Best thing I did for it was put an early Accel Electronic Ignition in it. The directions optimistically said, “Easily installed in 1-2 hours”. I started late on a Sunday night and barely got it running in time to make it to work.