Funny.
I’ve heard so many reports of how bad Lucas was - but my 1965 midget still has all its original Lucas parts and I never had a problem in the 25 years I’ve owned it.
And when I go on MG forums, the actual owners of these antique cars don’t seem to be complaining either. They talk about what is the proper brake fluid, replacing worn out leaf springs, setting up the carburetors, stuff like that - but you don’t hear horror stories about the wiring.
You’re right.
And those are pretty simple cars.
Compared to the machines of today, extremely simple.
My daughter’s minivan has more wiring in the driver side door than an old MG has in the whole car LOL.
I think its a popular legend. My brother had a Midget for a while and had a couple of electrical glitches that he fixed, but for the most part it ran pretty well.