Heh, heh, in fifty years of loving British sports cars I’ve yet to ever hear a kind word for Lucas automotive electricals.
Anyway, bloody marvelous that this brave RAF pilot is still with us!
Well, here's one set of kind words - the Lotus factory mods on my Elite coupe were a step above the other Lucas equipped British cards I owned, including two different Triumphs. I also drove a MG Midget owned by my brother and a TR-6; you are right, Lucas were second rate!
“Heh, heh, in fifty years of loving British sports cars I’ve yet to ever hear a kind word for Lucas automotive electricals.”
My old MK2 Jag had Lucas electricals. The car had a lot of problems and didn’t run very much, but I don’t remember the electrical system being one of them. A coworker of mine got a big kick out of me calling it “Lucas, Prince of Darkness.”