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To: longshadow; atlaw
... built by Lucas...

* The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."
* Lucas denies having invented darkness. But they still claim the "sudden, unexpected darkness"
* 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. And sometimes - Smoke, Smolder and Burn.
* Lucas Electrics - The Original Anti-Theft Device.
* If Lucas made guns, wars would not start either.
* It's not true that Lucas tried to get Parliament to repeal Ohm's Law.
* Did you hear the one about the guy that peeked into a Land Rover and asked the owner "How can you tell one switch from another at night, as they all look the same ?" "He replied, it does not matter which one you use, nothing happens !"
* 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.

-- Former Triumph & MG Owner

227 posted on 04/14/2006 2:43:09 PM PDT by dread78645 (Evolution. A dying theory since 1859.)
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To: dread78645

LOL! From the owner of two MG-Bs, which I loved dearly.


234 posted on 04/14/2006 2:59:07 PM PDT by Gumlegs
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To: dread78645
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* Lucas - Inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.
* The three position Lucas switch - Dim, Flicker and Off.

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Oh, man; that was excellent!

FWIW, I once helped do a clutch replacement on a MGB -- it was an eye opening experience. 1920s technology on a 1970s car.

264 posted on 04/14/2006 3:51:58 PM PDT by longshadow (FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
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