[DeTomaso] NPC: Lucas

Thomas Tornblom thomas at hax.se
Sat Jun 13 12:54:19 EDT 2015


2015-06-13 10:29, Charles McCall skrev:
>     I know we don't have many lucas parts on our cars, and none electrical
>     if I remember correctly, but I thought this was good.

The wiper motor is Lucas AFAIK, and wasn't the radiator fan motors Lucas 
too?

Cheers,
Thomas

>
>
>     From an MG forum:
>
>     The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."
>
>
>     Lucas denies having invented darkness. But they still claim "sudden,
>     unexpected darkness"
>
>
>     Lucas--inventor of the first intermittent wiper.
>
>
>     Lucas--inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.
>
>
>     The three-position Lucas switch--DIM, FLICKER and OFF. The other three
>     switch settings--SMOKE, SMOLDER and IGNITE.
>
>
>     The original anti-theft devices--Lucas Electric products.
>
>
>     "I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never experienced any
>     prob...
>
>
>     If Lucas made guns, wars would not start either.
>
>
>     Did you hear about the Lucas powered torpedo? It sank.
>
>
>     It's not true that Lucas, in 1947, tried to get Parliament to repeal
>     Ohm's Law. They withdrew their efforts when they met too much
>     resistance.
>
>
>     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,
>     since they all look the same?" "He replied, it doesn't matter which one
>     you use, nothing happens!"
>
>
>     Back in the '70s Lucas decided to diversify its product line and began
>     manufacturing vacuum cleaners. It was the only product they offered
>     which didn't suck.
>
>
>     Quality Assurance phoned and advised the Engineering guy that they had
>     trouble with his design shorting out. So he made the wires longer.
>
>
>     Why do the English drink warm beer? Lucas made the refrigerators, too.
>
>
>     Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone.
>
>     Thomas Edison invented the Light Bulb.
>
>     Joseph Lucas invented the Short Circuit.
>
>
>     Recommended procedure before taking on a repair of Lucas equipment:
>     check the position of the stars, kill a chicken and walk three times
>     sun wise around your car chanting: "Oh mighty Prince of Darkness
>     protect your unworthy servant."
>
>
>     Lucas systems actually uses AC current; it just has a random frequency.
>
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