[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
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> From an MG forum:
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> The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."
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> Lucas denies having invented darkness. But they still claim "sudden,
> unexpected darkness"
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> Lucas--inventor of the first intermittent wiper.
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> Lucas--inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.
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> The three-position Lucas switch--DIM, FLICKER and OFF. The other three
> switch settings--SMOKE, SMOLDER and IGNITE.
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> The original anti-theft devices--Lucas Electric products.
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> "I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never experienced any
> prob...
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> If Lucas made guns, wars would not start either.
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> Did you hear about the Lucas powered torpedo? It sank.
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> 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.
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> 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!"
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> 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.
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> Quality Assurance phoned and advised the Engineering guy that they had
> trouble with his design shorting out. So he made the wires longer.
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> Why do the English drink warm beer? Lucas made the refrigerators, too.
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> Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone.
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> Thomas Edison invented the Light Bulb.
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> Joseph Lucas invented the Short Circuit.
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> 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."
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> Lucas systems actually uses AC current; it just has a random frequency.
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