How many other electric companies have parts that are still going after
40 or 50 years? Yes, Lucas has certainly had some losers, but I have
found that most of the electical problems in the early cars were
slightly corroded connections, which is not unusual after all that
time. I do enjoy the jokes, tho....( Lucas light switch.... dim and off. )
Thanks
Bill McLeod
Slightly Classics
Tucson, AZ
Peter van der Linden wrote:
> I am writing a story for my local car club magazine, and I would
> really like to get some feedback/ideas on my topic from fellow
> sufferers. The subject of the article is "Lucas Electrics".
>
> As everyone knows, Lucas has had a reputation among owners of Brit
> cars for 30 or more years (i.e. at least all the time I have been a
> British car owner). Lucas is said to be renowned for their lack of
> quality, which leads to stranded drivers, and many, many jokes (e.g.
> Lucas is the prince of darkness, the British drink warm beer because
> Lucas provides the refrigeration, Lucas didn't invent the short
> circuit, but they patented it, etc).
>
> I want to take a close look at Lucas quality.
> The questions that I could use ideas/suggestions on are:
> 1. is the Lucas reputation justified or not?
> 2. if it is justified, why does a second rate company continue being
> second rate for year after year? Is it really as simple as "because
> they can"?
> 3. Why wasn't Lucas driven out of the auto-electrics business years
> ago? Is it as simple as "there will always be a market for goods
> built down to a cost"? Why are their products so poor?
>
> Lucas war stories are most welcome, too.
>
> Peter
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