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Old 01-12-2007, 08:18 PM   #1
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Are good old Lucas Electrics

# 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? They all look the same. " - "He replied, "It does not matter which one you use, nothing happens !"
# The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."
# 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.
# The Original Anti-Theft Device - Lucas Electrics.
# >Lucas is an acronym for Loose Unsoldered Connections and Splices
# Lucas systems actually uses AC current; it just has a random frequency.
# "I have had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never had any trou..."
# If Lucas made guns, wars would not start.
# A friend of mine told everybody he never had any electric problems with his Lucas equipment. Today he lives in the countryside, in a large manor with lots of friendly servants around him an an occasional ice cold shower...
# 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.
# Q: Why do the British drink warm beer? A: Because Lucas makes their refrigerators
# 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 clockwise around your car chanting:" Oh mighty Prince of Darkness protect your unworthy servant.."


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Old 01-12-2007, 08:27 PM   #2
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Haaa,

Used to have an old British car "powered' by Lucas....

It also had a built in under body rust preventative... the engine oil that always seemed to be more common outside the engine than within....

Heard them all b4 lol....
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Old 01-12-2007, 10:23 PM   #3
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Seen it before.

And as an owner of a classic British car chock full of Lucas gear, i can relate to all of it.
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Old 01-12-2007, 10:37 PM   #4
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finally a part number for replacement smoke... i wonder if that grade of smoke will work in my LG TV ???
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Old 01-12-2007, 10:48 PM   #5
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As your post says;

Lucas, Prince of Darkness..
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Old 01-12-2007, 10:50 PM   #6
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Good old Joseph Lucas "The king of darknes"
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Old 01-12-2007, 11:03 PM   #7
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Having done my dash with Lucas electrics i can relate to all of them.
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Old 02-12-2007, 08:31 PM   #8
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The other three switch settings - Smoke, Smolder and Burn.

Did you hear about the Lucas powered torpedo - It sank!

Lucas denies having invented darkness. But they still claim the "sudden, unexpected darkness"

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