Quote Originally Posted by DeeJay View Post
lifted off my web blog

As Land Rover Owners, we have come to appreciate the marvels of Lucas electrics. For those less familiar, the following may help shed some light (as your Lucas lights are unlikely to shed much).
  • The Lucas motto: "Vado domus ante noctis' or 'Get home before dark'.
  • Lucas denies having invented darkness. But they still claim the 'sudden, unexpected darkness'.
  • Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Thomas Edison created the light bulb. Joseph 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. Off.
  • The original anti-theft device - Lucas Electrics
  • If Lucas made guns, wars wouldn't start either.
  • It is not true that Lucas, in 1947, tried to get Parliament to repeal Ohm's Law. They withdrew their efforts when they encountered too much resistance.
  • Back in the '70s, Lucas decided to diversify their product line and began manufacturing vacuum cleaners. It was the only product they offered which didn't suck.
  • The Lucas Q&A Department called Engineering to advise problems with their design shorting out, so engineering made the wires longer.
  • Lucas systems actually use AC - it just has random frequency, that's all.
  • Why do the English drink warm beer? They have Lucas refrigerators.
  • Headlamps by LUCAS - Like Underpowered Candles And Starlight.
  • LUCAS - Lord of Utter Chaos And Shadows or Landrovers Unreliable Circuits And Switches.
(courtesy of Review, magazine of the Land Rover Owners Club of Victoria, Inc)




Good stuff D!!!

JC