Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The stuff Lucas sent Aston Martin's way may not have compared well with the best others had to offer but it was night and day better than the crud they scrapped off the factory floor and shipped to MG and Triumph! :-) We differ but by degrees, John Collier On 6-Apr-07, at 7:38 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > John, > > No, no! The Jaguars and the AH-Martins as well as Bentleys had the > awful Lucas systems. Lucas was an Equal-Opportunity > purveyor of garbage. They sold crap to Austin as well as Rolls Royce. > > Some say that Labour Unions were the cause of the downfall of the > UK automobile industry. Not so! It was Lucas. > > Jerry > > > John Collier wrote: >> Yes they had Lucas electrical systems but not the cheap, nasty >> stuff that penny pinching designers inflicted on the MGs, Triumphs >> and Lotuses. >> >> John Collier >> >> On 6-Apr-07, at 6:29 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: >> >>> Chris, >>> >>> Are you OOYFM? Remember they all had Lucas Electrical systems! >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> >>> Chris Saganich wrote: >>>> If I were ever to own a car again, I'd like it to be one of those. >>>> Chris >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information