Old humor about Lucas Electric.. systems many ( or most ) British cars used quite a bit, I hear . Much maligned, becoming just about legendary, although no idea if it‘s only a grain of truth that has been blown out of proportion for the sake of humor ..or, if it really was that crappy..

• Lucas is an acronym for Loose Unsoldered Connections And Splices.
• The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."
• Lucas--inventor of the first intermittent wiper.
• Lucas--inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.
• The three-position Lucas switch--DIM, FLICKER and OFF.
• The other three switch settings--SMOKE, SMOLDER and IGNITE.
• Lucas dip-switch positions: HIGH and BLOW
• The original anti-theft devices--Lucas Electric starters
• Lucas Quality Control often advised the engineering department that their designs had problems with shorting out. Engineering always made the wires a little longer.
• Why do the English drink warm beer? Lucas refrigerators.
• Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, and Joseph Lucas invented the short circuit.