Funny that it always seems to be those in the colonies that have a problem with Lucas. Many of us here in the UK have now done hundreds of thousands of miles in vehicles with Lucas electrics throughout. Sure we had the occasional blip, the odd distributor that closed up the points a drowned distributor cap, a misfire in hot weather. But it wasn't anything to really worry about. In those days anyone with half a clue rarely got stranded as they soon learnt the skills needed
- even some housewives knew how to clout an SU electric fuel pump to get it working again! Worst time for me was an electrical fire due to some bodged up electrics by the previous owner. It effectively took out *everything* I rewired the entire car at the side of the road when I got stranded in a remote town. Took about 3 hours.
My summer car - full of Lucas electrics has now done 6000 miles a year, every year since 1982 and other than points and brush changes, a regulator change a decade ago and the odd lamp, the electrics are those fitted at manufacture in 1972. and everything still works perfectly after recently reviving it from its winter layup.