Well, you can rest assured that his reply was in the realm of opinion, and not fact. An old-school German mechanic in town, who was brought here to service Dr Von Braun's cars, uses to tell me when I came by his shop looking for British stuff that "it was all made with hate"

Jim

On Oct 29, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I sometimes think that it's a matter of opinion on this subject of Lucas
> electrics, at least from the past.  About a year ago, on a photography list
> that I'm on, somehow the same subject came up.  I made a comment about
> needing a 'Lucas Smoke Injector' and got back a blast from one member about
> how great Lucas electrics (and British cars in general) were and especially
> compared to the horrible Bosch electrical components.  And I hadn't
> mentioned Bosch, he threw that in on his own.