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dgrobs

Outstanding!!

David993S

That was good. Thanks for posting it.

mrbill_fl

and that's the way it is........good ole Uncle Walter!


thanks for posting!

Gary R.

Thanks for that, the intro with the Austin Healy 3000 brought back memories, I had a 62, 66, and 67!

Veloce Raptor

When I was a kid, my mom drove a Sprite. I loved the dash mounted turn signal toggle switch!

Gary R.

In the 3000 it was in the center of the steering wheel IIRC!?! Loved the cars..

Veloce Raptor

Of course, we all knew the motto of the Lucas Electric factory workers: "A hard day's work.....and home before dark!"

Mike in Chi

The Prince of Darkness.
I had a BN-7

4ng crcs

I think they were still trafficators rather than turn signals back then

sbelles

Walter was apparently a pretty good driver but had to give up racing if he wanted to be a star journalist.

https://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/200...ce-car-driver/

okie981

The SAAB 2000 turboprop aircraft (regional commuter) has an engine anti-ice system made by Lucas. Yes, that's right. Lucas.

Pilots of that aircraft fondly refer to the system as the Ice Maker. Not so funny when you consider the ramifications of making ice at the intake of a commuter aircraft engine.

The system was basically a wire mesh embedded in the surface of the engine inlet with composite materials. What could go wrong?

TXE36

There used to be a Lucas Electric webpage...it was just black.

-Mike

Steve113

ha Lucus thats great


Ultimate racers Monaco in those days . Talk about dedication to there sport . I think that is where they get the saying " to die trying"

Jabs1542

Interesting watching the Monaco part. The cars back in those days were so narrow and small that passing on that circuit actually worked.