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    You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    IMHO, 5 is awesome.

    No wonder Murilee has so many friends.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    I liked 14 and 15, though I guess they were cheating...
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    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    I'm laughing so hard right now I can barely type, let alone vote on these.

    This is just chock full of win.
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    Image of J-2-da-B J-2-da-B
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    it was down to the last 2 for me... but the phrase: "doing to england what the german's couldn't" just sealed it off!
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09/12/09

    @J-2-da-B: That, and the: "pigeon full of ripe figs" bit earned my vote, as well.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/12/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Same here.
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    Image of J-2-da-B J-2-da-B
    09/13/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: i laughed that one out loud... but what sealed my vote was an instant classic!
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    "Lucas... doing to England what the Germans couldn't" is absolutely brilliant.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    All are good, and I was tempted to read them to my wife, but better judgement kicked in....

    As a result, I'll be randomly snickering all day.

    #7 is tough to beat because of both the humour and the honesty. Still, I really wish I could have voted multiple times...like in Chicago.

    Vote early, vote often!
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    Edited by that ain't the way to have fun, son at 09/12/09 1:06 PM that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    Brickyard's (1,4,7) are brilliant, but the subtlety of Beni's (5) won me over.
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    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!

    Get out and VOTE! It's the Jalopnik way! This really was a difficult choice....I think all the entries are awesome. Good job, guys!
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    09/12/09

    @skaycog - Got Milk?: Ok, but now all the men are going to do are going to be staring at your picture. You can be quite a distraction. In the bestest way possible.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    These are fantastic and make it difficult to choose just one.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/07/09

    In reply to Photoshop Up The Best Lucas Electrics Ad Remix, Win A Fabulous Prize!
    I'm getting some good entries, so be sure to check in next weekend to see them.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    09/07/09

    In reply to Photoshop Up The Best Lucas Electrics Ad Remix, Win A Fabulous Prize!
    I've been quite pleased with my Sunbeam Alpine's reliability record in the two years since I purchased it, and I've even made some smug comments here at the expense of "lesser" (MG, Triumph, Alfa, etc) roadsters. I even thought the Alpine was completely free of Lucas-itis; everything just seemed to work when I dragged the car out of its decade-long slumber, from the horn to the lights in the gauges. Granted, the points had been replaced with an electronic module, but the other electrical stuff looked like it would have when the car left the factory 47 years ago... and it worked.

    I recently took the Alpine for a shakedown run before a vintage car tour/rally. It was a fun drive. First, the turn signals stopped working. No problem, I can do hand signals anyway... Then the car developed a miss between 2 and 3000 RPM under heavy throttle. Spark plug leads? Distributor cap? Rotor? I get the feeling that I'm totally screwed.

    Lucas 1, Armand 0.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/07/09

    @Armand: Thank you for being honest with us and confessing this. You didn't have to do so.
    But in any case, you must give the Devil his due; and by occasionally bragging that you were free of Lucasitis, you were asking for trouble. Now go and sin no more.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/07/09

    @Novaload: The Prince Of Darkness becomes less intimidating when you're already willing to brave- I mean glory in - Rootes Group products.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    09/07/09

    @Novaload, Murilee Martin: It could be worse. A family friend had a decrepit Alpine in the '70s that was already way worse than mine is now. How bad was that car's Lucasitis? When one depressed the brake pedal, triggering the brake lights, the horn would beep.
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    Image of ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig.
    09/07/09

    In reply to Photoshop Up The Best Lucas Electrics Ad Remix, Win A Fabulous Prize!
    Serious question: Why *are* Lucas electrics so bad? Bad design? Bad quality control? Inferior materials? All of the above?

    Even in modern cars, it makes me wonder why European and Scandanavian cars always seem to eventually end up with wacky electrical problems. Tradition, perhaps?
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    Image of Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car! Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car!
    09/07/09

    @☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig.: From what I understand it was all cost cutting. They skimped on materials, they skimped on weatherproofing and they skimped on quality control. What scares me most is that Lucas produced aircraft components. Even with the strict maintenance standards applied to aircraft, I wouldn't want to fly any plane equipped with the prince of darkness' special recipe of nightmares.
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    Image of ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig.
    09/07/09

    @Psiu! Puxa! drinks unleaded and craps valve seats: Thank you for that info. I always new Lucas electrics were the scourge of the British automotive world, but never knew why. I mean, how hard is it to produce a working switch? Pretty hard, apparently, if you're Lucas.
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. was starred ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. was unstarred
    Image of Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car! Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car!
    09/07/09

    In reply to Photoshop Up The Best Lucas Electrics Ad Remix, Win A Fabulous Prize!

    I've upset the spirit of Sir Joseph Lucas, Gmail will not load so I can't e-mail my entry!
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    09/07/09

    In reply to Photoshop Up The Best Lucas Electrics Ad Remix, Win A Fabulous Prize!
    Walking through a parking garage today, I saw a Jag X308 with The Club on the steering wheel. I don't know if that makes the owner an optimist or a pessimist, for believing that the car's electical system won't act as its own security system.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    09/06/09

    In reply to Photoshop Up The Best Lucas Electrics Ad Remix, Win A Fabulous Prize!
    Ha! The irony in those spares ads! I don't think I can photoshop anything that beats them. (I might try, though, if only for that book. No 50 states BS, is there?)
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