That was great! Thanks for the chuckle. It's a keeper!
Laura G. and Nigel
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From: jonmac <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
To: Triumphs List <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>; Spitfires List
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Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Mr. Joseph Lucas
>Continuing this theme . . .
>I met a man today at Gaydon, heavily burdened with a large tool tray - and
>sweat on his brow.
>"Where's the Lucas thing?" said he.
>"And who are you?" I asked.
>"I'm from Lucas," was the reply.
>I took him to the Lucas display which is supposed to show electronic
>vehicle systems.
>An impressive display too, a nice comfy bench fronts it. There's only one
>problem.
>The display hasn't worked for two years! The man who originally put it
>together has since died
>and no-one at Lucas knows how to fix it.
>He looked at it in amazement.
>"Don't know anything about this," he said. "I've come about the electric
>vehicle built for
>the Duke of Edinburgh, wot you've got."
>Well, after a lot of argy bargy and digging up half of England trying to
>find the key to open the
>driver's door, we tried it in the ignition.
>
>It didn't work.
>
>I saw him about four hours later, just before he went home.
>"Fixed it?"
>"Nah. Don't know what's the matter with it. Batteries are fully charged,
>relays all working, can't understand it."
>Half an hour later we found out why - after he'd left. Someone had taken
>out the main motor!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>John Mac
>
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