<VV> Count on Lucas reliability. Five, Four, Three, . . . . .

[Sethracer at aol.com]

david.neale3 at ntlworld.com wrote:
 

Lucas mechanical fuel injection fitted to otherwise superlative  Triumph 
2500 PI cars would habitually burst into flames during a cold  start. . . . . 
. . . several cars were completely destroyed due to  fuel fires. Lucas 
engineers were quite unable to fix the problem. When working  correctly, however, 
the 2500 PI went like a rocket.



So Seth opines:
 
It would appear, David, that they went off like a rocket in either  case! 
Ka-Boom!