# Prince of Darkness gone kaput? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-darkness-gone-kaput/466751 "2008-10-06T22:08:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-darkness-gone-kaput/466751/1 "2008-10-06T22:08:25Z")
> **[BBC NEWS | UK | England | West Midlands | Car parts firm's staff lose jobs](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/7655583.stm)** > > About 80 people lose their jobs in the West Midlands after a car parts company closed suddenly. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-darkness-gone-kaput/466751/2 "2008-10-06T22:10:05Z")
Que? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-darkness-gone-kaput/466751/3 "2008-10-06T22:28:15Z")
Lucas Electric made famously unreliable electrical components for British cars, hence the OP’s title. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-darkness-gone-kaput/466751/4 "2008-10-06T23:13:30Z")
Aw. A generation ends. Admittedly, a generation of excitement generally caused by ‘Why is my electrical harness on fire?’ ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-darkness-gone-kaput/466751/5 "2008-10-06T23:42:00Z")
Thought this was going to be an obit for Robert Novak. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-darkness-gone-kaput/466751/6 "2008-10-07T00:06:32Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Thought this was going to be an obit for Robert Novak. Or Dick Cheney. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-darkness-gone-kaput/466751/7 "2008-10-07T00:13:09Z")
I guess Britons will stop drinking their beer warm now. Old joke: Britons don’t drink their beer warm because they like it, the drink their beer warm because they use Lucas refrigerators ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-darkness-gone-kaput/466751/8 "2008-10-07T00:13:52Z")
I may have to stock up on spares. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-darkness-gone-kaput/466751/9 "2008-10-07T03:38:29Z")
LSUK. Look! Truth in advertising! ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-darkness-gone-kaput/466751/10 "2008-10-07T11:11:04Z")
And i thought this was going to be about Peter Mandelson … Lucas Industries was purchased by the US Varity Corporation in 1996 and the various arms spun off so if this is anything that was a part of the original Lucas it must be a very small part.