I never realised that Wipac was part of Lucas, even though I worked for Girling which was also part of the Lucas Group. Wipac electrics were even worse than Lucas. I was daft enough to buy the last AJS motorbike ever made, a 350cc with Wipac electrics. That bike was a brilliant illustration of why the British motorcycle industry failed. It was useless in every way imaginable, especially the coil ignition system, unlike the magnetos used at that time by every other motorbike.