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I'm familiar with the UK made electronic replacements and have heard nothing but good things about them.

Lucas went really downhill when the went to integrated circuits and boxes containing multiple components. The joke was: "Drill a hole in it to let the smoke out." Any Lucas in the Ferret and Saracen are of a more reliable individual components: cap, rotor, condenser, coil and dual points...

Ferrets are a piece of cake to work on compared to a Saracen. They are also MUCH more reliable and easier to get parts for. For the longest time, you couldn't hardly give a Saracen away, they had a MUCH deserved bad reputation. There is a whole new generation of MV'ers that will have to learn...

Nope, the Saladin was the competition for the Ferret. The Saracen was just an APC, NOT a reconnaissance vehicle.

I don't think you could give me a Saracen. Weak transmission, trouble prone dual hyd. system, 160 hp engine (it's an 8 cylinder Rolls but it's underpowered for the weight of the vehicle) full time 6 wheel drive, a VERY low effective top speed and drum brakes that are marginal.