Classic British car Lucas fuseboxes

[pilbeam_mp62]

As per the title - a lot of older British cars use the Lucas fusebox with just 2 (usually 35 amp) fuses to serve all the electric circuits.

Has anyone replaced it for a modern fusebox, with 6 or 8 blade-fuses, for ease of fault finding, and reliability ? I have recently bought an MGC-GT and I am thinking about doing this, and I just wondered about anyone else's experience ?
Thanks

Regards

[davepoth]

Lots of people do. It's a reasonably easy swap, but make sure to use the correct coloured wire and clearly label the fuses in case you need to fault find at some point.

[pilbeam_mp62]

Thanks for the reply.

It's a balance between wanting to retain the originality of the car and reliability, isn't it...

Regards

[AJAX50]

My Healey has an original fuse block and has never blown a fuse. My only electrical additions are head light relays and a power socket which have inline fuses.