History How About Some Help With Abbreviations/Acronyms

Really?
Cursive is the least of my worries after spending time on internet forums with people of all ages who are profoundly grammatically disabled.

Let's start by distinguishing:
There, Their, and They're
To, too, and Two
Coarse, and Course
Disc and Disk
Break and Brake

 

and
Chevrolet = Constantly Having Every Vehicle Recalled Over Lousy Engineering Techniques.

 

Dual and Duel
Threw and Through
Write,rite and Right

 

That's funny. Cursive has been dead for 20-years. Where have you been?

 

L Head= Valve in block or flathead
F Head= Intake valve overhead in head,exhaust valve in block
V= barrel 1V, 2V,4V& 6V
bbl,=barrel 1bbl, 2bbl, 4bbl,
Int=Interceptor...1962 Ford 390 Police Int.4V
HP= High Performance...1959 Ford 352HP
SHP=Super High Performance...1962 Ford 390 SHP 6v
Vicky=Victoria
Tudor= two door
Fordor=4 door
Effie=Ford Truck
spd=Speed 4 spd,3spd
B= Ford 1950s 8BA
C=Ford 1960s C-4...1964
D=Ford 1970s D-O...1970..there are exceptions to this
TDC= top dead center
BTDC=before top dead center
ATDC=after top dead center

 

Learning some stuff...including gooder grammar

Thanks for all the input so far!

 

English is messed up I feel bad for anyone learning as a non native language. sentences like this should not be allowed

All the faith in Ford that Bill had had had had no effect on the outcome of the race.

After hes roadster broke down, Sam was forced to deserted his dessert in the desert..

back to the jargon and such

 

Oh you mean sorta like "gasser" or "traditional hot rod"...

Ill contribute another one, just because it came up last week...EDM, Electrical Discharge Machining...

 

Heres another one, "sick".

Now if you are a post Barrett-Jackson car guy, apparently, it means something like "bitchin". Whats really funny about the word "sick" as applied to cars, usually when a post Barrett-Jackson car guy says a car is "sick", that word also describes what a lot of us older car guys think of it as well, although the meaning we attach to it is somewhat different...

 

Known in Northern Alberta as a "Ukrainian socket set".

 

No need to worry. As far as I know they're already not allowed.

 

W/a tip of the dictionary to BlownOlds and F-One
NOS: New-Old-Stock (others may have better terms!)
Gas Wrench/Acetylene Hacksaw: Oxy-Acet torch set.
"Give-er a drink": To prime an engine.
Swapping Ends: Mating dance, of an Altered leaving the launch pad.
Burp: Bleeding air out of cooling passages.
Crescent: Poor man's socket set.

 

YGBSM dude!
Can you see how fucked up that is?

I say we just change that.

 

Yeah, a real SNAFU that's FUBAR.

How about some terms, the meaning of which no two people completely agree:
Survivor
Rust Free
Original Condition
Good Condition
Great Condition
Running Condition
Mint
Driver
Nice Shape
Cool
Fast
Restored
Reconditioned
Rebuilt

Or how the verb "to be" has suddenly vanished from our written internet vocabulary. I constantly read ads that say "needs rebuilt" or "needs restored". Do people talk like that?
WTF?

 

I actually had to look that one up!

 

Hey what's this CC/BC stuff I keep reading in the paint threads?

 

AWB: Altered Wheel Base or Average White Band (Depending upon your decade.)

 

VOR. If you're ordering parts from England, Australia or New Zealand, write "VOR" on the outside of your envelope, or put it at the top of your email. Stands for "Vehicle Off Road", meaning the part ordered is needed to return the vehicle to service. Supposedly your order will receive priority attention. (Not that many HAMBers order parts from the Empire, but you never know.)

 

Model AR...1928 Model A Ford with some T parts
Model AA...Heavy duty Model A Truck
Model TT...Heavy duty Model T Truck
RPU... Roadster pickup
2 1/4 ...Deuce and Quarter, Oldsmobile 225
2 1/2...Deuce and a half, 2 1/2 ton truck

 

Base coat / clear coat paint, as opposed to a single stage paint.

 

Bumpstick- camshaft
slugs- pistons
bent eight- V8
slushbox- automatic transmission


Can't think of any more right now.


Ago

 

Can't find em, grind em!
Or, grind me a pound!
Nonsynchronous 'events'.

 

Ulu

Is the RCH AN "official" measure, as verified by the US Weights & Measures? I would be curious as I've never had the opportunity to actually mic one.


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Ha ha, yeah right! Most customer service personnel in NZ couldn't give a rats whether your vehicle is on or off the road, even if they did read and/or understand your encrypted message

 

It's at least as official as the warning I've occasionally ignored, always to my peril:
Gingers are dating material ONLY; never, ever consider anything more permanent.

 

You can't tame them.


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Some Ozzie colloquiums / acronyms:-

Fender - mudguard
Hood - bonnet
Trunk / deck - boot lid
Headlamp - headlight
Windshield - windscreen
Glove compartment - glove box
Stick (Transmission) - manual
Auto - auto (We agree on something)
Buddy - friend

 

Don't have puncture, esp. of your petrol tank!

 

Gas - petrol
License plate- registration plate

Please add to list.

 

cc= clearcoat Bc= base coat ( the new painting systems then you have single stage , 2 stage and 3 stage systems )

in business cc meant carbon copy : a letter that went to a list of recipients often listed at the bottom
and BC means Blind copy which means it went to people who did not want to listed and also used on the internet if you want to send a letter to someone but not show who besides the ones who you do want to show ( often legal depts or people who do not want there e-mail names and addys known to others )