Aconym's

[DozerII]

Because I'm new this Rat Rod and Hot Rod world as are lots of others can some of you very experienced members list some of the commonly used acronym's. I took me for ever to figure out RPU was a "roadster pickup" Then there's stuff like a Bobber, Pilothouse etc

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[flaglenn]

SBC small block chevy
BBC big block chevy

 

[DozerII]

SBC small block chevy
BBC big block chevy

Those ones I knew

 

[skull]

truck

pilot-house is a dodge/fargo truck like mine. usually from 1948 to 1953 body style.

Later

 

[Old Iron]

pilot-house is a dodge/fargo truck like mine. usually from 1948 to 1055 body style.

Later

Why are they called a pilot house?

 

[05snopro440]

In every brand I think each body style of truck and car has a codename or nickname.

For instance, The 41-46 trucks are called Art Deco, like this (or like mine):

Advance Design is 47-54 (early 55), like this:

Task Force is 55-59, like this:

There are a lot of different words that are just learned in this hobby. Unless you have specific ones, might be an idea to ask when you see them and we can add them here There is some more history on some of them here as well: http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/history/history.html

 

[skull]

glass

Why are they called a pilot house?

because of the amount of glass l guess[S



QUOTES l FOUND;

Dodge "Pilot House Cab" Trucks have higher and wider windshields, door glass and rear windows than previous models, Dodge introduced their "Pilot House Cab" trucks in December of 1947. By adding 2.5" more in height, 6" more in width and 3" in length, the redesigned cab could seat three people and engineers moved the engine forward and the front axle back, giving better weight distribution while shortening the vehicle's wheelbase from 108" to 116". Cargo capacity was added by increasing bed-side height.
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"Available engines for the Dodge B-series trucks were the 95-horsepower 218ci straight-six (standard with 1/2 and 3/4-ton trucks), and a 102-horsepower 230ci straight-six (standard equipment in one-ton trucks). A 3-speed transmission was standard in all models, with a 4-speed unit optional."

"The B series offered from '48-'53 had a much larger cab than the previous series manufactured from '39-'47. The newer larger cabs also had larger glass areas, and offered as a option the rear corner windows that created much more driver visibility and comfort. Hence the PH name. Having a 46 dumptruck, a '49 std cab truck, and another one with the optional rear corner windows the evolution and improvements in the new design becomes quite noticeable.. "
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"It is actually a nautical term. That is right.....ships had pilots long before there were airplanes....or cars for that matter. And in it's best form a ships pilothouse had the least restricted view it can possibly have. That is what Dodge was emphasizing with that term.
And I think they pretty much nailed it. I have one of those parabolic rear view mirrors in my truck and I will tell you right now that the view is as good as any thing made since."
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"because they featured a high-visibility "pilot-house" cab with optional rear quarter windows. A reference to the pilot-house (or wheelhouse) of boats which had/needed good all around visibility..."

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[Todd]

FED front engine dragster
POS pile of stuff (excrement)
CHEVROLET cracked heads every valve rattles oil leaks every time
NOS new old stock
OG original

 

[Skip]

NOS new old stock (original parts from when the vehicle was newer)

SBF
BBF
SBM
BBM
ETC...

 

[bob w]

TIG-tungsten electrode inert gas welding
MIG-metal inert gas welding

 

[Willowbilly3]

Put in some sugar yippy head east after dawn

 

[Old Iron]

Huffer - Roots style Blower
Bump stick - cam shaft
Cammer - single overhead cam V8 Ford engine
Duece - 32 Ford
Fuelie - fuel injected engine

 

[Old Iron]

Got this off of Hot Rods & Classics
Thought it was interesting.

'A'​

A-400:A convertible two door sedan built by Ford prior to 1932​

A-bone: Model A Ford​

'B'​

B-400: A convertible two door sedan built by Ford in 1932​

Balonies: Wide bad ass tires, usually on the rear​

Bang Shift: To quickly shift a standard transmission​

Beast: A really ugly hotrod​

Belly Pan: Metal sheeting underneath a street rod, to streamline the bottom of a rod​

Billet: Aftermarket dress up components usually machined out of Aluminum​

Binders: Brakes​

Blown Engine: A engine that has a Supercharger or a engine that exploded​

Blower: Supercharger​

Blower Drive: The belt and pulleys that drive a Supercharger​

Bobbed: Shortened Fenders, sometimes applied to a shortened hood​

Boost: Intake manifold pressure generated by a Turbocharger or Supercharger​

Boots: Tires​

Bored and Stroked: Engines that have had their cylinder walls enlarged and the crankshaft throw modified​

Bottom End: Refers to the lower portion of a engine and usually includes the crankshaft, flywheel, bearings and connecting rods​

Box:The transmission, but can also refer to adding reinforcement to the frame​

Bucket: Rod with a Model T body also called a 'Bucket T'​

Buggy Sprung: Suspension based on front and rear solid axels and left over from horse and buggy days​

Bull Nose: Usually refers to a chrome trim piece for the top of a hood​

Bullet Nose: A Studebaker built in the late 40's and early 50's​

'C'​

Cam: Short for Camshaft, a engine piece that activates the valves​

Cammer: Usually refers to a single overhead V8 Ford engine​

CC-ing: The accurate measuring of each cylinder or combustion chamber to equalize the volume in high performance engines​

CCs: 39 Ford Teardrop Headlights​

Channel: The lowering of the body in relationship to the frame rails to reduce overall height of the vehicle​

Chop: Removing a section of the roofline horizontally to reduce its height​

CID: Refers to "Cubic Inch Displacement" of an engine​

Coupe: Basically any car with just a front seat​

Crank: Crankshaft but can also mean to go fast "Crank on It"​

Cruise: To drive in a laid back fashion​

Custom: Stock cars that have had extensive body modifications​

"D" ​

Deck: Removing the chrome and handles from the trunk or 'Decklid'​

Deuce: 32 Ford​

Digs: Drag Races​

Dig Out: Accelerate quickly​

Digger: A Dragster​

"E"​

EFI: Electronic Fuel Injection (replaces the carburetor)​

E.T: Elapsed time - the time it takes to run a quarter mile drag​

Elephant: A 1964 or later Chrysler with a V8 and Hemispherical cylinder heads - a.k.a. 'Hemmy'​

"F"​

Fat: A over rich fuel mixture denote by excessive black smoke​

Fat Fender: Street rods with bodies manufactured between 1936 and 1938​

Fill: Filling body seams with lead or body filler to lend a smoother appearance to the car​

Five Window: A coup body that have 5 windows, not counting the windshield​

Flathead: A engine that has the valves in the body of the engine rather then the head - also refers to 1932 to 1953 Ford flathead motors​

Flamed: Graphic representation of flames usually starting at the front a working towards the back of a hot rod​

Flame Throwers: A device to ignite unburned gases leaving the exhaust system ( very cool)​

Floor Pan: This just means the floor of a vehicle -​

Fordor: Ford name for a four door sedan​

Four Banger: A four cylinder engine​

Four Barrel: A four cylinder engine or a type of carburetor​

Four on the Floor: Floor mounted shifter coupled to a four speed transmission​

French: Usually refers to recessing the headlights and removing the seam of the headlight trim ring, but can apply to other recessing​

Fuel Injected: A mechanical device that 'injects' or introduces fuel into a engine​

 

[Old Iron]

"G" ​

Gasser: A modified closed car that competes at drag races, but could mean your friend drank to much beer.​

Gear Box: Transmission​

Ghost Flames: See Flames, only these flames are usually the same color as the body only a few shades lighter or darker​

Glass: Short for fiberglass​

Grab Rails: Handles mounted on the body to help passengers enter the vehicle, usually a rumble seat​

Grill Shell: A decorative trim that goes around the radiator usually on cars built in the early 1930's​

Grocery Getter: A mild street rod that is used for a run to the store and back​

Gutted: A rod with its interior removed​

"H"​

Hammer: Same as Chop​

Handeler: A rod that is easy to drive ​

Haze the Hides: To spin and smoke the rear tires​

Header: Specialized exhaust manifolds that help reduce exhaust back pressure therefore increasing power​

Hemi: A monster high performance engine produced by Chrysler with hemispherical heads​

Hides: Tires​

Highboy: A rod with no fenders or running boards and the body place high on the frame rails​

High Tech: Rods that combine customized bodies with billeted or steel dress up parts​

Hot Rod: A vehicle that has been modified to improve its appearance or performance and most times both​

Huffer: Supercharger​

Hydro: Automatic transmission ( derived from the name Hydromatic, a GM transmission used in the 50's​

"I"​

In the Weeds: A really low vehicle or you have lost control of your ride and ended up in the ditch​

Igniter: The engines ignition system​

"J"​

Jimmy: Acronym for a GMC and can also refer to a Blower or Supercharger ​

Jug: A carburetor​

Juice: Fuel, Electricity or hydraulic fluid​

"K"​

Kemp: A rod with a customized body​

Knock Offs: A special wheel system that is held in place with one large, quickly removed nut​

"L"​

Lakes: The dry lakes in and around Southern California where hotrodders raced their cars​

Lakes Modified: A radically modified racer designed for racing at the dry lakes​

Lean it Out: To alter the fuel mixture to improve engine performance and use less fuel - done to extreme will fry your engine​

Locker: A type of differential that helps prevent tire spin and distributes the engines torque evenly to the rear wheels​

Loud Petal: The accelerator petal​

Louvers: Vents or slots cut in and raised in various body panels especially the hood and trunk areas​

Louie: A left hand turn (see Roscoe)​

Lowboy: A rod that has no fenders or running boards that is lowered over the frame (channeled)​

"M"​

Mag: Short for a wheel made with a Magnesium alloy - can also mean Magneto, a self contained ignition system ​

Mill: Engine​

Molded: Filling and reshaping body panels and seams​

Mood Disks: Flat aluminum wheel covers​

Mouse Motor: A small block Chevy engine manufactured from 1955 to present day.​

"N"​

NOS: Nitrous Oxide System - mucho big horsepower​

N.O.S: New Old Stock and refers to parts that are the original parts supplied by the vehicles manufacturer​

Nail Head: A 1950's Buick engine​

Nerf: Short for Nerf Bars - used to ward off tires in open wheel racing cars - also refers to little bumperettes ​

Newstalgia: Refers to a rod style that mimics the 50's and 60's and employs modern power plants, components and body panels​

 

[Old Iron]

"O"​

Overbore: An engine block that has had its cylinder bore enlarge because it is badly worn or the owner wants more power​

Overwind: A bad thing and means to run an engine faster in RPM then its designed limits​

"P"​

Panel Delivery: An early commercial vehicle with two doors in the front for people and two doors at the rear of the vehicle for cargo​

Pearl: Paint with reflects 'Mother of Pearl' iridescent colors or maybe its a little white object taken from an oyster​

Pit Pins: Quick release pins that hold body panels in place​

Phaeton: An open two or four door sedan manufactured in the late 20's to the late 30's, that had no roll up windows​

Phone Booth: A 28 or 29 Model 'A' closed cab pickup​

Pin Stripe: Long narrow painted stripes usually running the length of a hot rod. May also be done with narrow plastic (gulp) tape.​

Ported: Intake and exhaust ports that have been enlarged and polished to provide maximum flow through the heads​

Power Parker: People that arrive as early as possible to events and shows to get prime parking spots, usually frowned on by hot rodders​

Pro Street: A hotrod made to look like a drag racing car​

Puffer: A supercharger​

"Q"​

Quick Change: A rear end that allows for rapid changing of rear end gear ratios, or possibly a trip through McDonalds drive thru​

"R"​

RPM: 'Revolutions Per Minute' or how many rotations an engines crankshaft completes in one minute​

Rails: Refers to the frame side rails on cars before some idiot invented uni-body​

Raked: A rod that has been lowered in the front or raised in the back​

Rat: A Big Block Chevy V8 engine e.g.: 396, 400, 427, and 454 cid​

Reacher: A dependable street rod​

Repop: See Repro​

Repro: Reproduction parts to match or replace NOS parts​

Resto Rod: A street rod with a stock appearing body​

Roadster: A two seater to a 'Phaeton' - removable top and no roll up side windows and the windshield could fold down​

Rod: A short for Hotrod or Connecting Rod​

Rod Run: May mean an event open to pre 62 only or can refer to any pre-ordained driving route as in a "Poker Run"​

Roll Bar: A special cage made of round tubular steel and designed to protect the vehicles occupants in case of roll over.​

Roll Cage: See Roll Bar​

Roller: A chassis that is completed enough to be rolled around on its own. Can also refer to a type of camshaft that uses roller lifters​

Roscoe: A right hand turn (see Louie)​

Rubber Rake: A rake achieved by the use of big tires in the back and little tires in the front or possibly an unbreakable garden tool​

"S"​

Sano: A rod that is absolutely spotless (sanitary)​

Saw: See Chop​

Scallops: A graphic in the shape of a long narrow triangle usually starting from the front of a hotrod​

Scatter Shield: A protective enclosure at the rear of the engine to protect the driver in case a clutch explodes - also used on transmissions​

Scoop: A device mounted on the hood to force air into the engine at higher speeds​

Section: To remove a band of metal from around the middle section of a vehicle to reduce its overall height​

Sedan Delivery: A truck with two opening doors up front and one mother of a door in the rear​

Slammed: A vehicle or hotrod that is as close to the ground as humanly possible without actually touching​

Skins: Tires​

Skirts: Short for Fender Skirts which cover wheel well openings in customs and hotrods or a reference to the fairer sex​

Smoothy: A hotrod that has had all raised portions of the body removed including moldings and sometimes chrome​

Spots: Short for a spot light, also refers to disk brakes​

Stacks: Short for Velocity Stacks which are used on carbureted and fuel injected engines​

Steelies: Wheels made of steel or a marble made from knocking apart old ball bearings. Really Big old ball bearings​

Step Plates: Pads mounted on running boards or fenders to keep the paint or rubber matting from being scratched or getting dirty​

Stick Shift: A floor mounted gear shift lever​

Stone: A slooooow car ​

Stones: Short for Firestone tires or an English Rock Band​

Stove Bolt: A nick name for a rod powered by a Chevy inline six cylinder engine​

Stroker: An engine equipped with a longer then stock crankshaft throw with modified length connecting rods​

Stuffer: Supercharger​

Supercharger: A mechanical device designed to force air into an engine at higher then atmospheric pressure​

 

[Old Iron]

"T"​

T-Bucket: A short, fenderless opened 'T' body hotrod​

TPI: Tuned Port Injection​

Tach: Short for Tachometer and a device to read engine RPM ​

Three On The Tree: Refers to a column mounted three speed transmission shifter​

Touring: See 'Phaeton'​

Trad Rad: A street rod built in the styles of the 50's and 609's rods​

Tranny: Short for Transmission​

Tub: A touring car or Phaeton can also refer to enlarging the wheel well size to accommodate very large tires, usually in the rear​

Tubbed: To increase the wheel well size to accommodate very large tires usually at the rear axel​

Tudor: Ford name for a two door sedan​

Tuck and Roll: A cool style of upholstery or a new kind of music​

"U"​

U Joints: Short for Universal Joints and these are located on each end of a drive shaft​

Uncorked: Running without mufflers ​

"V"​

Vicky: See Victoria​

Victoria: A sporty two door sedan body that featured a different rear body panel style​

'W'​

Wedge: A type of Chrysler engine with wedge shaped combustion chambers in the heads​

Wide Whites: Wide whitewall tires​

Wide Weenies: Large rear tires and I am not going there​

Wires: Spoked Wire Wheels​

Woodie: A station wagon with wood paneling and no I am not going there either​

"X"​

X Member: The center portion of a frame where the frame rails meet or cross​

"Y"​

Y Block: A cylinder block with deep pan rails​

'Z"​

Z'ed: Frame rails altered in a Z shape to lower the front of a hot rod​

Zoomy: A wild street rod with open exhaust pipes​

 

[23crate]

yep that'll cover it nice work "O I"

 

[DozerII]

Thant's a bunch of great info for us Newbies. [cl[cl

 

[skull]

AND others

Thant's a bunch of great info for us Newbies. [cl[cl

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[Snake Farm]

Yeah, what Dozer and Skull both said! This could become a "go to thread" for stuff like this.

However I did have to fix one of Todd's though....

FED front engine dragster
POS pile of stuff (excrement)
CHEVROLET cracked heads every valve rattles oil leaks every time...But SBC's are readily available, parts are cheap and they can be made to go like stink!
NOS new old stock
OG original

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