Hot Rods Automotive terms that don’t make sense....

Just thinking about various automotive terminology and in particular “bbl”. I know what it stands for but barrel has only one “b” so where did the second one come from?

 

https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/com...form-for-oil-barrel-is-bbl-not-bl-5749281.htm

 

The obvious one. Motor versus engine.

 

"Motor versus engine."
I just took the engine cycle down the engine way to get a couple quarts or engine oil!

 

Was it an Engino Guzzi?

 

Okay so why is it abbreviated to “bbl” in the first place?

 

Freeze plugs

 

Harmonic Balancer

 

No one really knows for sure. It has been used since at least the early 1800's on ship manifests. Some think it was used to delineate between barrels and bales that may have been already using the bl abbreviation. Some seem to think it may have been pluralizing barrel for shipping purposes.

 

The use of a blue barrel to signify 42 gallons of crude oil, the industry standard. bbl for "blue barrel"

 

Headlight door, rear light (window).

 

Dizzy make me Dizzy.......

 

That isn't rear light but back light.

 

I just want to point out that none of this is my fault!
I'm just using the same stupid words and abbreviations others before me have made "normal".

 

"idler" arm

 

Seats. Lazy back. an cushion.

 

bbl was being used to signify barrel long before the oil industry even existed.

 

Maybe, the original term was coined by someone with a slight stuttering or stammering problem, that could explain the extra letter "b".

 

3/4 race cam

 

Thats just ssilly!

 

i have a 3/4 cam in my flat motor or engine. it's stamped on the end.

 

Thanks for that. As a retired History, English, and a few other subjects I like getting that type of info...

 

Dodge

 

Google is your friend!

 

Referring to barrels ,we also have 50 gal. Drums ,as opposed to 42 gal barrels ,which are a!so referred to as drums . Blame the English language if you like !

 

Pontiac Brougham

brougham
noun
ˈbrü(-ə)m ˈbrō(-ə)m

Synonyms of brougham
: a light closed horse-drawn carriage with the driver outside in front

 

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!!!!

 

Pawl. Spider gear. Wheel hub Spider.

 

This is correct, blue barrel = BBL. strictly oil field terminology.

 

Why are they called points when they are flat, not pointed?