I thought Crank was short for Robert D.?
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>Herb,
>and I thought you Yanks invented jargon, abbreviations and rhyming slang
>are one of the pastimes associated with the English lanuage.
>Dizzy = short for distributor, and it spins around.
>Carby = short for carburetter
>Crank = short for crankshaft
>Dave = short for pain in the butt
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>> From: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com
>> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: dizzy and confused
>> Date: Friday, 27 August 1999 5:34
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>> Thanks,
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>> I'm fairly familiar with the distributor. Why do people on the list call
>> it a dizzy? Is that a British motoring term?
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>> Herb
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>> Ajhsys@aol.com on 08/26/99 05:19:16 PM
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>> To: Herb Goede/AMS/AMSINC
>> cc:
>> Subject: Re: dizzy and confused
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>> In a message dated 8/26/99 4:42:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> Herb_Goede@amsinc.com writes:
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>> << What's a Dizzy? Do I know it by another name? >>
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>> Distributor. The thang with all the wires that keep falling out. It's
>> above
>> and in front of the tranny.
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>> I hate the slang stuff too.
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>> Allen Hefner
>> '77 Midget
>> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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