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Steve's Triumph Spitfire 1600
The ongoing saaaaaaga
Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
FLAPS = Friendly Local Auto Parts Supplier
FOD = Foreign Object Damage, an aviation term sighting damage from something that didn't belong there.
LBC = Little British Car.
PO = Previous Owner. Some are starting to use the term DPO (as in Dumb) - personally I think that's just a little ignorant; we've all done stupid
things to cars, but that doesn't make us stupid.
Round Tail = earlier Spits and GT6s that had curved back ends
Square Tail = later Spits and GT6s that had a straight or square back end much like the TR6
WRT = With Respect To
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