-=> Quoting Tom Collins to John Demott <=-
 
 JD> Trivia #2: How many different 283 V8 engine configurations were
 JD> offered in 1957? 
 
 TC> 2 bbl
 TC> 4 bbl
 TC> 2x4 bbl
 TC> FI
 
 TC> Back atcha......what does bbl *actually* mean? (We know it stands  TC> 
for barrel but why the second 'b'?
 
         This is a standard abbreviation in English for many, many
years...probably several hundred years.
 
         Where it came from would be the subject for a work on
abbreviations in English.  Not all long-standing abbreviations in
English (or any other language) are necessarily entirely logical.
 
 
 
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