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Old 24-01-23, 01:11
Mike Cecil Mike Cecil is offline
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Default V for Victory

dit dit dit dah (...-) was a well used 'phrase' of the Morse V that stood for V for Victory. Nice compilation of its widespread use here:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/where...tory-come-from


Looks like Ford took the opportunity to link the popular V for Victory with the Ford V8 by adding the '8'.


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