rocker cover

You tell us? What have you heard them use the term for?

I've sometimes seen the term used, sloppily, to refer to various aspects of the upper layers of an engine but not necessarily just by Americans.

Of course, few of us should really use the term these days given the prevalence of overhead cams (and therefore absence of rockers), instead using the term valve cover.

Um, many if not most OHC engines still have rockers.

Tim

I gained the impression they are talking about the cills Beats me

On Fri, 13 Sep 2019 03:51:58 -0700 (PDT), snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote: <snip>

I believe that is the case ('sills', after talking to my wrench mate in the States).

But then they call bumpers > fenders, wings > quarter panels, bonnets

Cheers, T i m

Oh, okay!

I suppose vehicle body part names is probably the biggest area where we are separated by a common language!

A bing Image search for "American car rocker cover" brings up this selection

As for why its called that, this link may shed some light

No it doesn't, Those are just images of 'american cars'

I watch lots of US reality TV car shows and a rocker cover is the same there as here.

Only wings are fenders and boots are trunks and bonnets are hoods. And transmissions are two speed powerglide!

That is a rocker PANEL not a rocker COVER

very true those are rockers...my mustang had rocker stripes between the wheels under the door .....

what keeps the oil in about the rocker or overhead cam ....or the bit between the wheels under the doors .....the bonnet is the hood and the hood is the top ...the boot is the trunk...simples

the fender is the wing ......the furries are the weather proof strips.....