Ron: Thanks for asking!! I too have been wondering what "FLAPS" stood
for, thought it must be a "back east" chain like Pep Boys. Then others
from the west coast refered to their local FLAPS. I guessed it was
"Foreign ? Auto Parts Store", or maybe "Favorite Local Auto Parts Store".

Steve and Jo Ann Wacker
San Marcos, Ca.
90 Carat
86 Syncro