what does jeep stand for?
11-03-2008, 08:30 AM
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'Jeep' comes from slurring the letters GP. In WWII the Ford built jeeps were built in two versions.
1) the Ford prototype design called GP. (very rare only 3200 built, about 350 survive around the world). It (the GP) lost the army's contest to ****** (MA, version 'A').
2) The army asked Ford to build copies of the improved jeep ****** (MB, version 'B') had designed. Using ****** blueprints. This copy was called the GPW. (350,000 or so built).
GP Never stood for 'General Purpose' !!! THIS IS THE MIS-INFO. It is Ford Factory Terminology. All vehicles Ford built for the government started with a 'G' for Government. Following was a letter which stood for the wheelbase. GA, GB, GC, GD, GE, etc, getting longer each time.
When they got to 80 inches (jeep size) they were at 'P'. When they were forced/asked to build jeeps using ****** design - they added a 'W' to it.
The army never even called it a jeep, officially it was 'Truck, 1/4 ton'.
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1) the Ford prototype design called GP. (very rare only 3200 built, about 350 survive around the world). It (the GP) lost the army's contest to ****** (MA, version 'A').
2) The army asked Ford to build copies of the improved jeep ****** (MB, version 'B') had designed. Using ****** blueprints. This copy was called the GPW. (350,000 or so built).
GP Never stood for 'General Purpose' !!! THIS IS THE MIS-INFO. It is Ford Factory Terminology. All vehicles Ford built for the government started with a 'G' for Government. Following was a letter which stood for the wheelbase. GA, GB, GC, GD, GE, etc, getting longer each time.
When they got to 80 inches (jeep size) they were at 'P'. When they were forced/asked to build jeeps using ****** design - they added a 'W' to it.
The army never even called it a jeep, officially it was 'Truck, 1/4 ton'.
www.dewit.ca
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11-03-2008, 08:36 AM
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The origin of the name "Jeep" is somewhat a mystery. Popular notion has it that the vehicle designation "GP" (for "General Purpose") was phonetically slurred in pronunciation, eventually becoming "Jeep." R. Lee Ermey, on his television series Mail Call, has stated that the vehicle was designed for specific duties and was never referred to as "General Purpose," and that the name may have been derived from Ford's nomenclature referring to the vehicle as GP (G for government-use, and P to designate its wheelbase size).
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Last edited by Mr White; 07-09-2009 at 02:35 PM.
Re: what does jeep stand for?
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