Like, the Baby Huey cartoon already existed, too.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

twaldron wrote:
>
> I agree. I think it was a little of both. The word 'jeep' already
> existed and to move from GP to jeep isn't too far fetched.

 

That's one theory. (by the way, I believe GP is a vehicle classification,
not "General Purpose")
Lots of vehicles were called "Jeep", too. This one just stuck.
Where's Brian?
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"


"Mike Hall" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:JuXob.12976$Tf.1443171@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> The name "Jeep" comes from the designation "GP" as in "General Purpose"..
>
> --
> History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..
>
> "Snow" <snowball_2004@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:ogQob.12589$Nz5.586212@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> > Yeah like Bill...he was around way back then wasn't he? ;-)
> >
> > Snow ..."hides"
> >
> > "twaldron" <twaldron@sbcOBVIOUSglobal.net> wrote in message
> > news:ipPob.417$0D7.242@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com. ..
> > > The quick answer is "yes", but it is kind of a gray area because there
> > > were multiple companies working on 'jeep' variations from Bantam's
> > > design original design from 1939-1940, *****'s-Overland being one of
> > > those companies. If I remember correctly from idle reading, the need
for
> > > the 'jeep' was made 'public' in '39 and prototypes were built in '40
and
> > > production models in '41. None of these were called 'jeeps' tho.
> > >
> > > Short questions can sometimes bring on REALLY LONG answers, and there
> > > are some guys on here who know the Jeep Era much better than me.
> > >
> > > Glen Bu wrote:
> > >
> > > > In the Jeep Gear section of the Jeep magazine....there is the number
> 41
> > on
> > > > shirts and caps. Is this when the first Jeep came out or what?
> > > >
> > > > Glen
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > __________________________________________________ _________
> > > tw
> > > 03 TJ Rubicon
> > > 01 XJ Sport
> > >
> > > There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> > > -- Dave Barry
> > >
> > > Pronunciation: 'jEp
> > > Function: noun
> > > Date: 1940
> > >
> > > Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
> > > A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> > > 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> > > World War II.
> > >
> > > http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
> > > (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> > > __________________________________________________ _________
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

 

That's one theory. (by the way, I believe GP is a vehicle classification,
not "General Purpose")
Lots of vehicles were called "Jeep", too. This one just stuck.
Where's Brian?
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"


"Mike Hall" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:JuXob.12976$Tf.1443171@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> The name "Jeep" comes from the designation "GP" as in "General Purpose"..
>
> --
> History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..
>
> "Snow" <snowball_2004@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:ogQob.12589$Nz5.586212@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> > Yeah like Bill...he was around way back then wasn't he? ;-)
> >
> > Snow ..."hides"
> >
> > "twaldron" <twaldron@sbcOBVIOUSglobal.net> wrote in message
> > news:ipPob.417$0D7.242@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com. ..
> > > The quick answer is "yes", but it is kind of a gray area because there
> > > were multiple companies working on 'jeep' variations from Bantam's
> > > design original design from 1939-1940, *****'s-Overland being one of
> > > those companies. If I remember correctly from idle reading, the need
for
> > > the 'jeep' was made 'public' in '39 and prototypes were built in '40
and
> > > production models in '41. None of these were called 'jeeps' tho.
> > >
> > > Short questions can sometimes bring on REALLY LONG answers, and there
> > > are some guys on here who know the Jeep Era much better than me.
> > >
> > > Glen Bu wrote:
> > >
> > > > In the Jeep Gear section of the Jeep magazine....there is the number
> 41
> > on
> > > > shirts and caps. Is this when the first Jeep came out or what?
> > > >
> > > > Glen
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > __________________________________________________ _________
> > > tw
> > > 03 TJ Rubicon
> > > 01 XJ Sport
> > >
> > > There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> > > -- Dave Barry
> > >
> > > Pronunciation: 'jEp
> > > Function: noun
> > > Date: 1940
> > >
> > > Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
> > > A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> > > 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> > > World War II.
> > >
> > > http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
> > > (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> > > __________________________________________________ _________
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

 

That's one theory. (by the way, I believe GP is a vehicle classification,
not "General Purpose")
Lots of vehicles were called "Jeep", too. This one just stuck.
Where's Brian?
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"


"Mike Hall" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:JuXob.12976$Tf.1443171@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> The name "Jeep" comes from the designation "GP" as in "General Purpose"..
>
> --
> History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..
>
> "Snow" <snowball_2004@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:ogQob.12589$Nz5.586212@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> > Yeah like Bill...he was around way back then wasn't he? ;-)
> >
> > Snow ..."hides"
> >
> > "twaldron" <twaldron@sbcOBVIOUSglobal.net> wrote in message
> > news:ipPob.417$0D7.242@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com. ..
> > > The quick answer is "yes", but it is kind of a gray area because there
> > > were multiple companies working on 'jeep' variations from Bantam's
> > > design original design from 1939-1940, *****'s-Overland being one of
> > > those companies. If I remember correctly from idle reading, the need
for
> > > the 'jeep' was made 'public' in '39 and prototypes were built in '40
and
> > > production models in '41. None of these were called 'jeeps' tho.
> > >
> > > Short questions can sometimes bring on REALLY LONG answers, and there
> > > are some guys on here who know the Jeep Era much better than me.
> > >
> > > Glen Bu wrote:
> > >
> > > > In the Jeep Gear section of the Jeep magazine....there is the number
> 41
> > on
> > > > shirts and caps. Is this when the first Jeep came out or what?
> > > >
> > > > Glen
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > __________________________________________________ _________
> > > tw
> > > 03 TJ Rubicon
> > > 01 XJ Sport
> > >
> > > There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> > > -- Dave Barry
> > >
> > > Pronunciation: 'jEp
> > > Function: noun
> > > Date: 1940
> > >
> > > Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
> > > A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> > > 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> > > World War II.
> > >
> > > http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
> > > (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> > > __________________________________________________ _________
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

 

As an addendum..

Some people say the Jeep name came from the slurring of the acronym G.P. for
General Purpose vehicle, the designation the Army gave to the new vehicle.

Another explanation, according to Col. A.W. Herrington, is that the name was
used in Oklahoma as early as 1934 to designate a truck equipped with special
equipment for drilling oil wells.

Others claim the vehicle was called a "Jeep," in reference to the character
"Eugene the Jeep" in the 1936 Popeye comic strip by E.C. Edgar. Eugene the
Jeep was a small, impish looking animal that had the power to travel back
and forth between dimensions and could solve all sorts of problems.

Yet another version is that Irving "Red" Haussman, a ******-Overland
test-driver who tested the first pilot model picked up the Jeep name that
some soldiers at Camp Holabird had been using. Shortly thereafter, Red gave
a demonstration ride to a group of dignitaries in Washington, D.C. Among the
group was Katherine Hillyer, a reporter for the Washington Daily News who
wrote an article about the vehicle that was published in February 1941 with
the photo caption headline, "Jeep Creeps Up Capitol Steps." + This was
perhaps the first reference to the vehicles' Jeep name by the media.

I still think that the first is the most plausible..


--
History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:3FA45E62.7BDD6EBC@***.net...
> Like, the Baby Huey cartoon already existed, too.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> twaldron wrote:
> >
> > I agree. I think it was a little of both. The word 'jeep' already
> > existed and to move from GP to jeep isn't too far fetched.

 

As an addendum..

Some people say the Jeep name came from the slurring of the acronym G.P. for
General Purpose vehicle, the designation the Army gave to the new vehicle.

Another explanation, according to Col. A.W. Herrington, is that the name was
used in Oklahoma as early as 1934 to designate a truck equipped with special
equipment for drilling oil wells.

Others claim the vehicle was called a "Jeep," in reference to the character
"Eugene the Jeep" in the 1936 Popeye comic strip by E.C. Edgar. Eugene the
Jeep was a small, impish looking animal that had the power to travel back
and forth between dimensions and could solve all sorts of problems.

Yet another version is that Irving "Red" Haussman, a ******-Overland
test-driver who tested the first pilot model picked up the Jeep name that
some soldiers at Camp Holabird had been using. Shortly thereafter, Red gave
a demonstration ride to a group of dignitaries in Washington, D.C. Among the
group was Katherine Hillyer, a reporter for the Washington Daily News who
wrote an article about the vehicle that was published in February 1941 with
the photo caption headline, "Jeep Creeps Up Capitol Steps." + This was
perhaps the first reference to the vehicles' Jeep name by the media.

I still think that the first is the most plausible..


--
History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:3FA45E62.7BDD6EBC@***.net...
> Like, the Baby Huey cartoon already existed, too.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> twaldron wrote:
> >
> > I agree. I think it was a little of both. The word 'jeep' already
> > existed and to move from GP to jeep isn't too far fetched.

 

As an addendum..

Some people say the Jeep name came from the slurring of the acronym G.P. for
General Purpose vehicle, the designation the Army gave to the new vehicle.

Another explanation, according to Col. A.W. Herrington, is that the name was
used in Oklahoma as early as 1934 to designate a truck equipped with special
equipment for drilling oil wells.

Others claim the vehicle was called a "Jeep," in reference to the character
"Eugene the Jeep" in the 1936 Popeye comic strip by E.C. Edgar. Eugene the
Jeep was a small, impish looking animal that had the power to travel back
and forth between dimensions and could solve all sorts of problems.

Yet another version is that Irving "Red" Haussman, a ******-Overland
test-driver who tested the first pilot model picked up the Jeep name that
some soldiers at Camp Holabird had been using. Shortly thereafter, Red gave
a demonstration ride to a group of dignitaries in Washington, D.C. Among the
group was Katherine Hillyer, a reporter for the Washington Daily News who
wrote an article about the vehicle that was published in February 1941 with
the photo caption headline, "Jeep Creeps Up Capitol Steps." + This was
perhaps the first reference to the vehicles' Jeep name by the media.

I still think that the first is the most plausible..


--
History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:3FA45E62.7BDD6EBC@***.net...
> Like, the Baby Huey cartoon already existed, too.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> twaldron wrote:
> >
> > I agree. I think it was a little of both. The word 'jeep' already
> > existed and to move from GP to jeep isn't too far fetched.

 

Thanks for the find:
http://www.difflock.com/diffmag/issu...60/index.shtml One of many
with the search of: "Jeep Creeps Up Capitol Steps."
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Hall wrote:
>
> As an addendum..
>
> Some people say the Jeep name came from the slurring of the acronym G.P. for
> General Purpose vehicle, the designation the Army gave to the new vehicle.
>
> Another explanation, according to Col. A.W. Herrington, is that the name was
> used in Oklahoma as early as 1934 to designate a truck equipped with special
> equipment for drilling oil wells.
>
> Others claim the vehicle was called a "Jeep," in reference to the character
> "Eugene the Jeep" in the 1936 Popeye comic strip by E.C. Edgar. Eugene the
> Jeep was a small, impish looking animal that had the power to travel back
> and forth between dimensions and could solve all sorts of problems.
>
> Yet another version is that Irving "Red" Haussman, a ******-Overland
> test-driver who tested the first pilot model picked up the Jeep name that
> some soldiers at Camp Holabird had been using. Shortly thereafter, Red gave
> a demonstration ride to a group of dignitaries in Washington, D.C. Among the
> group was Katherine Hillyer, a reporter for the Washington Daily News who
> wrote an article about the vehicle that was published in February 1941 with
> the photo caption headline, "Jeep Creeps Up Capitol Steps." + This was
> perhaps the first reference to the vehicles' Jeep name by the media.
>
> I still think that the first is the most plausible..
>
> --
> History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:3FA45E62.7BDD6EBC@***.net...
> > Like, the Baby Huey cartoon already existed, too.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > twaldron wrote:
> > >
> > > I agree. I think it was a little of both. The word 'jeep' already
> > > existed and to move from GP to jeep isn't too far fetched.

 

Thanks for the find:
http://www.difflock.com/diffmag/issu...60/index.shtml One of many
with the search of: "Jeep Creeps Up Capitol Steps."
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Hall wrote:
>
> As an addendum..
>
> Some people say the Jeep name came from the slurring of the acronym G.P. for
> General Purpose vehicle, the designation the Army gave to the new vehicle.
>
> Another explanation, according to Col. A.W. Herrington, is that the name was
> used in Oklahoma as early as 1934 to designate a truck equipped with special
> equipment for drilling oil wells.
>
> Others claim the vehicle was called a "Jeep," in reference to the character
> "Eugene the Jeep" in the 1936 Popeye comic strip by E.C. Edgar. Eugene the
> Jeep was a small, impish looking animal that had the power to travel back
> and forth between dimensions and could solve all sorts of problems.
>
> Yet another version is that Irving "Red" Haussman, a ******-Overland
> test-driver who tested the first pilot model picked up the Jeep name that
> some soldiers at Camp Holabird had been using. Shortly thereafter, Red gave
> a demonstration ride to a group of dignitaries in Washington, D.C. Among the
> group was Katherine Hillyer, a reporter for the Washington Daily News who
> wrote an article about the vehicle that was published in February 1941 with
> the photo caption headline, "Jeep Creeps Up Capitol Steps." + This was
> perhaps the first reference to the vehicles' Jeep name by the media.
>
> I still think that the first is the most plausible..
>
> --
> History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:3FA45E62.7BDD6EBC@***.net...
> > Like, the Baby Huey cartoon already existed, too.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > twaldron wrote:
> > >
> > > I agree. I think it was a little of both. The word 'jeep' already
> > > existed and to move from GP to jeep isn't too far fetched.

 

Thanks for the find:
http://www.difflock.com/diffmag/issu...60/index.shtml One of many
with the search of: "Jeep Creeps Up Capitol Steps."
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Hall wrote:
>
> As an addendum..
>
> Some people say the Jeep name came from the slurring of the acronym G.P. for
> General Purpose vehicle, the designation the Army gave to the new vehicle.
>
> Another explanation, according to Col. A.W. Herrington, is that the name was
> used in Oklahoma as early as 1934 to designate a truck equipped with special
> equipment for drilling oil wells.
>
> Others claim the vehicle was called a "Jeep," in reference to the character
> "Eugene the Jeep" in the 1936 Popeye comic strip by E.C. Edgar. Eugene the
> Jeep was a small, impish looking animal that had the power to travel back
> and forth between dimensions and could solve all sorts of problems.
>
> Yet another version is that Irving "Red" Haussman, a ******-Overland
> test-driver who tested the first pilot model picked up the Jeep name that
> some soldiers at Camp Holabird had been using. Shortly thereafter, Red gave
> a demonstration ride to a group of dignitaries in Washington, D.C. Among the
> group was Katherine Hillyer, a reporter for the Washington Daily News who
> wrote an article about the vehicle that was published in February 1941 with
> the photo caption headline, "Jeep Creeps Up Capitol Steps." + This was
> perhaps the first reference to the vehicles' Jeep name by the media.
>
> I still think that the first is the most plausible..
>
> --
> History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:3FA45E62.7BDD6EBC@***.net...
> > Like, the Baby Huey cartoon already existed, too.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > twaldron wrote:
> > >
> > > I agree. I think it was a little of both. The word 'jeep' already
> > > existed and to move from GP to jeep isn't too far fetched.