From: John Stewart-Smith (john_stewartsmith@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2002 - 06:13:39 PST
Neil, my 1976 M35 has a symbol on the data plate thats looks like an AM
General symbol. It is immediately followed by 'General Products Division'.
Underneath that it states 'Jeep Corporation'
-John in Austin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil E. Amrhein" <neil@compu-powr.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] General Products complete name??
> David and others,
> Thanks for the information. Interestingly, before I saw these
responses,
> I checked www.amgeneralcorp.com and looked at the company history page.
> Here's what it had to say:
>
> "......... In 1970 American Motors Corporation purchased the Kaiser
Jeep
> Corporation from Kaiser Industries. The Defense and Government Products
> Division became the General Products Division of the Jeep Corporation.
> Shortly after the purchase, the Division's Toledo executive offices and
> Dearborn engineering operations were relocated to Wayne, Michigan.
>
> On April 1, 1971, the Division was incorporated as AM General Corporation,
a
> wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Motors Corporation................
"
>
> That made me curious, so I searched GL for "general products". I got
19
> hits on trucks, none of which mentioned American Motors. However, they did
> say things like: "General Products Division of Jeep Corp", or "General
> Products Division Jeep Corp". I always thought "General Products Division
of
> American Motors" was the correct name.
>
> Has anyone else on the list ever seen a deuce with a nameplate that
says
> "General Products Division of Jeep Corporation" or something akin to that?
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 6:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] General Products complete name??
>
>
> > In a message dated 2/6/02 1:36:32 PM Central Daylight Time,
> > neil@compu-powr.com writes:
> >
> > << My question is: What is the real, complete, name of this manufacturer
> of
> > M35's???
> > >>
> >
> > That depends on the year.....
> > On FEB 5, 1970 American Motors bought Kaiser-Jeep for 70 million, Feb 10
> > formed General Products Division.
> >
> > In early 1971 AM General became an independent subsidiary of AMC. They
go
> on
> > to build 22471 deuce and 5 tons that year.
> >
> > This information comes from various years of Ward's Automotive, an
annual
> > automotive industry publication.
> >
> > I haven't seen everything, but I have looked at a lot of deuces, don't
> > remember seeing one nameplated General Products Division of Jeep.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > David
> >
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