> Hi Mil-Veh listers:
>
> In the last couple months I have run into two separate persons
> interested in
> military vehicles who have tried to tell me that the term "jeep" only
>
> applies to the MB's and GPW's of WWII. Seemed silly to me,
> particularly
> since "Jeep" is stamped into the front of the toolbox on my '51 M38.
>
> This evening I started reading "The All-American Wonder" ('93 edition)
> and
> was surprised to see a very similar opinion expressed in print.
> Author
> Cowdery writes: "the word jeep is used in the generic sense to
> describe all
> Bantam, WIllys, and Ford 1/4-ton 4x4 trucks produced for military use
> between
> 1940 and 1945. To use the word jeep to describe anything else is
> inaccurate"
>
> He goes on to point out the capital-J name "Jeep" applies only to the
>
> commercial/civilian vehicles produced by Willys, Kaiser, AMC, and
> Chrysler.
>
> On the next page, though, Cowdery describes the 1952 Museum of Modern
> Art
> Automotive Design exhibit and he refers to their 4x4 1/4-ton example
> as a
> "1951 military jeep." Hmmmm....
>
> I'm interested in this distinction... Does anyone know of any
> reasonable
> basis for the position that the only true "jeeps" are WW-II era
> models? Or
> is it, as I suspect, merely a somewhat snobbish opinion exhibited by a
> few
> WWII-vintage jeep enthusiasts?
>
> Steve Johnston
>
> sbjohnston@aol.com
While my M-38 manual describes my vehicle as a "1/4-ton 4x4 utility
truck M-38" and is a "general purpose personnel or cargo carrier", I'll
always maintain its a "Willys Jeep".
I've always drawn the line at people calling a Scout or a Land Rover a
"Jeep", but agree its too restrictive to only call WWII vehicles
Jeeps...Never have been sure I liked AMC calling anything they made a
"Jeep"....
>
>
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