Re: [MV] A Jeep is a jeep is a GP

Todd Paisley (paisley@erols.com)
Sun, 11 Jan 1998 03:16:36 -0500

>The ironic point is, the Army/soldiers apparently coined the term, yet
>collectors are saying they then used it incorrectly for later
>generations of vehicles. Think about it. The entire effort at
>attepting to determine what is "right" is so twisted, it can never be
>legitimate.

I think you don't understand the point. No one is saying later vehicles are
not "Jeeps". Tell me where the logic fails:

1) Before 1940, there was no such vehicle as the 1/4-ton.
2) The 1/4-ton arrive on the scene.
3) Soldiers coin the term "jeep".
4) The name "jeep" becomes popular.
5) Willys decides to make a brand name of "jeep" by capitalizing it to
"Jeep".
6) Models after WWII are "Jeeps".

Explain where the "twisting" is. I don't understand the "twisting"
here.....

Todd Paisley

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