That actually came later. The earliest use was of 'untested vehicle'. Although the 1/4 ton truck was referred to in at least one TM as a general Purpose vehicle.
To make life interesting, Ford (the largest manufacturer of the original Willys Jeep) referred to the vehicle as model GP or GPW (G for general purpose, P for the 80" wheelbase and W was for Willys). -Adam Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I seem to recall that the name came from "General Purpose Passenger > Vehicle" or GP or "jeep". > > Kinda like the penetrating oil, WD-40, name came from "Water > Dispersal formulation number 40". > > Godfrey > > On Nov 24, 2006, at 9:10 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> Part of the problem there is that Jeep should never have been a >> brand in >> the first place. In fact it originated as a WW1 term for an unproven >> vehicle, although how it came to be applied to the 1/4 ton 4x4 >> truck of >> WW2 is speculation. >> >> Of course, the exact same thing has happened with Hummer (which >> originated as military slang for a HMMWV). >> >> -Adam > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
