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[b]'Jeep' does come from slurring the letters GP. In WWII the Ford built jeeps were built in two versions. 1) the Ford prototype design called GP. (very rare only 3200 built, about 350 survive around the world). It (the GP) lost the army's contest to Willys (MA, version 'A'). 2) The army asked Ford to build copies of the improved jeep Willys (MB, version 'B') had designed. Using Willys blueprints. This copy was called the GPW. (350,000 or so built). GP Never stood for 'General Purpose' but rather is a bit of mis-info that wanders around the net. It is Ford Factory Terminology. All vehicles Ford built for the government started with a 'G' for Government. Following was a letter which stood for the wheelbase. GA, GB, GC, GD, GE, etc, getting longer each time. When they got to 80 inches (jeep size) they were at 'P'. When they were forced/asked to build jeeps using Willys design - they added a 'W' to it. I wish Webster & all the dictionaries & encyclopedias, and 4x4 mags would stop the mis-information. They keep qouteing each other as sources, and the first guy was WRONG. The army never even called it a jeep, officially it was 'Truck, 1/4 ton'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPAM - Also known Shoulder Pork hAM It's net meaning has been widely discussed and no one can really figure out exactly where it came from though a general understanding is that a Monty Python skit that had a group of people singing a "spam" song until annoying people and being told to stop gave the word spam a new meaning of "anything annoying" which in a way describes PC spam. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, i hope that you all enjoy posting and have fun gaming. [/b]
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