To: SAMWolf
Thanks. I also found this site which says "jeep" came from the designation "GP" (e.g. G=Government P="P" platform [80" wheelbase]). Apparently it was nicknamed jeep instead of gupp thanks to a previous cartoon character. The word 'jeep' made its debut in Elzie Segar's comic strip "Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye" on March 3, 1936, as the cry of a small, odd-looking creature soon identified as "Eugene the Jeep." :
Jeep Name Origin
43 posted on
04/17/2004 9:18:19 AM PDT by
snopercod
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To: snopercod
Thanks Snopercod.
I had never heard the term "Peep" before this article either.
51 posted on
04/17/2004 9:31:21 AM PDT by
SAMWolf
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To: snopercod
"Jeep name origin." Good work snopercod, thanks for the link.
67 posted on
04/17/2004 9:53:44 AM PDT by
snippy_about_it
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