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It's not a "Jeep."
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It's not a "Jeep."
I sat outside all day today as the cashier for my wife's yard sale. I had advertised "lots of guy stuff" in the paper, so we had a larger than usual turnout of men. Several of these gents saw my lovely truck and referred to it as "an Army 3-quarter ton," which is good. One referred to it as an "M37." Only one called it a "jeep," but he was corrected by the guy who properly identified it by its real name.
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Mutts, jeeps and M-37's
nobody refers to it as a MUTT except on the Internet.
We never did the whole time I was driving them in the AF either.
We never did the whole time I was driving them in the AF either.
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I wasn't talking about your 3/4. My reply was directed at the title of topic and the one person that call your truck a "jeep". The Mutt, Military utility tactical truck, or M151 is probably the biggest wrongly labeled " jeep" when its really a Ford. Please dont remind me of the thousands of GPW , General purpose willys ,ford jeeps out there. 
Re: Mutts, jeeps and M-37's
Same here! We AF weenies called 'em "one fifty-ones" every place I drove 'em. We did refer to the M35 and M37 by their particular designations, although most AF troops who did not drive 'em daily generally referred to the M35 as a "six-by."kc8sfq wrote:We never did the whole time I was driving them in the AF either.
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GPW did not stand for General Purpose Willys.VROD02 wrote:I wasn't talking about your 3/4. My reply was directed at the title of topic and the one person that call your truck a "jeep". The Mutt, Military utility tactical truck, or M151 is probably the biggest wrongly labeled " jeep" when its really a Ford. Please dont remind me of the thousands of GPW , General purpose willys ,ford jeeps out there.
GP = Gubment 80" wheelbase reconnaissance car (the prototype ford "jeeps" were called GP's)
W = Willys type
Do not worry, it's a common misconception.
I owned an early '42 script GPW for 13 years
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Not a Jeep....
Yep, me too. I don't even bother correcting people anymore. No.1 they don't listen, and 2. they don't care, so why should I try to teach the uneducatable when it comes to these trucks? Remember when every copier was called a Xerox machine? Its the same thing with anything OD .m35gibson wrote:remember my old thread some 4 years back,,,
its not a jeep!!!!!!!,, remember,, a humvee a m35,, and and m37 are all jeeps, no matter what you tell the public,, as soon as they walk off, wow,,
he sure had a nice jeep!,,i gave up long ago,,
kevin
From some quick research you brought up a good point. Heres what I found on G503.comHOLZINGER wrote:GPW did not stand for General Purpose Willys.VROD02 wrote:I wasn't talking about your 3/4. My reply was directed at the title of topic and the one person that call your truck a "jeep". The Mutt, Military utility tactical truck, or M151 is probably the biggest wrongly labeled " jeep" when its really a Ford. Please dont remind me of the thousands of GPW , General purpose willys ,ford jeeps out there.
GP = 80" wheelbase reconnaissance car (the prototype ford "jeeps" were called GP's)
W = Willys type
Do not worry, it's a common misconception.
I owned an early '42 script GPW for 13 years
G= gubment
P= 80 inch wheel base
W= willys design based off the ford prototype!
Now for the hard question what does GPA stand for?
It had a 84 inch wheel base! That dont jive with what P or GP and A is amphibious?
Looks like its been a hot topic over the years but I would have to lean with you about the "general purpose" being incorrect.