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This story has been largely dismissed due to the fact only Ford called their pre-production model a G.P. This was only tested at Camp Holabird and was an internal Government acronym. Servicemen doing the testing wouldn’t know that of the letters and that each had their own designation (G – government, P – wheelbase). Furthermore, the G.P. was referred to as “Pygmy” by anyone on the testing fields at Holabird. The Ford vehicle that G.I.’s drove during WWII were called G.P.W. Jeep Girl All Over Print Full Zip Hoodie. The G and the P being the same designation, with the additional W standing for Willys “Go Devil” L134 engine. Therefore, G.P. being slurred into “jeep” is so unlikely that it’s immediately refuted by Jeep historians. Sadly, many articles, websites and social media still use this as the etymology of the word and name Jeep. To add credence that GP wasn’t slurred to create the name jeep, even Jeep, the company and its historians, denounce this myth.

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Early in 1941, Willys-Overland demonstrated the vehicle’s off-road capability by having it drive up the steps of the United States Capitol, driven by Willys test driver Irving “Red” Haussman, who had recently heard soldiers at Fort Holabird calling it a “jeep” (notice no capital J). Jeep Girl All Over Print Full Zip Hoodie. When asked by syndicated columnist Katharine Hillyer for the Washington Daily News (or by a bystander, according to another account) what it was called, Irving answered, “It’s a jeep.” MANY U.S. military vehicles, planes included, had been called jeeps since WW1, so this story is also regularly dismissed.

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Segar’s comic strip “Thimble Theater” (also home of Popeye the Sailor) character “Eugene the Jeep” was a “go anywhere, do anything” character that almost everyone knew of back in the days of Bantam, Willys and Ford producing the vehicles. The government had originally put the contract to tender asking specifically for a “go anywhere, do anything” type vehicle to replace the horse with outrageously strict criteria and a 49 day timeline to delivery date – ALL major automobile manufacturers dismissed the government request except Willys-Overland (who asked for but were denied a time extension) and an almost bankrupt, VERY small American Bantam Car Company (with the help of famous car designer Karl Probst working pro bono). It’s believed that because of the remarkable abilities of the “jeep” to go anywhere and do anything, that this is the most commonly held belief as to the true origin of the name. Of note, the trademark name Jeep (capital J and to be used as a name/proper noun) was applied for by Willys in 1943 but it wasn’t granted the rights to use the name as an officially trademarked name until 1950. So technically, the 1945 and beyond CJ (civilian jeep) series produced for the general public was an illegal use of the name until 1950 when the trademark was approved. Confused yet? Don’t worry. So is everybody. There’s literally no proven version of any of the stories. Even Jeepers like myself that have been addicted for 40 odd years and have researched this topic to death are still bewildered. It’s now 2018 and no-one has ever come up with conclusive proof. With more and more of the last few living WW2 generation passing, the chances of this debate ever being conclusively settled is getting slimmer and slimmer. It will most likely be one of history’s great forever unsolved mysteries.