The Civilian Use Of Jeeps

Postal jeeps have long been used as delivery vehicles by the US postal service. Willys had already foreseen the jeep as not just a military vehicle as early as 1942.

Jeep was created because of necessity and was built by hand in just two and three quarter months out of the ingenuity of one man. Ever since the First World War, the US military were searching for a light, high-speed, all-terrain recon vehicle. In the early months of 1940, necessity came to urgency as the Axis powers began a series of invasions across Europe & north of Africa making the storm of war imminent. The necessity for this vehicle became so pressing that the Army released an urgent call to auto manufacturers requesting for an operable prototype for this dream vehicle in a span of 49 days.

Bantam bested the Willys-Overland prototype with the help of Karl Probst. After testing the vehicle thoroughly, the Army asked Willys & Ford to submit their own prototypes from the Probst plans. Eventually, Willys’ modification came out superior with its powerful engine and the contract was awarded to them. But due to the production demand Willys shared the manufacturing with Ford.

Not a soul knows for sure where the word “jeep” really came from. There are a lot of hypotheses about it, the most popular being the slur of the acronym G.P. which stands for General Purpose vehicle, the Army designation for it.

The Willys’ company applied for a trademark for Jeep in 1950. The trademark was then passed down to Kaiser then to American Motors Corporation and now to Chrysler Corp.

The original postal jeep was known as dispatcher jeep then shortened to DJ. It was produced in 1955 using the body style of the older CJ. However, the DJ came with an optional column shift and a new engine. Various options for the body were given such as a hard top, a soft top, or a full van body.

Willys released the Jeep Gala for export during the early part of 1959. It became popular in Mexico, Hawaii, & the Caribbean as a resort vehicle equipped with top fringes, gay trimmings, & candy stripes. A comparable model, Jeep Surrey, came out in the US during the fall of the same year. Targeted for resorts and tourist spots, it had a striped soft top with a matching seat cover mimicking a continental tire.

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