Let me lay it out for you. "Jeep" was a popular contraction for "General Purpose", which was from the United States Army nomenclature for 1/4 ton vehicle, general purpose. American Bantam Motors designed the winner of a competition to win the government contract to build these vehicles for the Army in WWII. The government, in it's infinite wisdom decided that American Bantam did not have the capacity to fulfill the contract, so they had Willys and Ford build the final design that became the Jeep. After WWII, Willys owned the name and built the Jeep until the 1960's when American Motors bought the name. When American Motors went bankrupt, Chrysler bought the name. They still own it.
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Today's Featured Article - The Niagra View Mobile - Powered by a 1959 Ford Tractor - by Mark Massey. In 1959 the Niagara Frontier Transit Inc. of Buffalo, New York designed and built six Viewmobiles for the Niagara Frontier Sightseeing Inc. for use as a sightseeing ride at the Niagara Falls State Park, Niagara Falls, New York, powered by a 1959 Ford 611 Tractor.
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