Re: [FWDLK] Nicknames!

["Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure if the military used the 'GP' designation but after WWII
General Motors' Electro-Motive division introduced a type of locomotive with
the model designation GP-7.  Subsequent models reached the GP60 (with
various jumps in number) in the 1980's - all are known as "Geeps" - and a
lot of the originals still run for some railroads.

Somewhere one of the Popeye cartoon characters fits in too - he was the
Jeep -


Bill K.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Casey" <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Nicknames!


> "Jeep" came for the military abbreviation GP, meaning General Purpose.
> And I've heard "Stude" more times than "Studey".
>
> Dave Casey
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis Rugani" <X779@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:39 AM
> Subject: [FWDLK] Nicknames!
>
>
> > Wait a sec, here ... you say "Vette" is an abbreviation for *Corvette*?
> > I always thought it meant CHEVette! ;-)
> >
> > Well, there's "Doozy" for Duesenberg, "Studey" for Studebaker, "Caddy"
> > for Cadillac, "Merc" for Mercury (they even used it in the '54 Mercury
> > commercials),  "Poncho" for Pontiac, "Olds" for Oldsmobile, and "#$%^&"
> > for Ford. ;-)
> >
> > "Hummer" is actually a nickname for HUMV, and "Jeep" started out as a
> > nickname, though no one's really sure for what.
> >
> > Kelsey-Hayes will build a set of wire wheels for just about any car.
> >
> > Regards....
> > Lou
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