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To: Red Badger
7 gaps in grill for daytime running light represents THE 7 CONTINENTS... Fact!

How about the Jeep Incontinent?

21 posted on 11/29/2022 8:11:17 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

After the war in 1945, Willy’s wanted to produce the Willys MB for civilians. However, the nine-slot grille was Ford’s design, so Willy’s couldn’t trademark it. So Willys subtracted two of the nine slots to make it a seven-slot grille and this was enough of a change to get a trademark. By the end of the year, Willys had produced the Willys CJ (Civilian Jeep) and this became the face of the Jeep brand.


The continent idea is after the fact thinking. No one even knows for sure the origination of the word jeep. There are several theories.


79 posted on 11/29/2022 9:13:23 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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