Re: Petersons 4wheel and offroad

[josad@domain.elided]

whoops.  sorry, british "jeeps" are land rovers, not land cruisers

joe

On Sun, 9 May 1999 18:07:46 -0600 josad@domain.elided writes:
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>On Fri, 7 May 1999 14:58:07 -0700 (PDT) Joel Webster 
><webs9543@domain.elided> writes:
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>>If it wasn't for the International Scout, Broncos would look like 
>the
>>Chevy Blazer.
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>umm, No,
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>remember, the first "SUV"s were the ch*vy suburban and dodge carryall. 
> I belive the travel-all came in the 50's.  
>
>then we got the J**p, and just after the war, the Brits re-built some 
>we left behind and called them land cruisers.  in Japan, the military 
>contracted w/ toyota to make a "jeep-type" vehicle, what was it 
>called?  the "toyota Jeep".  willys didn't like that, so it was 
>re-named the FJ-25.  and belive me, it does look like a jeep!
>
>Willy's gave us the willys wagon in the 50's, the first of the modern 
>4x4 station wagons.  then in the 60's we got the orginal scout 80.
>
>mid 60 saw the E-Bronco, wich was a copy of our scouts
>
>so you see, even if IHC hadn't built a compact Multi-Purpose Vehicle, 
>ford would either have copied someone like Jeep, or would have made 
>their own.
>
>Joe
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>
>... A house without books is like a computer with Windows.
>
>
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