Ecarlcl
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I know CJ stands for "Civilian Jeep" But what the hell does XJ stand for? Anyone know? Just kinda wondering that today
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Supposedly, "XJ" stands for "eXperimental Jeep", but that is probably apocrypha. Most of the "nJ" designators son't seem to mean much of anything, although "FSJ" is thought to mean "Full-Size Jeep", and the "J-Series" truck was probably an answer to the "F-Series" by Ford and the "C/K-Series" from Chevvy. Apart from that, it's anyone's guess. I don't remember seeing anything that really answers this in any of my Jeep books anywhere...
Lemme guess - clear as mud now, right?
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Lemme guess - clear as mud now, right?
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Matthew Currie
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I know some of the nJ designations had a meaning. The DJ (2-wheel drive version of the CJ) was called the "dispatcher," for example, and the cab-over FC series stood for "forward control." I have a feeling some of the others were just pulled out of the air, though. I also thought that the FSJ was properly designated SJ, but could be wrong about that.
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You know, I was never really sure there was a true connexion between "Dispatcher" and "DJ" - but I've been wrong before!
I'm still tempted to think a lot of the designations were rather arbitrary, and I'd be more interested in confirming the rumour that there's been a Renix 4.0 running in Ohio/Michigan for about 20 years - a little more interesting to me personally anyhow... I don't suppose you've any info on that? I think you were at least tangentially involved in that thread 'way back when.
I don't suppose there's anyone around Toledo or Flint that might be interested in looking into this?
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I'm still tempted to think a lot of the designations were rather arbitrary, and I'd be more interested in confirming the rumour that there's been a Renix 4.0 running in Ohio/Michigan for about 20 years - a little more interesting to me personally anyhow... I don't suppose you've any info on that? I think you were at least tangentially involved in that thread 'way back when.
I don't suppose there's anyone around Toledo or Flint that might be interested in looking into this?
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