On 31/01/07, Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com> wrote:
I know Jeep is having a similar problem.
I'd say they were on a hiding to nothing- jeep came the American Army description (and abbreviation) of the Second World War Vehicle General Purpose or GP. This was when Ford amongst others were building them by the thousand. IIRC it also was the name of a "character" in the cartoon strip Popeye. Terence