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Old 03-30-2012, 11:13 AM
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Ok Im new to jeeps but I have known for years they all had two letter acronym for names. What do all of them stand for? Is there a method to the maddness or not? I have heard that CJ origionally meant "Civilian Jeep"
The rest I have no clue.
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YJ - yuppy jeep
TJ - teen jeep
JK - just kidding
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LJ - liberal Jeep
XJ - xtreme Jeep
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Well I guess I left the door wide open for that didn't I.

Let me rephrase the question. Does any one know what Jeeps definition for the acronyms are?
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Originally Posted by gpeade
Well I guess I left the door wide open for that didn't I.

Let me rephrase the question. Does any one know what Jeeps definition for the acronyms are?
they dont really make sense anymore.

back in the day they might have had some meaning.

only one i can think of that made sense other than cj was
dj= delivery jeep (djs are the 2wd mail jeeps)

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dj was actually called "dispatcher jeep"
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u guys dont know what your talking about dj stands for disk jockey.
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^ LMFAO
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