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Old Mar 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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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 12:40 PM
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YJ - yuppy jeep
TJ - teen jeep
JK - just kidding
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 12:50 PM
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LJ - liberal Jeep
XJ - xtreme Jeep
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 01:30 PM
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WJ - Winning Jeep
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 01:38 PM
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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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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 02:22 PM
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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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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 03:50 PM
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dj was actually called "dispatcher jeep"
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 04:08 PM
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u guys dont know what your talking about dj stands for disk jockey.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 05:24 PM
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^ LMFAO
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