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Jeeps Uncouth? Say It Isn’t So Texas!!

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An October 26, 1951, article from the Times-News of Henderson, North Carolina, reported that the State Supreme Court of Texas ruled jeeps were “uncouth . . . without beauty of line or body”! Obviously, this didn’t sit well with Willys Overland.

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One comment on “Jeeps Uncouth? Say It Isn’t So Texas!!

  1. SE Pennsylvania Steve

    When the judges said that the jeep is for hard service rather that pleasure, Roos should have said that the jeep was for hard service AND pleasure.

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