Showing my ingnorance

 

Is there a glossary of jeep terms out there somewhere for those of us that just recently caught this jeep disease? I have never before owned a jeep, or even a four wheel drive of any sort.

 

 I have most recently been working on an old Chevy pickup, so I know SBC, AD (Advanced Design) TF (Task Force), Cameo, etc. Before that it was a VW Beetle, so some of this jeep stuff is very foreign to me.

 

What's the difference between a CJ, TJ, YJ, DJ etc? How about a postal jeep, a surrey, etc. And how to they correlate to the models listed in the Mechanic's Manual (My copy is a 1948) such as Models 48, 39, 4-40, 4-41, 463-2wd, 463-4wd, 663?

 

Why is Boyd's jeep named Lefty? What makes a Jeep a "lefty?"

 

I've been holding off asking these types of questions because I was hoping I could pick most of it up from context while reading the forum and therby not look like such a jeep jeep, but so far I haven't been able to.

 

I'm sure I'll come up with more rookie jeep questions as I continue to make my daily readings of this forum and gather pieces of old rusty metal that I hope someday when bolted together resembles a CJ2A.

 

Stan

 

 

 

One question from the horses mouth answered for you. In April -May of 1948 Willys decided to mount the spare tire on the Left side of the CJ-2A rather than the right side as all the other ones are. They only did that for a short time span and produced about 10,000 of them that way. Hence the name Lefty. There is a definate serial number range these were produced through. Then they reconsidered and went back to the right mounted spare. Searching "lefty" will reveal some reasons for this experiment.

 

My interest stays with the 2As so though my manual is the 1948 edition also all those other models are irrelevant to me. My attention is drawn to the chapters and references to the 2a ignoring the other models listed. My brain only has so much room left. Others here are will be able to tell you all about the YJ, TJ, and all the other numbers you are curious about. Let your curiosity reign there's alot of knowledgeable folks here.

 

DJ5= Postal jeep

 

                           Both 2WD

 

CJ10= mostly used as airport tugs

              (not sure but may have come in 2 and 4wd)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe we need to get the webmaster to put our "rank" under our screen name that updates our

status after a certain number of posts like they do over on the "G". Something catchy intead of just "member".

Something like 1-100...... Rookie Jeeper

then 101-200................. Enough knowledge to be dangerous

then 201-300................. Know-it-all

etc...etc...etc.