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Word: fourwheel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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...jeep, a stubby, bouncy crossbreed between the half-ton command car and the motor tricycle, is as ugly as a bull pup. It has a wheelbase of only 80 in. (Ford V8: 114 in.) and a fourwheel drive that provides enormous traction for its 42-h.p. engine. It has no trouble pulling light field pieces, can skitter along a road at 60 m.p.h. Designed to replace motorcycles and sidecars for reconnaissance work, it can go anywhere a cycle can, and a lot of places a cycle can't. It can be used as a troop carrier (three men easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Jeep O' My Heart | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

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