Re: Petersons 4wheel and offroad

[Joel Webster <webs9543@domain.elided>]

Think about this for a moment.  The bronco was a copy of the scout.  All I
did was crack a joke about the fact that if the scout didn't ever exist
then ford would have copied the blazer when it came out.  I don't need
your breakdown analysis because what Im talking about never happend.  All
your doing is speculating from a different viewpoint.

On Sun, 9 May 1999 josad@domain.elided wrote:

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> On Fri, 7 May 1999 14:58:07 -0700 (PDT) Joel Webster
> <webs9543@domain.elided> writes:
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> >If it wasn't for the International Scout, Broncos would look like the
> >Chevy Blazer.  
> >
> >
> 
> umm, No,
> 
> remember, the first "SUV"s were the ch*vy suburban and dodge carryall.  I
> belive the travel-all came in the 50's.  
> 
> then we got the J**p, and just after the war, the Brits re-built some we
> left behind and called them land cruisers.  in Japan, the military
> contracted w/ toyota to make a "jeep-type" vehicle, what was it called? 
> the "toyota Jeep".  willys didn't like that, so it was re-named the
> FJ-25.  and belive me, it does look like a jeep!
> 
> Willy's gave us the willys wagon in the 50's, the first of the modern 4x4
> station wagons.  then in the 60's we got the orginal scout 80.
> 
> mid 60 saw the E-Bronco, wich was a copy of our scouts
> 
> so you see, even if IHC hadn't built a compact Multi-Purpose Vehicle,
> ford would either have copied someone like Jeep, or would have made their
> own.
> 
> Joe
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