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hardscrabble

12-14-2002 16:34:42




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I know it's an old question, and I've heard several answers. But which is the right one? What does the M stand for in GM? I know it was made during WW2, and it appeared to be stripped down. But why GM, instead of just G?




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Stan - Florida

12-17-2002 04:49:47




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 Re: GM in reply to hardscrabble, 12-14-2002 16:34:42  
Both of the prior answers were correct, but they didn't mention that the model designation came about with the introduction of the styled version of the G - that's when it became a GM. The serial number sequence never stumbled - it just continued through the war and then on into the late styled versions of the G, which it went back to at that point.

I'll send you an e-mail with serial number info on the unstyled G, the GM and the late styled G.

Stan

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Brandon

12-14-2002 19:45:15




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 Re: GM in reply to hardscrabble, 12-14-2002 16:34:42  
The story that I've always heard:

During WWII, prices of exsisting equipment were frozen. JD wanted to introduce the styled G, but would have to raise the price to do so. So they renamed it the "GM" (modernized, modified). The war did keep JD from adding certain features till after the war, but the GM wasn't a "stripped down" version.

Brandon

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Gman

12-14-2002 19:01:12




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 Re: GM in reply to hardscrabble, 12-14-2002 16:34:42  
Hardscrabble-the M was tacked on to justify a price increase during the WWII. garland



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