At 12:00 AM 29/10/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:37:40 -0800 >From: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@TSSGI.COM> >Subject: Re: Syncro Pritsche? > >Actually, Pritschenwagen is generic for a truck. Well a flat top truck anyway,not,strictly speaking,a utility. Both a single cab and >double cab are Pritschenwagens. The word pritsche means pallet, so >pritschenwagen is a vehicle that carries pallets. The double cab is more of a mouthful.It's full proper name is "Pritschenwagen mit Doppelkabine" You can see why it's shortened to "Doka"... too much of a mouthful even for the Germans Cheers, Steve O NSW Australia '92 Transporter WBX Kombi '00 Transporter Pritschenwagen mit Doppelkabine '03 Transporter Pritschenwagen mit Doppelkabine ex-'76 Transporter Pritschenwagen mit Doppelkabine ;-) |
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