Date:         Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:52:36 -0500
Reply-To:     Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: nice clean RED '88 Doublecab on ebay...in Virginia
Comments: To: JordanVw@aol.com
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Hans Achter told me some months ago that DOKA is a contraction of the
German words for double cab: "doppel" and "kabine", written as one
word, doppelkabine.  Hence the "k" in doka. You say the "e" on the end
like the e in "etka", so kabine is three syllables. Here's a German
web site about them:

http://www.doppelkabine.de/

Chris

On 3/27/06, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 3/26/06 11:52:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> feller@CARBONCOW.COM writes:
>
>
> > I always figured out DOKA was german for double cab, but someone pointed
> > out
> > the one for sale was not a DOKA...so what makes it a DOKA?
> >
> > Shawn
> >
> >
>
> "doka" is simply the german nickname for a doublecab.  has nothing to do if
> its a VW or not.   if you have a doublecab toyota or ford truck in germany it
> will be referred to as a "doka" as well.
>
> chris
>