Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (July 2011, week 4)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:55:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: I've located some Vanagons for sale in RI! - SINKA... Argh!
In-Reply-To:  <CACGkSd0fvVV0D-SoWB_6iW2KYopUQWHyWKBPN9emqboYVcW8ow@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

I've always hated the term SINKA.

Doesn't make sense... an American bastardization of DOKA.

DOKA = DOppel KAbine

You won't find any SINKAs in Germany. Just pritsches, or pritschenwagens.

End of rant.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jake de Villiers Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 6:06 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: I've located some Vanagons for sale in RI!

A SINKA is like half a DOKA.

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:

> What's a SIKA? > > How come David B wasn't there? > > Mike > > > > On Jul 28, 2011, at 4:35 PM, Mike wrote: > > Hi volks, >> >> I found an apparent Vanagon haven in RI. The guy seems to love and >> hoard >> them. He's currently got 3 that will be for sale very soon. A >> blue '88 >> Westy, a blue '85 pass van and a maroon '90-ish pass. van. Apparently >> there's more to come, too. These things seem to gravitate to him. >> He says >> that he has (or can get) practically any part, too. (not sure about >> syncro's, tho...) I did see a white SIKA with black roll bars >> around and >> over the cab, etc. Anyone on the list? >> >> Mike B. >> >

-- Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.