

| Subject: | Re: [F] Names |
| From: | Max Wellhouse |
| Date: | Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:29:52 -0500 |
My 90 GL is named Millennium Falcon III. My 71 loaf was the first gen, my 79 loaf the 2nd.. To quote Hans Solo(to Luke and Princess Leah) , " It ain't pretty, but it gets me there" DM&FS At 06:13 AM 10/21/2011, ed donnen wrote: >Well, here we are again on a Fryday. I was wondering how many of us have >named our Vans, along with the what and why. I know from posts that Ralph >has a "Velma" and Pete has an " Aardvark" and a "JoesVan". >So here goes, the story of my 91 Doka. Once upon a time in a driveway in >Annandale, VA I had a 71 Single Cab, a 81 Bus, and a 2001 Bus. I was >feeling a bit too rich so I decided in a fit of largess to clear my driveway >for the benefit of the less fortunate and purchase something new. That >night I had a dream. Now some plains Native American groups have the >"Legend of the White Buffalo." It seems that you have this vision of a >White Buffalo and it means something (I hope I'm not getting too technical >here). So I dreamt I saw a white DoKa with the sides down. Do you know if >you look at a Doka with all gates down, with the massive front end and small >tight rear end it does have the shape of a buffalo? >So the next day I found a white 91 DoKa and before long I had four (4) >decades of Type II in my over-crowded driveway. So I made three people very >happy with their new vans and I had my vision truck. >ed- with the 91 DoKa, "Bison"; because getting the nomenclature correct is >important.
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