GMCforum
For enthusiast of the Classic GMC Motorhome built from 1973 to 1978. A web-based mirror of the GMCnet mailing list.

Home » Public Forums » GMCnet » Just bought a 75 Avion (Just what I needed...still trying to sell the one I have.)
Re: [GMCnet] Just bought a 75 Avion [message #314736 is a reply to message #314731] Thu, 16 March 2017 19:17 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
k2gkk is currently offline  k2gkk   United States
Messages: 4452
Registered: November 2009
Karma:
Senior Member
The Massachusetts origination probably explains where my mother got the name since dad was from the Boston area!

Mac in OKC



From: Gmclist on behalf of Kingsley Coach
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 18:53
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Just bought a 75 Avion

Up here every coach was a Chesterfield !

Mike in NS

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 6:16 PM, Ken Henderson
wrote:

> Even here in Georgia, "davenport" was the generic name for a sofa (which
> word I don't remember ever hearing as a kid).
>
> Ken H.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Emery Stora
> wrote:
>
>> Davenport was the name of a series of sofas made by the Massachusetts
>> furniture manufacturer A. H. Davenport and Company, now defunct. Due to
> the
>> popularity of the furniture at the time, the name davenport became a
>> genericized trademark.
>>
>> My mother in Michigan always called any couch she had a “Davenport”.
>>

--
Michael Beaton
1977 Kingsley 26-11
1977 Eleganza II 26-3
Antigonish, NS

_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://list.gmcnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gmclist_list.gmcnet.org

 
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Previous Topic: Tranny Trouble - the dreaded governor gear gremlin
Next Topic: Advice needed on selling a 1973 GMC
Goto Forum:
  


Current Time: Thu Mar 28 05:35:18 CDT 2024

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.01164 seconds