Stolen! My Dad's matching numbers '72 big block :( - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

ColinOpseth · 07-23-2003, 02:34 AM

My Dad took his truck down to have some work done on it the other day. Within 24 hours the truck was stolen off the repair shop's lot.

If you live in Southern California can you keep an eye out for my Dad's truck, please? It has faded red paint (basically, orange) and the roof is white. The truck has a bumper stick on the tailgate. The driverside fender has been dented and the door has a crease on the front portion near the doorjam.

The truck is a matching numbers 402 Custom. It has mid-70's truck ralleye wheels on it with new tires. The motor is still fairly clean from the rebuild and the passenger side inner fender is currently out of the truck being sandblasted.

Dad had a factory AM/FM radio in it. We're in the truck for a chunk of change but it's so rare we just want it back

I will post pictures of it later for you guys..

BTW: Yes, we are going to sue the owners of the repair shop for the value of the truck. No, the truck was not insured against theft. My guess is the people that stole it will be parting it out. If you see any faded red 71-72s in the paper either for sale or for parts in the paper can you please call me?

My phone number is: 909-314-5966

Today really sucked

bye,
Colin

BobbyK · 07-23-2003, 02:48 AM

Ah crap...that sucks!
Sorry to here about the truck.I'll keep my eyes peeled.I'm going to L.A. in the a.m.

1969 GMC · 07-23-2003, 03:31 AM

that really sucks man, I hope you find it!

sgtjed · 07-23-2003, 04:22 AM

i think sorry s.o.b's like that need to have their nuts nailed to an old barn floor and givin a dull butter knife. then set the place on fire.

71-longbed · 07-23-2003, 05:14 AM

that not quite cruel enough sgtjed
prior to the nut nailing ....id smashing every one of their fingers one at a time with a big ole hammer....

anyone got any torchers they'd like to add ??

I HATE THIEVES !!!!

I hope you end up finding the truck

dons72 · 07-23-2003, 05:55 AM

I hope they catch them.

dmurphy68 · 07-23-2003, 07:44 AM

that sucks lets keep this at the top

wnc mountain · 07-23-2003, 08:53 AM

how 'bout smashing his nuts before stapling to the floor, then toes, fingers, shove a hot iron up his a$$, cut his ears off with a spoon, pull his hair out one handful at a time, then skin him and pour gasoline all over him then set the barn on fire.

*Randy70C-10* · 07-23-2003, 08:55 AM

Sorry to hear that, looks like I'll be putting lowjack in mine. Catching a theif would make my day.

krazy_texan · 07-23-2003, 09:04 AM

how about smashing his nuts till they pop like little grapes then skinning huge flaps of skin up and dump rock salt under them, then after that hang him ubside down from his penis in the middle of a barn that you will finally catch on fire. oh and if he gets down from that have a minefield outside the location

seriously though it sucks that that has happened to you and your father. i know somebody who had his original owner (he bought) 72 cheyenne big block stolen, hope you find the guy that did it.

JimKshortstep4x4 · 07-23-2003, 09:19 AM

Good luck on finding the truck.

Can you post a pic?

Jim

perrosinpata@aol.com · 07-23-2003, 09:32 AM

I am in san diego and i will keep a look out.

Guff · 07-23-2003, 10:09 AM

Sorry to hear that. I know how you feel man. I had my 2002 GMC Sierra SLE EC SB stolen from behind my house a couple months ago. And I live in a small town of about 6000! I never thought it would happen here.

Anyway, about 3 weeks after it was stolen, I got a call from the Culver City, CA police dept. @ 3 am asking if I knew where my vehicles was. Turns out, some crack-head loser from my area and his girl friend "wanted to see the ocean" so they stole my truck and drove to L.A. I was on the phone with the dispatcher while the officer was making the arrest, that was very cool.

Get this, the dude just spent 6 months in prison and was on parole for possession of a stolen vehicle. I should sue the dept. of corrections for letting the SOB out.

The truck was recovered unharmed minus $2500 worth of stereo equipment, tools, etc. but the insurance company had already paid me for the truck, so it's their problem now.

Sorry if i rambled, but I just thought you'd like to know stolen vehicles can be found unharmed.

mtdave2 · 07-23-2003, 10:12 AM

i would suspect someone at the shop first. probably someone who worked on it! then came back... $@#$@#% bastards, i wish we were not so easy on thiefs. start cutting hands off and this crap would stop.

paintpyro · 07-23-2003, 10:43 AM

I'll keep an eye out as well

jwhitfield · 07-23-2003, 10:51 AM

Need to get some pics up in a hurry. I see old trucks like these every day. I'll be keeping an I out in the Temecula area.....

lukecp · 07-23-2003, 11:01 AM

That really sucks! One bad thing about these trucks is that they are so easy to steal

.

Back in the day....horse theives were hung by a noose, i don't see much of a difference between a horse and a truck.

Last year a guy i know had his ford ranger stolen from a parking lot in broad daylight....and this is in a town with a little over 2,000 people in it. The police recovered it a month later about 150 miles from here. It was pretty beat up, and the theives abadnoned it after taking it off road and punching a hole in the oil pan, causing the motor to lock up.

Richard Dobson · 07-23-2003, 11:50 AM

I like what the Indian's used to do, make an incision in his stomach, reach in and reel out the intestines for about a couple hundred yards so that the offender can watch the cyotes eat a meal.

casey · 07-23-2003, 01:49 PM

sounds like most of you guys aren't in favor of the way the court system deals with theives, I keep an eye out up here

bigvinnie · 07-23-2003, 01:52 PM

I really like the solution offered by wmc mountain... the only thing I would add is to scoop his eyes out with an ice cream scoop and beat him severely with a length of chain before lighting the match....

That otta learn him....lol...

have a nice day!

I'll be looking out for it down my way...

SideStepper · 07-23-2003, 02:41 PM

We are down in San Diego. Many stolen trucks head for the Mexican Border. We will kept a look out in this area. I hope the thiefs are caught and your truck is returned to you!

dion · 07-23-2003, 03:26 PM

I'll keep an eye out

tyger25 · 07-23-2003, 03:44 PM

I live on an Air Force Base, and went into the gas station to pay for my gas. I came out and saw a guy reaching in the open window of my truck, and take my CD's. I walked up behind him, and as he turned around, I clocked him in the nose. He fell on the ground, and I hit him 2 more times in the nose. A bystander came and threw me off of him, and the lady inside called the cops. When they got there, they took me into custody, and I was charged with aggrivated assault, and ordered to give a written formal apology to the individual. I was then sentenced to 15 days extra duty (pretty much cleaning up dog crap at the kennels), and forced to attend anger managment classes.

I hope someone catches your thief, and makes sure he never gets the chance to steal again.

SCOTI · 07-23-2003, 04:57 PM

tyger, sounds like the 'scoopthepoop' duty was worth every hit. I'm glad you got some licks on their a$$.

When my truck was stolen/recovered many years ago, the courts deemed it 'not necessary' to prosecute the individual since their other crimes were more severe & therefore subject to harsher punishments.

That really pissed me off since I was forced to walk back/forth to work until I was able to buy another replacement vehicle. To add insult to injury, I had to pay to get my truck out of the pound including impound, storage, & towing fee's. I feel this exspense should have been paid for by person that committed the crime instead of the victim.

BLAZIN'72 · 07-23-2003, 05:30 PM

That sucks! I live in so-cal. too so i'll keep my eye out. Make sure you go out to pomona swapmeet on 8-24-03 , alot of stuff turns up out there. My buddy had his 67 camaro swipped a month later we're out at pomona and some guy is selling his seats and door panels, of course he said he didn't know they were hot, and being that we had seen him out there before we left him alone, he said he felt bad and offered to give the parts back for free, but since insurance already payed off he told him to keep them.

07-23-2003, 02:34 AM	#1
ColinOpseth Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 283	Stolen! My Dad's matching numbers '72 big block :( My Dad took his truck down to have some work done on it the other day. Within 24 hours the truck was stolen off the repair shop's lot. If you live in Southern California can you keep an eye out for my Dad's truck, please? It has faded red paint (basically, orange) and the roof is white. The truck has a bumper stick on the tailgate. The driverside fender has been dented and the door has a crease on the front portion near the doorjam. The truck is a matching numbers 402 Custom. It has mid-70's truck ralleye wheels on it with new tires. The motor is still fairly clean from the rebuild and the passenger side inner fender is currently out of the truck being sandblasted. Dad had a factory AM/FM radio in it. We're in the truck for a chunk of change but it's so rare we just want it back I will post pictures of it later for you guys.. BTW: Yes, we are going to sue the owners of the repair shop for the value of the truck. No, the truck was not insured against theft. My guess is the people that stole it will be parting it out. If you see any faded red 71-72s in the paper either for sale or for parts in the paper can you please call me? My phone number is: 909-314-5966 Today really sucked bye, Colin __________________ Webmaster: www.h-body.org

07-23-2003, 02:48 AM	#2
BobbyK Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Petrolia,Ontario,Canada but working in Port Huron,Mi. Posts: 1,772	Ah crap...that sucks! Sorry to here about the truck.I'll keep my eyes peeled.I'm going to L.A. in the a.m. __________________ 71 blazer,350SBC,approx.375HP,700R4,factory GM TPI.Dual electric fans,33x12.5x15 ATR on stock suspension. Petrolia,Ontario,Canada but working in Port Huron,MI. See ALL my Blazer pic's HERE

07-23-2003, 03:31 AM	#3
1969 GMC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Rubber City Posts: 5,498	that really sucks man, I hope you find it! __________________ 1969 GMC K2500 1996 Honda Accord 2007 Kawasaki KLR 650

07-23-2003, 04:22 AM	#4
sgtjed What if? Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Choctaw,Oklahoma Posts: 649	i think sorry s.o.b's like that need to have their nuts nailed to an old barn floor and givin a dull butter knife. then set the place on fire. __________________ 2002 red extended cab Silverado 2002 Wheatland yellow Suburban

07-23-2003, 05:14 AM	#5
71-longbed Its Magically Delicious Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oregon Posts: 2,398	that not quite cruel enough sgtjed prior to the nut nailing ....id smashing every one of their fingers one at a time with a big ole hammer.... anyone got any torchers they'd like to add ?? I HATE THIEVES !!!! I hope you end up finding the truck __________________ 71 C10 LWB 350sbc -TH350 12 bolt 3.42 Posi Of all my favorite things to do, The utmost is to have a brew. My love grows for my foamy friend, with each thirst-quenching elbow bend. Beer so frosty, smooth, and cold it's paradise pure liquid gold. Yes beer means many things to me that's all for now cus I gotta pee.

07-23-2003, 05:55 AM	#6
dons72 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Newport News, Va Posts: 230	I hope they catch them. __________________ 72 cheyenne super

07-23-2003, 07:44 AM	#7
dmurphy68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Middletown ohio Posts: 1,058	that sucks lets keep this at the top __________________ The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour. - George Washington No free man shall be debarred the use of arms - Thomas Jefferson Later Darren http://www.myspace.com/dmurphy68

07-23-2003, 08:53 AM	#8
wnc mountain More hobbies than money! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Raleigh, nc, usa Posts: 655	how 'bout smashing his nuts before stapling to the floor, then toes, fingers, shove a hot iron up his a$$, cut his ears off with a spoon, pull his hair out one handful at a time, then skin him and pour gasoline all over him then set the barn on fire. __________________ '70 cst10/swb 350, 3 on the tree, factory buckets. '70 GMC lwb 350/350 ps,pb '72 c-10 lwb 350/350 a/c, ps, pb '72 Blazer project

07-23-2003, 08:55 AM	#9
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	Sorry to hear that, looks like I'll be putting lowjack in mine. Catching a theif would make my day.

07-23-2003, 09:04 AM	#10
krazy_texan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Des Moines, Ia Posts: 3,233	how about smashing his nuts till they pop like little grapes then skinning huge flaps of skin up and dump rock salt under them, then after that hang him ubside down from his penis in the middle of a barn that you will finally catch on fire. oh and if he gets down from that have a minefield outside the location seriously though it sucks that that has happened to you and your father. i know somebody who had his original owner (he bought) 72 cheyenne big block stolen, hope you find the guy that did it. __________________ Krazy Texan My Trucks are made with Wrenches not Chop Sticks 1967 GMC 3/4 ton "Johnny Cash" 1990 v1500 suburban 1967 Ford f100 Swb 4x4 "green bean" GOD BLESS JESUS, JOHN WAYNE, AND THE ALAMO

07-23-2003, 09:19 AM	#11
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Good luck on finding the truck. Can you post a pic? Jim

07-23-2003, 09:32 AM	#12
perrosinpata@aol.com Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Arlington TN Posts: 327	solen I am in san diego and i will keep a look out.

07-23-2003, 10:09 AM	#13
Guff Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: illinois Posts: 78	Sorry to hear that. I know how you feel man. I had my 2002 GMC Sierra SLE EC SB stolen from behind my house a couple months ago. And I live in a small town of about 6000! I never thought it would happen here. Anyway, about 3 weeks after it was stolen, I got a call from the Culver City, CA police dept. @ 3 am asking if I knew where my vehicles was. Turns out, some crack-head loser from my area and his girl friend "wanted to see the ocean" so they stole my truck and drove to L.A. I was on the phone with the dispatcher while the officer was making the arrest, that was very cool. Get this, the dude just spent 6 months in prison and was on parole for possession of a stolen vehicle. I should sue the dept. of corrections for letting the SOB out. The truck was recovered unharmed minus $2500 worth of stereo equipment, tools, etc. but the insurance company had already paid me for the truck, so it's their problem now. Sorry if i rambled, but I just thought you'd like to know stolen vehicles can be found unharmed. __________________ -Guff 1969 C10 LWB, 350, 700R4, 3.73 gears

07-23-2003, 10:12 AM	#14
mtdave2 newly minted old timer Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hudson WI Posts: 3,521	i would suspect someone at the shop first. probably someone who worked on it! then came back... $@#$@#% bastards, i wish we were not so easy on thiefs. start cutting hands off and this crap would stop. __________________ ____________________________________________ 72 c20 longhorn 65k org miles and counting! 69 k10 Suburban

07-23-2003, 10:43 AM	#15
paintpyro Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Santa Fe Springs, CA,USA Posts: 1,579	I'll keep an eye out as well __________________ 70 shortbed stepside "Schleprock" 350 w/TH400 rallys and BFGs -We can rebuild it, we have the technology-lower,shinier,faster



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07-23-2003, 10:51 AM	#16
jwhitfield Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 56	Need to get some pics up in a hurry. I see old trucks like these every day. I'll be keeping an I out in the Temecula area.....

07-23-2003, 11:01 AM	#17
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	That really sucks! One bad thing about these trucks is that they are so easy to steal . Back in the day....horse theives were hung by a noose, i don't see much of a difference between a horse and a truck. Last year a guy i know had his ford ranger stolen from a parking lot in broad daylight....and this is in a town with a little over 2,000 people in it. The police recovered it a month later about 150 miles from here. It was pretty beat up, and the theives abadnoned it after taking it off road and punching a hole in the oil pan, causing the motor to lock up. __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

07-23-2003, 11:50 AM	#18
Richard Dobson Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Easley, South Carolina Posts: 491	Justice I like what the Indian's used to do, make an incision in his stomach, reach in and reel out the intestines for about a couple hundred yards so that the offender can watch the cyotes eat a meal. __________________ Richard Dobson

07-23-2003, 01:49 PM	#19
casey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kelowna B.C. Canada Posts: 2,048	sounds like most of you guys aren't in favor of the way the court system deals with theives, I keep an eye out up here

07-23-2003, 01:52 PM	#20
bigvinnie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: escondido, ca 92026 Posts: 1,222	I really like the solution offered by wmc mountain... the only thing I would add is to scoop his eyes out with an ice cream scoop and beat him severely with a length of chain before lighting the match.... That otta learn him....lol... have a nice day! I'll be looking out for it down my way... __________________ '72 short step, 350, 700R4, tilt, ps, pdb, a/c, lowered coils, etc., other work in progress... San Diego, CA 72 Stepside Project Last edited by bigvinnie; 07-23-2003 at 02:03 PM.

07-23-2003, 02:41 PM	#21
SideStepper Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 280	We are down in San Diego. Many stolen trucks head for the Mexican Border. We will kept a look out in this area. I hope the thiefs are caught and your truck is returned to you!

07-23-2003, 03:26 PM	#22
dion 72 Cheyenne Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,086	I'll keep an eye out __________________ Burnout Idle 1972Cheyenne 1966/67Stouts

07-23-2003, 03:44 PM	#23
tyger25 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Little Rock, Ar Posts: 124	I live on an Air Force Base, and went into the gas station to pay for my gas. I came out and saw a guy reaching in the open window of my truck, and take my CD's. I walked up behind him, and as he turned around, I clocked him in the nose. He fell on the ground, and I hit him 2 more times in the nose. A bystander came and threw me off of him, and the lady inside called the cops. When they got there, they took me into custody, and I was charged with aggrivated assault, and ordered to give a written formal apology to the individual. I was then sentenced to 15 days extra duty (pretty much cleaning up dog crap at the kennels), and forced to attend anger managment classes. I hope someone catches your thief, and makes sure he never gets the chance to steal again. __________________ U.S.A.F. 68' C-10 Stepside 305 w/ 4 speed

07-23-2003, 04:57 PM	#24
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 22,068	tyger, sounds like the 'scoopthepoop' duty was worth every hit. I'm glad you got some licks on their a$$. When my truck was stolen/recovered many years ago, the courts deemed it 'not necessary' to prosecute the individual since their other crimes were more severe & therefore subject to harsher punishments. That really pissed me off since I was forced to walk back/forth to work until I was able to buy another replacement vehicle. To add insult to injury, I had to pay to get my truck out of the pound including impound, storage, & towing fee's. I feel this exspense should have been paid for by person that committed the crime instead of the victim. __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*

07-23-2003, 05:30 PM	#25
BLAZIN'72 Active Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ontario,CA. Posts: 108	That sucks! I live in so-cal. too so i'll keep my eye out. Make sure you go out to pomona swapmeet on 8-24-03 , alot of stuff turns up out there. My buddy had his 67 camaro swipped a month later we're out at pomona and some guy is selling his seats and door panels, of course he said he didn't know they were hot, and being that we had seen him out there before we left him alone, he said he felt bad and offered to give the parts back for free, but since insurance already payed off he told him to keep them.

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