Stopping in to say Goodbye..... - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

wwotr · 11-27-2011, 05:17 PM

Sold my 72 GMC Short bed Fleetside (RATIKLE),
yesterday.
My Wife and I are packing up,
to move from So Cal, back up to Nor Cal.
Slower pace, not so many Car Jacking's, Killings, ect.
Had to sell the 72 to facilitate the Move back North.
Many Family and Friends up there,
and really nobody to speak of down here,
(except for "The Shop" that worked on my Truck).

All in all .......not a bad deal.
I got a 2011 Dodge Challenger out of it, in Toxic Orange Pearl.

Thanks so much to everyone here for your help,
encouragement, ideas, comments.
A nicer group of guys/Gals you WONT find anywhere else.

Roger
"WWOTR"

oldblue1968chevy · 11-27-2011, 05:25 PM

you'll be back hopefully

pic of challenger

black_sheep454 · 11-27-2011, 05:27 PM

Sucks you had to sell your truck but you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Firebirdjones · 11-27-2011, 05:30 PM

I'd be happier in Northern Cali too. I have family up in Sac. We run up there quite often. Hope you get settled in for a nice holiday.

**Boog** · 11-27-2011, 05:38 PM

Hate to hear it Roger. But I understand. You may have sold the truck but you can still hang here ya know.
I used to hear of folks wanting to move out to Cali. Now all I hear is mostly of those who've left there.

eightbanger · 11-27-2011, 05:44 PM

They have Trucks in Nor Cal you know....

Good luck.

wwotr · 11-27-2011, 06:10 PM

I guess I should have added, that I wouldn't be able
to take my 72 to "The Next Level", on Retirement wages.
Other factors were a Job Loss, Loosing our Health Insurance,
so we needed every penny we could get.
I had to do the SAME thing with my 67 C-10, back in 2005.

Here's a picture of the Challenger........

Roger

eightbanger · 11-27-2011, 06:13 PM

That baby would help soften the blow for me...hope things improve for ya mate.

hugger6933 · 11-27-2011, 06:16 PM

well, maybe you can find a decent driver type truck up there just to "tinker" on if that is what you want. I know you might not see the level that you last truck was but, something to make your own if you have the "want to" hope the move goes smooth for you good luck. Jim

**leddzepp** · 11-27-2011, 06:23 PM

Car jackings and killings in Palm Desert? LOL.
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**special-K** · 11-27-2011, 06:54 PM

We,you did what you had to do. Good luck with everything and drop on in from time to time.

PAWS 72 · 11-27-2011, 07:07 PM

Trust me when i say i know what you mean.bank rupsy,2 heart attacks and back surgery all within 6 months stay here on the forum even though you don't have a truck and enjoy the friendships with everyone. don't just leave because you had to get rid of the truck.

big_al_71 · 11-27-2011, 07:33 PM

Good luck to you roger.......check in you dont need a truck to hang here with us

wwotr · 11-27-2011, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Car jackings and killings in Palm Desert? LOL.
Posted via Mobile Device

Leddzep,
Not Palm Desert per say...
But Cathedral City, Ranch Mirage, Indio, Desert Hot Springs,
pretty much all of Riverside County and the Coachella Valley.
My Wife and I come from "small towns", and the "Mindset" of a lot of people (NOT EVERYONE), down here, is that they'd rather SHOOT you,
than to discuss/Debate an issue.
Rape, Gang Fights, Flying Colors, and being so close to the Mexican Border doesnt help it either.

Roger

Zoomin · 11-27-2011, 09:27 PM

I had a Hemi Orange Challenger SRT for a couple years, but I sold it to get my pickup.

Best wishes on the move.

Hubscrub · 11-27-2011, 10:35 PM

good luck to ya, still come around well be here i hear ya on the move i couldn't live like that. I live in a small town and it gets on my nerves sometimes

bsteele · 11-27-2011, 10:44 PM

Good luck with the move. I live in a small town and have all my life. Love it. When I went off to college, I lived in Columbia , SC and hated it. I can only imagine what it is like to live in a "big" city. You know it is a small town when you only have 4 stop lights and the closest Wal-Mart is 30 minutes away.

Shyguy · 11-27-2011, 10:45 PM

Good luck with your move. We lived in Vallejo for 26 years and still have family and friends there.

We really liked northern California, but when the job I worked at closed down we sold out and moved to my old family farm in southeast Missouri.

*project 67 sub* · 11-27-2011, 11:08 PM

well that sucks you had to sell, but good luck with the move. and yah you don't have to stop coming by just because you don't have a truck. didn't you just move down her to so cal, where was it from cant remember??? or am i thinking of another member.....

any plans for the new beast???

**jocko** · 11-28-2011, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Car jackings and killings in Palm Desert? LOL.
Posted via Mobile Device

Ha, I have to admit, I was thinking the same thing. I always thought Palm Desert was nice!

But I know what you mean - I'm originally from a small town, Gary IN. Oh, so maybe that's why I'm used to shootings...

Anyhoo. I'm guessing the chevy dealer was all sold out of 2011 Camaros!?

Hey, enjoy Norcal - it's beautiful up there and, yes, I agree, a nice and slower pace. Think I'm a little jealous, but then again Ridgecrest isn't exactly L.A. either, so I can't complain. It's nice where I am.

But you'll be back. They all come back.... Best wishes and have a safe move.

**jocko** · 11-28-2011, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoomin

I had a Hemi Orange Challenger SRT for a couple years, but I sold it to get my pickup.

Best wishes on the move.

See, told ya, they all come back....

prostreetC-10 · 11-28-2011, 12:52 AM

I don't know if it's actually written that you HAVE to own a truck to be on the board. North Cali is so much different than SoCal. Things actually grow up North. Very nice. About Sac on down is where it really starts to turn brown.

**70cst** · 11-28-2011, 01:14 AM

Sorry to see you go but ones got to do what ones got to do. Best wishes.

vectorit · 11-28-2011, 01:36 AM

Just because you sold your truck, doesn't mean you can't hang out and BS on the board with us!

Oh and moving from SoCal to NorCal is like defecting to the Yankee's from the Confederate states CA style!

In no time soon you are gonna start blaming all SoCal residents for your high water bills, and signing petitions to make NorCal a separate state from SoCal

fastwillie 696969 · 11-28-2011, 02:10 AM

where in nor cal you moving to?

11-27-2011, 05:17 PM	#1
wwotr Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Clearlake Oaks CA Posts: 1,716	Stopping in to say Goodbye..... Sold my 72 GMC Short bed Fleetside (RATIKLE), yesterday. My Wife and I are packing up, to move from So Cal, back up to Nor Cal. Slower pace, not so many Car Jacking's, Killings, ect. Had to sell the 72 to facilitate the Move back North. Many Family and Friends up there, and really nobody to speak of down here, (except for "The Shop" that worked on my Truck). All in all .......not a bad deal. I got a 2011 Dodge Challenger out of it, in Toxic Orange Pearl. Thanks so much to everyone here for your help, encouragement, ideas, comments. A nicer group of guys/Gals you WONT find anywhere else. Roger "WWOTR" __________________ Hello members... I'd like you to know that I sold, my 72 GMC (Ratikle), back in November of 2011. I don't visit the site much anymore, but please feel free, to drop me a private message. RIP...."RATIKLE"

11-27-2011, 05:25 PM	#2
oldblue1968chevy Grandpa in the rustmobile... Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Spokane WA/Viola TN Posts: 11,422	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... you'll be back hopefully pic of challenger __________________ John Goose-1968 C10 355,9.32-1CR, Vortec Heads ,262 voodoo, 3.73:1 3OTT (HS ride/beater/farm truck) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=317684 Grams 53-1953 Chevrolet Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4327784 1969 Chevy C10 Shortbed 4.5/6?" Frame off resto http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=548136 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4x4

11-27-2011, 05:27 PM	#3
black_sheep454 Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Lebanon, Mo. Posts: 1,315	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... Sucks you had to sell your truck but you gotta do what you gotta do. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 1968 chevy lwb, getting ready to join forces with the 70 gmc 1970 gmc swb, getting ready to be a 68 chevy swb 1971 gmc lwb 2500 2wd Sierra Grande 1988 chevy 1-ton crew cab 2wd waiting for a 12v cummins

11-27-2011, 05:30 PM	#4
Firebirdjones Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Prescott, Arizona Posts: 2,396	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... I'd be happier in Northern Cali too. I have family up in Sac. We run up there quite often. Hope you get settled in for a nice holiday.

11-27-2011, 05:38 PM	#5
Boog laying low Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Searcy, Ark. USA Posts: 13,514	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... Hate to hear it Roger. But I understand. You may have sold the truck but you can still hang here ya know. I used to hear of folks wanting to move out to Cali. Now all I hear is mostly of those who've left there. __________________ Boog 69 Chevy stepside, 358/T350, 4.11 posi, 4.5/4 drop, rallys, poboy driver primer is finer 91 Chevy sportside, Tahoe, Yukon & GMC Crewcab All GM..'nuff said. I stand for the flag and kneel at the cross

11-27-2011, 05:44 PM	#6
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... They have Trucks in Nor Cal you know.... Good luck. __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

11-27-2011, 06:10 PM	#7
wwotr Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Clearlake Oaks CA Posts: 1,716	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... I guess I should have added, that I wouldn't be able to take my 72 to "The Next Level", on Retirement wages. Other factors were a Job Loss, Loosing our Health Insurance, so we needed every penny we could get. I had to do the SAME thing with my 67 C-10, back in 2005. Here's a picture of the Challenger........ Roger Attached Images __________________ Hello members... I'd like you to know that I sold, my 72 GMC (Ratikle), back in November of 2011. I don't visit the site much anymore, but please feel free, to drop me a private message. RIP...."RATIKLE"

11-27-2011, 06:13 PM	#8
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... That baby would help soften the blow for me...hope things improve for ya mate. __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

11-27-2011, 06:16 PM	#9
hugger6933 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Marianna Arkansas Posts: 7,280	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... well, maybe you can find a decent driver type truck up there just to "tinker" on if that is what you want. I know you might not see the level that you last truck was but, something to make your own if you have the "want to" hope the move goes smooth for you good luck. Jim

11-27-2011, 06:23 PM	#10
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 20,031	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... Car jackings and killings in Palm Desert? LOL. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man RIP FleetsidePaul

11-27-2011, 06:54 PM	#11
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... We,you did what you had to do. Good luck with everything and drop on in from time to time. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-27-2011, 07:07 PM	#12
PAWS 72 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Sheffield, ALA Posts: 2,471	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... Trust me when i say i know what you mean.bank rupsy,2 heart attacks and back surgery all within 6 months stay here on the forum even though you don't have a truck and enjoy the friendships with everyone. don't just leave because you had to get rid of the truck.

11-27-2011, 07:33 PM	#13
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... Good luck to you roger.......check in you dont need a truck to hang here with us __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

11-27-2011, 09:27 PM	#15
Zoomin Man of Mini-Talents Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 4,295	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... I had a Hemi Orange Challenger SRT for a couple years, but I sold it to get my pickup. Best wishes on the move. Attached Images __________________ Steve Project - Ruth 66 Skylark Project - Lola 60 Biscayne Project - Iron Ox 54 GMC 100 Project - Darth 69 Camaro

11-27-2011, 10:35 PM	#16
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... good luck to ya, still come around well be here i hear ya on the move i couldn't live like that. I live in a small town and it gets on my nerves sometimes __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14



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11-27-2011, 10:44 PM	#17
bsteele Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kershaw, South Carolina Posts: 113	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... Good luck with the move. I live in a small town and have all my life. Love it. When I went off to college, I lived in Columbia , SC and hated it. I can only imagine what it is like to live in a "big" city. You know it is a small town when you only have 4 stop lights and the closest Wal-Mart is 30 minutes away.

11-27-2011, 10:45 PM	#18
Shyguy Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southeast Missouri Posts: 2,436	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... Good luck with your move. We lived in Vallejo for 26 years and still have family and friends there. We really liked northern California, but when the job I worked at closed down we sold out and moved to my old family farm in southeast Missouri. __________________ '67 Chevy C-20 short stepper - build complete, 454/SM-465. '75 C-30 Single Cab DRW-350 small block/NP-435. '77 GMC-6500 Dump Truck, 427 Tall Deck. '92 GMC K-3500 Duallie, 454/4L80E.

11-27-2011, 11:08 PM	#19
project 67 sub Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: san bernardino ca. everywhere Posts: 3,938	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... well that sucks you had to sell, but good luck with the move. and yah you don't have to stop coming by just because you don't have a truck. didn't you just move down her to so cal, where was it from cant remember??? or am i thinking of another member..... any plans for the new beast???

11-28-2011, 12:52 AM	#22
prostreetC-10 My Carbon Footprint Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Orygun Posts: 5,527	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... I don't know if it's actually written that you HAVE to own a truck to be on the board. North Cali is so much different than SoCal. Things actually grow up North. Very nice. About Sac on down is where it really starts to turn brown. __________________ A quick "pedalfest" *Still getting loose (carb test)* 496 Initial fire up video!

11-28-2011, 01:14 AM	#23
70cst Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Madison, Ohio Posts: 21,373	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... Sorry to see you go but ones got to do what ones got to do. Best wishes. __________________ A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy. 67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk. 1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder!

11-28-2011, 01:36 AM	#24
vectorit What? Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,617	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... Just because you sold your truck, doesn't mean you can't hang out and BS on the board with us! Oh and moving from SoCal to NorCal is like defecting to the Yankee's from the Confederate states CA style! In no time soon you are gonna start blaming all SoCal residents for your high water bills, and signing petitions to make NorCal a separate state from SoCal __________________ Chris 1968 K20 Suburban 1972 K10 LWB PU

11-28-2011, 02:10 AM	#25
fastwillie 696969 ~Rest In Peace~ Join Date: May 2005 Location: CALIFORNIA NOR CAL Posts: 9,707	Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye..... where in nor cal you moving to? __________________ is it fast ? it has a lighting bolt donut? B___H please, I can remove 90% of your so called "beauty" with a kleenex

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