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PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:36 pm    Post subject: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

I just heard that Randy passed on. Anyone know what happened? Gonna miss that guy!
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:00 am    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande Reply with quote

Just received a message concerning Randy. I have no other info otherwise. Sadly this is the second VW friend to pass in a matter of weeks
R.I.P Randy ...Thanks for the VW memories.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 7:24 am    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Posted on the Central Coast VW Club FB page:

Jim Thompson Just spoke to some mutual friends. Randy had a nasty stomach virus infection that proved to be too much for the doctors to handle and passed away last Monday 11/23/15.

He will be missed.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 8:53 am    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Very SAD news Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:57 am    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Randy is Legend around here... a real treasure is lost. gonna miss him.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Wow, terrible news. Super nice guy. He will be missed. RIP Randy!
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 6:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

RIP. Randy.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 7:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

wow he will be missed greatly.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 1:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Gonna miss him. Awesome guy.
R.I.P Randy!
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 2:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Randy Pollock from Nipomo CA passed away Monday Nov. 23, 2015. He had a vw wrecking yard and was the go to guy for hard to find parts. He was one of the colorful characters that makes this hobby interesting. He was featured on American Pickers earlier this year.


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 5:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

We lost a very special friend this week. If you wish to view the American Pickers show with Randy, Please go to the “Star Wars” episode that aired this last summer.


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May you Rest In Peace, Randy, and keep those wheels turning.
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I know you're already getting your new yard going. Kitty
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 6:12 am    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Sorry, but could not find the Randy story at "American Pickers"...
Does anybody have a link..?

Thanks sooo much
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Randy was a well known VW "artist" known worldwide, before his son gave him a cellphone, he was only avaible around 4.00pm by his landline, as that telephone was in the shed where he feeded his cats...

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Real honestly I can tell I lost another friend, and anytime soon we will all loose one of the last real VW paradise grounds mother earth still had... unless somebody takes over the incredible task Randy had with his place...

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rest in peace my brother, so good we had so much contact last couple of years!

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 12:43 am    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

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Joe and Randy at Maikäfertreffen in 2007
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:46 am    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

bob1 wrote:
Randy was a well known VW "artist" known worldwide, before his son gave him a cellphone, he was only avaible around 4.00pm by his landline, as that telephone was in the shed where he feeded his cats...

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Real honestly I can tell I lost another friend, and anytime soon we will all loose one of the last real VW paradise grounds mother earth still had... unless somebody takes over the incredible task Randy had with his place...

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rest in peace my brother, so good we had so much contact last couple of years!

Bob, BBT Belgium


Randy's son Paige will be taking the reins as soon as all is settled. Randy and I put on a serious amount of road miles together selling. Loosing a close friend of more than 25 years is very hard, selling at any of the shows and swaps won't be the same without him. He will be missed by one and all.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:53 am    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Mr. Motorhead wrote:
Loosing a close friend of more than 25 years is very hard, selling at any of the shows and swaps won't be the same without him. He will be missed by one and all.


Matt... You were a great friend to Randy.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:07 am    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

westyso42 wrote:
Sorry, but could not find the Randy story at "American Pickers"...
Does anybody have a link..?

Thanks sooo much
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Here's a short clip:
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 10:44 am    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Sorry to hear this. Randy was a true gentleman and will be missed by many
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:48 am    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Sorry to hear the news. I met Randy through a mutual friend back in the mid 1990s. He dug an original paint pelican red lowlight ghia out of the Seattle area and I was looking for a fender to donate to a restoration at the time.

He delivered it to me for gas money on a tow truck he had built himself. They showed Randy with the pelican red ghia parts car on the pickers episode.

Great guy, he will be missed.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Randy from BBG in arroyo grande - RIP Reply with quote

Where do you even start to describe someone so special. Gosh Randy I can't believe your gone.. Love you man. God bless

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