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37 Year Old Stolen Car Returned
The last time former New York City resident Alan Poster saw his dream car, he was young and it was blue. Nearly four decades later, he's a little grayer and the car has turned silver - but it was love at first sight again as the Corvette somebody swiped in New York was returned to him.
"It's a dream. Wow, this is a beautiful model," Poster said as customs officials unveiled the 1968 sports car. "This is definitely a miracle. Because in speaking to the police, the odds of them finding me were a million to one."
Poster said last week that he won't drive the car much - he has a Mercedes - but he is glad to have it back in his collection.
Poster was living in New York in January 1969, when the car he'd bought for $6,000 three months earlier was stolen from a parking garage. Poster had not insured it against theft because he could not afford to do so... Entire Story
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