STOLEN CAR FOUND AFTER 42 YEARS

Bob Russell said his 1967 Austin-Healey was stolen
from a Philadelphia apartment complex in 1970,
when he was a graduate student at Temple
University, and he searched for the cream-colored car
for four decades until he found it listed this year on
eBay, the Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday.
Russell, who still has the original keys and title to the
car, said he contacted the dealership selling the
vehicle and they offered to sell it back to him for $
24,000, which he found unacceptable. However, he
said Los Angeles police were unable to help him
because there was no record of the theft in the
national database.
Russell said he contacted Philadelphia police and
they were able to determine the car had been listed
under the wrong VIN number in the FBI database, the
Philadelphia Inquirer reported. They were able to fix
the error without having to file a new stolen vehicle
report.
The car owner said Los Angeles authorities were then
able to impound the car and he was able to travel to
California and retrieve it for a $600 impound fee in
June.














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