I wonder what this car is worth now?

[Doramius]

Interesting story. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10890430/?GT1=7538

Stolen Corvette found — 37 years later
‘It’s a miracle,’ owner says after car discovered en route to Sweden

Updated: 9:03 a.m. ET Jan. 17, 2006
LOS ANGELES - A Corvette sports car stolen when it was brand new in New York 37 years ago has been recovered in California and will be returned to its rightful owner, authorities said.

The 1968 car, which vanished from Alan Poster’s garage in the borough of Queens on Jan. 22, 1969, was identified as stolen as it was being loaded on a container ship for Sweden last November, Department of Homeland Security spokesman Mike Fleming said.

The car had recently been purchased for $10,000 by a man in Sweden who was unaware it had been stolen nearly four decades earlier, Fleming said. Since Poster’s insurance at the time did not cover the Corvette’s theft and he was never compensated, he is entitled to get it back.

“When the California Highway Patrol contacted him, he said ‘it’s a miracle.’ He’s very excited about it. He’s flying in tomorrow,” Fleming said Monday. He said Poster had since moved to California and long ago gave up hope of seeing the car again.

The Corvette, which was originally painted blue with a matching interior, is now silver with a red interior. It is missing the gas tank, has a new engine and transmission and no longer runs, Fleming said.

California Highway Patrol officer Joe Zizi said investigators had determined the Swedish man purchased the car from a man in Texas, who in turn bought it from someone in New Mexico.

None of them was involved in the theft or aware it had been stolen, Zizi said.

He said that after the Corvette was found to be a stolen car, detectives in New York were contacted and spent a month sifting through about 10,000 archived stolen car reports to find the original owner.

[yoda313]

The Corvette, which was originally painted blue with a matching interior, is now silver with a red interior. It is missing the gas tank, has a new engine and transmission and no longer runs, Fleming said.

Hmm.. Might make a nice car bed

[smearbrick1]

The Corvette, which was originally painted blue with a matching interior, is now silver with a red interior. It is missing the gas tank, has a new engine and transmission and no longer runs, Fleming said.

Hmm.. Might make a nice car bed :D :D :D

Just like Yoda's!

Without the numbers matching engine and transmission.this car is worth about as much as any other '68 with a non-numbers matching engine and transmission. $10,000 isn't an unrealistic number.

[Doramius]

Yoda's bed is clearly a converted Y-wing. He had it displayed at the last Sci-Fi Comicon. :P

[Dv8ted2]

It would go anywhere between $20,000 and $100,000.

[Doramius]

It obviously won't work without a gas tank, but with the new engine and transmission, I wonder how well it would run when put together. It didn't give specifics, but sometimes the engine could be A LOT better, or they took the good engine out and put in a crap motor. He got a free paint & upholstery job out of it though.

I also have a curiosity as to why there were other owners, but the VIN was never passed through any sort of verification system. How did these people get a title? But for customs they checked the information, when normally you hear they are so bogged down that stuff like this often gets passed over.

[Garibaldi]

It would go anywhere between $20,000 and $100,000.

I agree, vettes in general are quite high priced. This one is no exception but it really depends on where it was stored for all these years but it seems to be in fairly good condition

[yoda313]

Ahemm.... You all know I have a normal bed -

[smearbrick1]

Ahemm.... You all know I have a normal bed - :) :D

A normal "single" bed!

[Doramius]

Ahemm.... You all know I have a normal bed -

Yes, the traditional Imperial style mattress with Yoda bedding and Movie Poster Comforter.


I still think there was something that fell through the cracks over the years. I wonder who gets shafted, the guy in Switzerland, or the guy who tried selling it?

[smearbrick1]

Ahemm.... You all know I have a normal bed - :) :D

Yes, the traditional Imperial style mattress with Yoda bedding and Movie Poster Comforter. :lol:


I still think there was something that fell through the cracks over the years. I wonder who gets shafted, the guy in Switzerland, or the guy who tried selling it?

Complete with lightsaber nite lite.