Stolen 57 Chevy Returned After 30 Years In Better Shape...

[MonacoMike]

"LAKEPORT, CALIF. – Three decades after it was stolen, a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air has been returned to a Northern California man -- in better shape than when he originally owned it.

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports Ian "Skip" Wilson was shocked to get a call from the California Highway Patrol informing him that his long-lost Chevy was taken off an Australia-bound cargo ship.

The 65-year-old says the car has had a lot of work done on it since it disappeared from his Lake County home in 1984. It was returned with a monogrammed interior, 17-inch racing wheels, rack-and-pinion steering and a 350-horsepower V-8 engine.

The retired mechanic says the two-door was in sorry shape when he bought it for $375 in 1975 with plans for fixing it up."


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/2...turned-to-owner-in-california-after-30-years/

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[JimG]

That's pretty cool! Sad though, that it took 30 years for them to customize it for him :grin:

 

[just me]

No longer than some body shops

 

[hottoddie]

I've been "OVERHAULED" :smt038

 

[MonacoMike]

An article with lots of photos...

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140219/articles/140219502

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[Bob & Sue]

I'd wait 30 years to get that restomod back, that was the best $375 investment he ever made without lifting a finger. Now if I could get my 56 Nomad back it was stolen in 1966 we used it to tow my first race car a 47 Fiat Topolino here's a pic of it restored.