I'm really happy for the guy to have gotten his car back. It must have
been quite a shock to have gotten that phone call from the cops about a
car that was stolen so long ago. Just his luck too, 'cuz if he'd had
theft insurance he'd have gotten a check then and the insurance company
who paid off the claim would have gotten the car. It's worth way more
than $6k now. ;-)
But it does leave a lingering question in my mind.
I'm assuming that the car has been bouncing around here in the US for
the last 37 years. Surely somebody had registered it and drove it
sometime in that time, and it would appear that the DMV never once
checked the VIN to see if it was a stolen car.
Surely in today's digital society, a VIN number check is only mouse
click away. Obviously the port of Long Beach could and did do such a
thing.
Why didn't the DMV?
Funny they don't mention anything about the DMV in the news story.

hmmm.....

TomC

Saw that on FNC yesterday. Cool!