I love stories with happy endings! Has anyone ever lost anything precious, or had something stolen, that they found or got back much later, or had lost all hope of getting back? The diamond pendant that I lost last year that was found in the parking lot of my kids' Taekwondo school 6 weeks later is my story. What joy Russell must be feeling!
Russell, 66, a retired sales manager, spent years surfing the Internet looking for his car and eyeing similar Healeys on the road. Still, he didn't hold out much hope of ever finding the vehicle he paid a friend $3,000 for back in 1968, only to find it stolen the morning after taking his future wife out on their second date.
"Ever since eBay showed up, I'd check it periodically," Russell said. "I checked it on Friday, May 11, and there it was."
He immediately called the dealer, the Beverly Hills Car Club, and sounded the alarm.
"I hate to sound indelicate," Russell told the unsuspecting dealer, "but you're selling a stolen car." Russell said the car's vehicle identification number matched that of his Healey. In addition, he still had the original key and car title, as well as signed affidavits from friends, including the original owner, indicating that Russell had never sold the auto.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Good question about the original post. Was it his anymore? A coworker bought a new, used truck last week and it was stolen that night before he had informed the insurance company.
My dad?
He wasn't carrying theft insurance on it, but had already bought a new, used truck, so he donated the stolen vehicle to the Boy Scouts.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Raees wrote: If he got an insurance settlement the car after it was stolen, it's no longer his. It belongs to the insurance company.
The article states
They both were graduate students at Temple University when they met — and went on their first two dates in the car, which Russell was too cash-strapped to insure.
