Today's San Francisco Chronicle has one of them thar "feel good" stories today.
Let me break it down.
It's 1976. Palo Alto, California. A guy named Ronald Leung owns a car repair business. And he owns a sweet 1956 Ford Thunderbird with just 24,979 on the odometer.
Some yo-yo steals it. He files the report. No luck, it's gone.
In the time since it's been stolen, he's had a couple kids, worked a job, retired and often thought about his car.
Fast forward to this week. Ronald gets a call yesterday. They found his car. And he gets to have it back!
Whoa.
Long story short, a lady in Ventura bought it on eBay and when she tried to register it, they found the true VIN and linked it back to Ronald, a car enthusiast, who filed all the right reports some 31 years ago.
Dude gets to go to So. Cal this weekend to get it. And it's been fully restored and is in *cherry* condition.
What a fine drive home that's going to be!
Yeah! That ROCKS! Getting to drive a machine like that makes even the nasty Grapevine seem like a lot of fun.
Enjoy the ride, Ronald!
To everyone else, have a great weekend!
(it's a beaut)
