Stolen Corvette returned after 33 years may probably happen to people only once in a blue moon, but it still does happen. A stolen Corvette returned after 33 years to its 71-year-old owner in Michigan happened 7 a.m. on Wednesday. According to reports, General Motors even offered to personally return the vehicle to its original owner's home.

The stolen Corvette returned after 33 years was reportedly a 1979 Corvette stolen in Detroit on Jul. 1981. The owner of the 1979 Chevrolet Corvette, George Talley of Michigan, never thought he would be able to see it again after he filed a police report reporting it missing.

Talley said, 'I made a police report, and I haven't seen it since July of 1981.'

Early morning Wednesday, the story of the stolen Corvette returned after 33 years was reported on WJR's "Paul W. Smith Show," reports the Sun News Network.

 

Talley told his local ABC affiliate, 'I've always liked Corvettes. It was attractive. The ladies like 'em.'

Apparently, so did thieves three decades ago. The last time Talley saw his silver-gray C3 '79 Corvette was when he parked it on Jefferson Avenue 1981. However, as fate would have it, the car and its owner would eventually be reunited with Talley's stolen Corvette returned after 33 years.

Friday last week, Talley, who is now 71 and retired, got a call telling him of his stolen Corvette returned after 33 years. The sports car was reportedly recovered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and that it was still in pretty mint condition. Authorities said the stolen Corvette returned after 33 years was due to a dubious vin number which helped them track it.

According to USA Today, Talley was watching the "Judge Greg Mathis Show" on TV when he received the call of his stolen Corvette returned after 33 years. authorities said he could come anytime to pick his long-lost car home.

Talley recalls of his stolen Corvette returned after 33 years, 'I was sitting at home last Friday looking at Judge Mathis, and I get a call from AAA telling me you have a Corvette in Mississippi, come and get it. And, uh... I said, 'what?''

WXYZ Detroit reports that Talley was told the car still has 47,000 miles on the odometer and that it has been placed at the Hattiesburg police station. Talley told an ABC affiliate of his stolen Corvette returned after 33 years, 'I've heard it was running, it had 47,000 miles on it.'

Despite this good news of his stolen Corvette returned after 33 years, the retiree was however concerned about how he would be able to fetch it from the station. He said, 'I woke up this morning. I've got to get on the phone and find a trucker or somebody to bring it back' - or go get it or something.'

It seems that it is Talley's lucky week as General Motors, his former employer, heard the story of his stolen Corvette returned after 33 years on the radio this morning. Apparently, the company was moved enough to offer Talley that they would have the 'Vette picked up and delivered to him without him having to worry about anything.

It was GM's General Motor's Executive Vice President, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain Mark Reuss who heard the radio segment regarding the stolen Corvette returned after 33 years. A Corvette aficionado himself, Reuss made the offer during The Paul W. Smith show on News/Talk 760 AM WJR radio Wednesday morning.

Reuss said on the show, 'I listened to you this morning. We just had to do something.'

Of course, Talley, who used to work at GM's Milford Proving Grounds, was ecstatic upon hearing the news.

He said, 'I was worried.' To which Smith responded, 'Well. Nothing to worry about now. The Corvette is on its way safe and sound.'

Stolen Corvette returned after 33 years was found by the Mississippi police through a VIN.