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"  Photos courtesy of the AP Never give up hope, is the moral of this story. Back in 1970 Robert Russell&amp;#039;s 1967 Austin Healey was stolen from his Philadelphia home. Over the years he occasionally checked eBay and other websites thinking he might come upon the car that he bought from a friend for $3000 back in the 70s, and he recently did just that. As well as the financial value, the `67 Austin Healeys worth was also about sentiment, as the 66-year-old sales manager from Southlake told the Dallas Morning News it was stolen the morning after he took his future wife out on their second date.  While scanning the internet he spotted the car on a Beverly Hills car dealership website and, although the car&amp;#039;s identification number matched his \u2013 and he still had the original log book and key \u2013 there wasn&amp;#039;t a stolen car report to verify that it was taken from him. To complicate the situation even more, it did not show up on the FBI&amp;#039;s records because the cars identification numbers were entered incorrectly. Eventually the file was reactivated allowing Los Angeles authorities to impound the car so that Mr Russell and his wife, Cynthia could drive to LA and reclaim it. The car is now worth about $23,000 and Mr. Russell is reported as saying that he intends to restore it. Related posts:   1950s Concepts Auctioned on Ebay Kate Middleton&amp;#039;s Used VW Golf Headed to eBay 2011 eBay People&amp;#039;s Picks Winners \u2013 2011 SEMA Show  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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