And, uh… I said, ‘what?’” 
 
 Authorities say a dubious vin number helped track the Vette three decades later. “The second vehicle recently resurfaced in the state of Mississippi.” 
 
 Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officials said the car was located at a residence in Columbia, Miss. They wouldn’t be joking with me because I don’t think they have time to play with me,’” Talley said. “I was shocked.” 
 
 The last time Talley, now 71 and retired in Detroit, saw his beloved car was when it was parked on Jefferson Avenue in July 1981. “I woke up this morning,” Talley said during an interview with Paul W. Smith on WJR Wednesday. “I said, ‘I’ve got to get on the phone and find a trucker or somebody to bring it back’ — or go get it or something.” 
 
 Meanwhile, GM’s Executive Vice President Mark Reuss had heard the radio segment and offered to pick up Talley’s car.
– Last time George Talley saw his beloved 1979 Corvette, it was parked on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit in the summer of 1981, reports WXYZ. He'd long ago given up hope of ever getting the stolen car back, but then came a call out of the blue from authorities in Mississippi who found it via a false VIN number. Better yet, it seems to be in decent shape, with only 47,000 miles. Talley, now 71 and still the rightful owner, told the tale on a Detroit radio station today, his only lament being that he had to figure out how to get the car shipped to Michigan. Enter GM exec Mark Reuss, who happened to catch the show, reports the Detroit Free Press. The company is going to pick up the car for its former employee and ship it back free of charge. (A 1957 Chevy stolen 30 years also recently made its way home.)