stolen car recovered 42 years later

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

A Texas man whose prized sports car was stolen 42 years ago recovered the vehicle in California after spotting it on eBay, authorities said Sunday.

Robert Russell told the Los Angeles County sheriff's officials that he had never given up searching for the 1967 Austin-Healey after it was stolen from his Philadelphia home in 1970.

In this image provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Robert Russell's once-stolen 1967 Austin-Healey car sits on small transport trailer as it is delivered to Russell's home in Texas. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)