Stolen Chevy returned to owner 30 years later

A sweet but forlorn and inoperative classic-era Chevy stolen 30 years ago from Ian “Skip” Wilson just came back to him — reborn. “There’s all kinds of chrome added under the hood,” said Wilson, a retired Lake County mechanic doubly astonished that his 1957 Bel Air has returned and that it’s been gorgeously customized. “The headers look brand spankin’ new,” he said. “The tires, they look like they haven’t even been around the block.” The engine of Skip Wilson’s 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, which was stolen in 1984, and returned to him by the CHP on Monday, February 17, 2014. The car was found in a shipping container in Los Angeles, bound for Australia.