Stolen car returned forty years later
 

Imagine pouring your life savings into buying a classic car and discovering years later it was stolen and isn't yours. Seems this just happened.

The original owner seems to have gotten the car back, but the other guy is just screwed?

Good News: Stolen Corvette Returned to Owner 40 Years Later

Damn! Take it to a car show to show it off and some showgoer points out the vin is for an Impalla not Corvette and it's stolen, damn!

Wouldn't have the original owner been paid out by the insurance company?

Was insurance mandatory then?