A pensioner has been reunited with his beloved E-Type Jag – 46 years after it was stolen. Ivan Schneider was just 36 when his convertible sports car was snatched from outside his New York flat in 1968. The 82-year-old former lawyer thought he had seen the last of his 150mph motor – until it turned up at a seaport in Los Angeles where it was bound for Holland. Mr Schneider said: “This is just a miracle, a miracle. I was 36 years old then and now I’m 82.
“It was my first good car and favourite. It’s a wonderful car. “I used to get up at four or five in the morning on either Saturday or Sunday and drive it 90 to 100mph on the highway in New York.”
He originally paid around £3,000 for the British-made car and had it for a year before it was stolen. Mr Schneider now plans to have the car restored. In good condition the classic vehicle could be worth more than £100,000. The driver who was shipping the car to Holland bought it three months ago from a California man. He had owned it for 40 years, according to American Customs officials. Authorities are still trying to discover the identity of the thief.
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