



When you think about your first car, you feel nostalgic, right? Well, you can imagine what Lynda Alsip feels like.

In this period of holidays, this woman from California received the best Christmas gift when the police found her 1967 Ford Mustang that was stolen almost three decades ago.

Lynda Alsip bought the Ford Mustang when she was 17 years old for $800, with a little help from her dad who has since passed away.

“He taught me how to change the oil in vehicles on this car. He’s no longer with us, so it’s very bittersweet”, she said. She also said that his reaction to this situation would have been “Only you, kid”.

Back then, she even ordered personalized license plates “LYNDA 67”, but the car was stolen from outside her apartment complex in Salinas before she even had the chance to install them. In 1986, Alsip went out of town with some friends and the following Monday was the last time she saw her classic car.





However, in September a man form Salinas tried to register the car he had for 23 years. The DMV officials tried to locate any records on this old car. Officer Christopher Menchen eventually traced it back to Alsip’s mother because she was the registered owner in 1986. They still don’t know how the vehicle came to be in the man’s garage. He bought the car in 1991 as a project and already did some remodeling.

Officer Chris Menchen, who did the investigation, said the man said he bought the car from a storage and now the officials are still investigating whether it was stolen.

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“I never thought I would see it again,” she said while she was standing in a Salinas tow yard next to her car that was found in September. “It’s like winning the lottery. It happens to very few people and for it to happen to me, it’s just an amazing feeling.” She also added, “It’s astonishing that it has stayed here for so many years and not so far away. I wonder how many times it might have driven past the house or been in the area?”.When the police called her, she thought it wouldn’t be a happy call because her children weren’t home when she got the call. She added that the call actually was a real stunner.Lynda said that when the officer asked her if she ever had a car stolen, she simply answered “Oh my God, you found my green ’67 Mustang!”

Even before heading to the DMV to register the Mustang, Alsip’s husband, Montgomery Alsip, had already put her personalized plates on the car, “LYNDA 67.”

All she wants to do now is to ride her Mustang. “I’m sure I’m probably going to cry a bit in my first drive in it. But it’s going to be exhilarating,” Alsip said. She also said that she hopes she is not going to get a ticket for her first drive, because she would probably want to go just a little fast.