that all changed wednesday morning when general motor 's executive vice president , global product development , purchasing and supply chain mark reuss announced that he was offering to bring the vette home - at gm 's expense .
shaw said scar worked with the mississippi police and the national insurance crime bureau to trace the vehicle back to talley .
michigan state said the car .
i made a police report , and i have n’t seen it since july of 1981 , ” said george often wondered about the one that got away .
as of tuesday it ’s still up in the air whether george .
and after hearing talley ’s story on the radio this morning , general motors , his former employer , offered to pick up the corvette and deliver it to him .
last week , the silver sports car was found in mississippi .
michael a. shaw said via e - mail wednesday afternoon the car was recovered after the michigan southwest commercial auto recovery unitwas contacted by the secretary of state regarding two 1979 corvettes .
talley said when he received an initial phone call from his insurance company notifying him that the car was found , he thought it was a joke .