A 1968 Corvette Stingray is pictured dur

Carson, UNITED STATES: A 1968 Corvette Stingray is pictured during a presss conference 17 January 2006 in Carson, California, after it was reunited with a stunned US motoring enthusiast, 37 years after it was stolen from him. US customs authorities handed the 1968 silver roadster over to Alan Poster after officers discovered the vehicle as it was being shipped out of the United States to an unsuspecting new owner in Sweden. The car, which was originally blue, was stolen from Poster in New York City in 1969, a year after he bought it new, and after nearly four decades, he never expected to see it again. "It's a miracle, it's a dream," Poster said at the ceremony. The vehicle was discovered in a container at the California port of Long Beach when customs officials asked police to run a routine check on its origins, said Mike Fleming of the Department of Homeland Security. New York police began checking their records, confirmed that the car was reported stolen in 1969, and contacted Poster, who now lives in California. "The odds against finding it so many years afterward were phenomenal," Fleming said. The Corvette is in generally good condition, although the fuel tank is missing and the car has a transmission that police say was stolen, Fleming said. The Stockholm-based buyer of the car did not know it was stolen and no arrests have been made in the case, authorities said. AFP PHOTO/CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)