The Brief
- A unique collector car was stolen from a millionaire’s garage in Florida.
- The new book “The Million-Dollar Car Detective” chronicles the true story.
- Private detective Joe Ford of South Florida was hired to find the car.
- The rare car was built in France in 1938.
FLORIDA – A new book from author Stayton Bonner tells the story of a James Bond-like detective who searches the world for a rare car stolen from a collector’s garage in Boca Raton in 2001.
Thieves managed to get into his garage and steal the car without a trace.
The rare car was reportedly worth $7 million dollars when it was stolen in 2001. The author says it is now worth $14 million dollars.
Joe Ford was a private investigator trying to scrape together enough money to help his daughter suffering from a disease causing her to go blind. He took the case and began to unravel the mystery.
The backstory:
The stolen car was a 1938 Talbot-Lago T 150C-SS Teardrop coupe. It was once called “The most beautiful Car in the World.”…