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Nearly 30 years ago, a 1981 Ferrari vanished from a consignment lot in Orange County. On Friday, it reemerged at the Port of Los Angeles. In 1987, a 1981 red Ferrari 308 GTSi was stolen from a consignment lot in Orange County, KTLA reports. The owner, who prefers to remain anonymous, filed a claim with his insurance company, was compensated, and for decades, no one knew where the car had gone.
On Friday, April 8, federal customs agents at the Port of Los Angeles noticed that a Ferrari headed to Poland had the same VIN as a car that had been sent to Europe in 2005. Both cars were listed as 1982 Ferraris. The agents looked into the car further, consulting a Ferrari factory expert who helped them connect the dots.
The car only had 45,000 miles on it when it was stolen, and is worth about $50,000. As for what will happen to the car, that's up to the owner and the insurance company, the Press Telegram reports.
The Ferrari 308 is the same model that Tom Selleck drove in Magnum, P.I.
Here's Tom Selleck cruising around in his ride.
