Amelia Earhart's Car Found in Los Angeles After Theft

A car that once belonged to Amelia Earhart was found Monday in Los Angeles after being stolen from a locked trailer where it was being stored for a car show.

Only 14 of the 1932 Hudson Essex Terraplanes are said to still be in existence, and the car is said to be worth $250,000 to $500,000, according to CBS News. A local CBS viewer saw the car parked on the street in the El Sereno neighborhood and reported it to police.

Earhart received the second Terraplane that was ever built, with the first going to Orville Wright, the New York Post reported.

Earhart was asked to promote the car during the Great Depression, the BBC reported. Most Terraplanes were melted down for the metal during World War II.

Current owner Jim Somers from Orange, California, said he had moved the car from his shop to the trailer inside an industrial complex on Friday for the car show that weekend, CBS reported.

No arrests in the theft have been reported.

Earhart disappeared during an attempted Transatlantic flight in 1937 and her plane was never found.

Twitter was full of people who thought (or joked) that the car had been missing since her disappearance.

wow does the LAPD sure works slow

— Paul hockey🇨🇦 (@notabot87654321) February 27, 2018

Was she in the trunk?

— Albert Brouwer (@broax2001) February 27, 2018

Better late than never I guess

— How is Kansas still ranked? (@Gaknar) February 27, 2018

For those of you that have had a car stolen in LA this will give you a time frame when to expect to get it back.

Amelia Earhart's stolen car found in Los Angeles - BBC News US https://t.co/IJh849VwIZ

— Paranormal Karen (@Rontowski) February 27, 2018

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