Stayton Bonner & Joe Ford on the Worldwide Hunt for A Stolen $7 Million Car

Adam Carolla Show

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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On this episode of The Adam Carolla Show, Adam kicks things off by sounding off on a bizarre story about a woman who discovered swastika-shaped tiling in her basement and is now suing the home seller for not disclosing it. Adam calls out the performative outrage behind her lawsuit and shares his own frustrations with the culture of virtue signaling. He also plays a clip from one of his recent vlogs, where he visited Home Depot and criticized the city of Malibu for its overly restrictive regulations regarding the cutting of pressure-treated lumber.

In the news, Elisha Krauss joins Adam to cover the biggest trending headlines, starting with Ilhan Omar’s explosive financial disclosures revealing a net worth of up to $30 million—despite her repeated claims that she is “not a millionaire.” They also react to the retirement announcement of one of the Democrats’ longest-serving House members, and break down the viral moment when Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek snatched a signed hat from a child at the US Open. Szczerek has since issued a public apology, but Adam and Elisha question whether that’s enough to undo the bad optics of the viral footage.

Later, author Stayton Bonner and private investigator Joe Ford stop by to discuss The Million-Dollar Car Detective: Inside the Worldwide Hunt for a Stolen $7 Million Car. Joe and Stayton recount the incredible real-life heist of a 1938 Talbot-Lago T150C-SS Teardrop coupe—one of the rarest and most beautiful cars in existence—and the decades-long investigation that followed. They share how the trail went cold for years before Joe got a tip that reignited the search, leading to an international chase involving the FBI, Interpol, and a global crime ring. Along the way, Adam gets Joe’s take on other legendary missing cars, including James Dean’s infamous Porsche.

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0:00.0	Well, in this episode, Alicia Krauss comes in. We got the news, Joe Ford, Staten Bonner, come in.
0:06.0	They got a book out, really interesting book about a multi-million dollar car that got stolen in the hunt for it.
0:11.6	Lots of interesting caper store. We'll get into all that. We'll do that right after this. From Corolla One Studios in Glendale, California, this is the Adam Carolla Show.
0:29.8	Adam's guest today, the authors of the million-dollar car detective inside the worldwide hunt
0:35.4	for a stolen $7 million car,
0:38.6	Joe Ford and Staten Bonner.
0:41.2	Plus the news with Alicia Krause.
0:44.3	And now, still high from his weekend at Burning Man.
0:50.0	Adam Carolla.
0:51.4	Yeah, get it on.
0:53.1	Got to get it on. No choice to get on. Your mandate you get it on. Got to get it on.
0:54.4	No choice to get on.
0:55.5	You mandate you get it on.
0:57.2	Thanks for tuning in.
0:58.5	Thanks for sharing the show.
1:00.1	I run into a lot of you people out doing live shows.
1:03.0	You listen.
1:04.3	You get your sons and daughters and your wives and husbands into it.
1:08.5	So God bless.
1:09.6	All right.
1:10.0	We'll get into some news in a bit.
1:11.6	I got stuff I want to talk about at the top.
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