A central Iowa man remains behind bars Monday after allegedly stealing a one-of-a-kind car that police believe was painted black to disguise it.

Marshalltown police arrested Patrick Allen Chamberlin on Thursday. Police charged Chamberlin with theft, possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia and several traffic offenses after he was spotted driving a stolen 1966 Ford GT40 replica.

Marshall County Supervisor Steve Salasek, who owns the rare car, said he noticed it was missing Tuesday.

"(I) went to go get it out of the storage shed, and it was gone,” Salasek said. “It wasn't there.”

Marshalltown police Chief Michael Tupper credits Marshalltown residents for spotting Chamberlin driving the car around Marshalltown.

"If it hadn't been for the community's involvement and interest in this story, we probably would not have found the car,” Tupper said.

Police said the car was painted black in an attempt to disguise it, but that some of the car’s original bright yellow paint was visible through the paint job.

Tupper said not even a fresh paint job could disguise the unique car.

"It was a very unique car and I feel pretty comfortable saying it was probably the only car like this in Marshall County, maybe in the central Iowa area,” Tupper said.

Police said they are still investigating whether Chamberlin painted the car himself or not, but Salasek has plans to make this car shine once again.

"One way or another, it'll come back to life,” Salasek said.

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