Where is the missing Star Wars Toyota Celica?

Missing since 1978.

Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan. After the California shop that customized the car was mired in a string of drug, kidnapping and murder charges, the contest was apparently buried and the winner – if there even was one – never announced. No one really cared at the time and the car went missing without much notice. But years later, when Star Wars fans tried to find it, they found dead ends all around. Many of the players involved had passed away and no records that could help track down the winner or even the vehicle identification number could be found. Around the time that "The Force Awakens" was hitting theaters, writer and part-time missing car sleuth for hire named Dean Shada took up the hunt for a client in the film business, but neither he, the company behind the promotion or even Toyota have had any luck to this day.