1959-corvette-restoration-2cIn 2006 a close friend of the Curtis family had purchased a low-mileage C4 Corvette, and in taking delivery of the car the transport driver mentioned his dad had an old ‘59 sitting in a barn. That driver? Carlton Wells, son of Clayton.
In the following weeks pictures were mailed back and forth, a trove of documentation was revealed—everything and anything you could imagine—and it wasn’t long before the Curtis family had caught the ’59 bug and bought the car with plans on restoring it to National Corvette Restorers Society (NCRS) specifications. Luckily the car was all-original, and in August 2006 it was delivered to the family home.
Due to garage space issues, the restoration process wouldn’t begin until 2010, but when it did, Jerry and Mark took every precaution in disassembling the Corvette, saving every last nut and bolt they could.