Owner: Al Rydell

     E-mail: alrydell@hotmail.com

     Owner's Comments:

     "I am going to tell you a little about my '59 Corvette experience.  I graduated from High School in 1966 at Yuma, Arizona.
      I bought a '59 Corvette the last year of High School; I paid one thousand dollars for it, but I had my choice of the '59 or a '54
      Corvette. This was the time of Vietnam, and a son had been killed over there.  The father drove the '54 up to my house and
      it was in perfect condition, as was the '59-  Well, I didn't want a 6 cyclinder engine, and I didn't want an old car when I could get
      a newer car for the same price! 1K? I wasn't stupid!  Ha!!!!!  

      I sold my '59 for $600, and when I found this one I was really elated to say the least!!  I have had it for about 8 months, and
      bought it from a friend who had a wife that passed away about a year ago.  He has had it since 1969, and drove it until 1976 when
      he parked it. It has 94K original miles on it!  He registered it every year until 1980, and I have all of the registrations and unused
      license plate stickers, as well as the original license plate of California for it!  It says that it was first sold in 1958 but is a 1959
      year!  

      One of your members said that the early cars to come off of the line had alot of 1958 parts on them that were left over.  Mine has
      a 1958 Hood and I was told that it was bought that way(?).  I will send you some pictures of it.  It is in real good shape for the year,
      but I am going to restore it.  It has the original engine on a stand, and a brand new one that had only 15 miles on it when [the
      previous owner] parked it.

      [The previous owner] painted it purple and I am going to put it back to the original colors.  He said that until now, it would have been
      easier to get rid of alot of his previous wives instead of that car, but he is in his 70s and knew that he wasn't going to do anything with
      it!  It came with a duel carb set up, and I would like to restore it back to that.

      I am glad to hear about your activities, and will give you all of the info that I can." -Al Rydell