The 1959 Chevy Corvette featured here is a beautiful Corvette classic. The Chevrolet Corvette is an icon of American automotive history. and was conceived as early as 1951 as a model to compete against the European imports.
The Corvette debuted in January 1953 at the GM Motorama. Based on it’s overwhelming acceptance at the Motorama it didn’t take GM long at all to put the new model into production.
The 1959 Corvette was a first generation C1 model. The first generation ran from late in the 1953 model year through 1962.
The Fiberglass Corvette
Harley Earl, General Motor’s designer and recognized as the Father of the Corvette, opted to use fiberglass instead of the traditional sheet metal to build the body of the Chevy Corvette. His reasons were that the material was lightweight, rust proof, and that fiberglass was economical because it did away with the expense of large sheet metal stamping dies. It is also a fact that fiberglass is stronger than steel and aluminum. On the downside, fiberglass can be damaged more easily than steel and aluminum.
1959 Corvette Styling
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