Effortless Grace

Mike Ison’s ’65 Corvette Has Survived Undamaged for Half a Century Mike Ison purchased his ’65 Corvette in March 2008, at the Palm Beach Barrett-Jackson auction. “It was a Friday sale car,” Mike told me. “My wife basically pushed me into buying it—she said we’re not going home without that car.” After some additional bidding, the car was theirs. “We had to figure out how to get it home, because I didn’t want to drive it. We didn’t know what condition the engine or anything else was in.” Mike has a rental house, and his tenant at the time had