(HELENA) A classic Corvette disappears leaving an East Helena family devastated. The 1963 soft top was reported stolen on Monday.

When Glenn and Becky Nelson discovered that their Daytona Blue 1963 Chevy convertible had been stolen Monday morning, they were devastated.

MTN sat down with Becky who told us the car has been in the family for more than a decade and that her husband Glenn Painstakingly restored it.

“My husband took every nut, bolt, part, completely off the car and cleaned it, restored it, as much as he could,” said Becky Nelson.

The Nelsons entered it in car shows where it had even won a trophy in 2011. Becky thinks the car was taken because of its value.

“The Corvette was inside the trailer parked right behind me in this outdoor storage facility,” said Becky. “It may not be just an entirely random act to steal this trailer. It’s probably somebody who’s familiar [...]

Jamie Fletcher decided to finish what her late father had started in 1974, the restoration of his 1960 Corvette Fuelie; he was never able to finish due to health issues and passed in 2008.

“Alright dad, I’ve lost my mind, I’m going to do this, let’s do this,” said Jamie. “This is something that has been chewing at me my entire life.”

After using up most of her savings, a yearlong restoration, lead by Dan Lardinois of West De Pere, Wisconsin, the car now looks identical to how it looked when her mother and father owned it 40 years ago. It was completed just in time for this year’s past Father’s Day car show, where it was bestowed numerous awards.

“I know my dad’s up there smiling down,” said Jamie.