C5 pilot or prototype
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From looking at what you posted, the car was first registered as a corporate vehicle. Whether or not that means it could be a pilot car or a prototype, I don't know. I have my doubts that a prototype car would be sold to the public, but I could be wrong on that.
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It's very easy to find out the build date and sequence of your car. At the link below;
http://www.c5registry.com/membersonl...n/99c5prod.htm
Go to the range your VIN falls in. 105919 - your car - falls in between 105886 and 106041, giving it a September 15th production date. As 105886 is Job 5830, 5830 + 33 (it's 33 jobs to 5919) = 5863th sale-able car built for the 1999 year model.
The first sale-able C5 was VIN 000058 Job 2, making all previous cars "pilots", demos, or corporate use cars.
You could dig further into that state's DMV to see if you can find original buyer but honestly that's somewhat personal information; I wouldn't want someone trying to contact me about a car I originally bought in 1998 just out of curiosity.
http://www.c5registry.com/membersonl...n/99c5prod.htm
Go to the range your VIN falls in. 105919 - your car - falls in between 105886 and 106041, giving it a September 15th production date. As 105886 is Job 5830, 5830 + 33 (it's 33 jobs to 5919) = 5863th sale-able car built for the 1999 year model.
The first sale-able C5 was VIN 000058 Job 2, making all previous cars "pilots", demos, or corporate use cars.
You could dig further into that state's DMV to see if you can find original buyer but honestly that's somewhat personal information; I wouldn't want someone trying to contact me about a car I originally bought in 1998 just out of curiosity.
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Finally got to check my rpo codes after being out of town all week. Nothing special there. I wouldn't want to contact the owner personally because of that reason. Just creepy and weird. It would be cool to know what corporation or company it was owned by but seems like I probably won't be able to get that info. Thanks for the help guys!