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"Santa's
Deliveries"
December 23,1998
2:42 PM
Who's Been
Naught and Who's Been Nice?
An Indiana Dealer gets the LUCKY
nod for who's been NICE,
as the last C5
to head out the plant door today, and the last C5
to leave the plant for 1998, A Torch
Red (JL4, HUD, F45, G92, Black Int.) Automatic Coupe - VIN
116316 - JOB No 016265
is headed for a VERY GOOD Boy or Girl in
INDIANA. The unlucky NAUGHTY
nod goes to Rocket Chevrolet in Shelby,
Ohio as the C5 Torch Red
(JL4, HUD, Dual Tops, Magnesium Wheels, Z51, Oak Int.) Automatic Coupe -VIN
116317 - JOB
No 016266 (The
last completed C5 for 1998) still sits (ALL
WRAPPED UP) inside the plant door, and will do so until the
plant re-opens on January 4,1999 when it will be
shipped to Ohio. SANTA SAY'S
- " RUDOLPH DID NOT GET HOOKED UP TO
THAT ONE !!"
December 23,1998
6:12 AM
A BIG
HO HO HO
to the GREAT C5 factory ELF'S
who worked 10 hour shifts and several Saturday's in October and November
to Produce MORE C5's
THAN EXPECTED for all the "BIG CHILDREN" of the World
to ENJOY!!! In FACT they exceeded there December 1998 Year End C5
TOY Production (16317)
by over 951+ C5's over
last years (1997 Christmas Year end Production of 98 C5's
was 15366) and DID THIS MIRACLE even with being shut down for six weeks
(July & August) due to the STRIKE of 98. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL 98
& 99 C5's
Produced (January 5, 1998 to December 23,1998) to 31,874 C5's
for all of US to ENJOY !!! A BIG
HO HO HO
THANK YOU FROM EVERY (1520) MEMBERS OF THE C5
REGISTRY. WE WISH EVERY
EMPLOYEE AT BOWLING GREEN A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
!!!!! .....
December 11, 1998
- 1:55 P.M.
Quote of the Day - John
Glenn told his driver "If
you really want to make some NEWS today ..... Let's go drag these babies
down A1A" John was in the driver seat heading to
the parade staging area at the time and the driver was in the passenger
seat....
[ Click
Here For The Photos ] 
December 5, 1998
Because we've had so many
requests for this, if you're looking for clothing with the new
"Corvette Racing"
Logo, you can find everything your wallet and budget
can handle through, HA-LO Creative
Concepts in Marketing. Phone:1-800-735-0432 or
1-800-638-0462 or, E-MAIL angela.parham@halo.com
or FAX 1-248-816-5745. Jake
November 21, 1998
If you have an early
production C5,
you may have a Special RPO (Regular
Production Options) Codes on your Production Decal (under the left
rear hatch cover (for 1997and 1998) or on the Glove Box Door on 1999 C5's).
That signifies that you are the owner of a Pilot Vehicle C5
or Possible a PROTOTYPE
Vehicle C5.
[ Click Here ]
November 5, 1998 
The C5
Fixed Roof Coupe will be the PACE
CAR for the 24 hours of
Daytona. There is a strong possibility that Chevy will
build a very limited number of Replica
Daytona Pace Cars for sale to the public. Click for Official
Press Release And Photos - plus - Photos
Of C5R Corvette's Return to Factory sponsored Racing C5.
And Jake and Dan get some EXCELLENT Photos of the 24
hours of Daytona Pace Car.
November 4, 1998
Inside
view of Goodyear's
EMT Tire, and the C5
Air pressure sensor.
[ Click Here ]
October 28, 1998
We've located the 7th of the
14 C5
Blue
Diamonds, click
to view the specifications.
October 20, 1998
From Registry
Member Dan Garris C5R#V0075
- A copy of the September 1998 "Pro-News" Dealer
Newsletter On Finding
and fixing wind noise problems and adjusting window gap!
Be Patient this is an 8 1/2 x 11" image!
October 8, 1998
Myron E. "Scottie" Scott, the
former Dayton Daily News
photographer and artist who founded the All-American Soap Box Derby and
gave the Chevrolet Corvette sports
car its name, died Sunday, October 4th, in Kettering, OH, He was 91.
October 7, 1998
AUTO
WEEK magazine for October 5, 1998,
has an article ( on Page 50 )
about GM running a factory
Corvette GT2 Race Car next
year. Code named R99 with 600
HP, LS1 Stroked to 6.0 Liters. The R99
is based on the production C5,but
has a body made of composites. It is planned to RUN at 24 Hours of
Daytona, as well as SEBRING 12-Hrs as the C5's
first 2 RACES. Sources say GM's ultimate GOAL is to produce
factory-built, RACE READY
customer C5's.
October 5, 1998
Effective October
5,1998 The NCM Delivery
Option, R8C has INCREASED in cost to $490.00
and it appears NCM Delivery
will now be listed on the WINDOW STICKER of the NEW
C5s.
October 3, 1998
The Bowling Green assembly
plant created some real "C5
Collector's Gems"
during the 1998 production run. Chevrolet painted 14
C5 Corvettes The new 1999
model year color, "Navy
Blue" [RPO
28U] [ Click
Here ] for "The rest of the story" on the C5
"Blue
Diamonds" .
October
2, 1998
All 1999
Corvettes will have the Same
Standard 5-Spoke Wheels. A
change in the wheel production offset measurement has enabled the
standard wheel to be used for both domestic and export Corvettes.
This in turn means that the Magnesium Wheel Option (RPO N73) is an
option for everyone.
Click for [ More
Information ].
October 1,
1998
The 1997 and 1998 Computer
System used two (2)
circuit boards, the 1999 uses a single
circuit board and therefore, has completely new
algorithms. Additionally, the system has been re-calibrated to take
advantage of the new EVAP System requirements.
September 28,
1998
CORSA
Performance is pleased to announce a 10%
discount to all Official
C5 Registry members on CORSA's
Power-Pulse exhaust systems. This takes effect with all orders
placed directly with CORSA
on or after September 11, 1998. This is CORSA's
way of continuing their support of the Official
C5 Registry and it's
members. Be sure to have your membership number and password available
when ordering your C5 CORSA's
Power-Pulse exhaust systems directly
from CORSA
Performance (800.486.0999).
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