In search of C5 Previous Owner

I recently purchased a very well kept convertible 2000 in Dark Bowling Green with tan interior and a six speed. She is in extraordinary condition and she completes my fleet at the moment. While going over the car very carefully I came across a micro switch installed under the center console and it is located right under the hinge. While I know I could disassemble the center console and trace back the wires I thought it may be simpler to try to track down the former owner since this car was traded in for a C8 at a Land Rover dealership in southern California. I have to imagine that a car this clean, the former owner may have registered it here. So my question is, any suggestions how I can locate and communicate with it's former owner?

Sounds like you found a gem! Taking a quick peek at the Vette Registry Data (found on the Research tab) there currently is only one 2000 convertible registered here, unfortunately it isn't yours. The relatively recent expansion of the site to include all the generations is the most likely reason new, and old, members who own C5s have not yet added their cars to the registry.

thanks for the reply which is what I was afraid of. Strangely enough, I do have the CarFax and it appears to have been purchased locally as the first Carfax entry shows 9 miles on the odometer and the DMV entry dated 4/19/2000 is located in Santa Clarita. So that tells me the owner was located here in town. All inspections and services were performed at the local Chevrolet dealership, 1 owner 26 years 4 months.

I will give it a shot as the worst that can happen is for them to just decline.

If you have a friend in the law enforcement community they may potentially be able to assist, but that might be a long shot also.

I normally hold off on law enforcement friends only if there are property damage issues or something serious. This switch is puzzling as there are zero add ons to the car and yet I ventured to using the switch in case its a kill switch but the car continued to run. For me this is my 7th vette and have had C3, C4, C5 and C6's which I love driving, I currently have 3 in the garage and all have been single owner cars which I purchased directly from them so getting answers never presented such a challenge. I will reach out to the dealership and see what they have to say and post my results.