Saw a car that I couldn't ID (Update: It's a Kelly Python)

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Published 08/23/2017 at 15:37

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This drove past me as I was getting into my car this morning, I managed to snap a couple shitty pictures. Looked like a cross between an early Fox body Mustang and a Triumph TR7. Body was almost cartoonishly long and low and flat. I have a feeling it might be some sort of kit car, but I dunno. Anyone recognize it?

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EDIT: Wow, that was quick. Looks like it’s a Kelly Python. Neat.


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Kinja'd!!! "Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
08/23/2017 at 15:39, STARS: 0

TVR 280i

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Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
08/23/2017 at 15:43, STARS: 0

It very well might be a TVR, but the rear overhang/deck lid is too long for a 280i.

Kinja'd!!! "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
08/23/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 0

My first thought was a ferrari datona, but the front marker light is way off.

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Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
08/23/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 0

Yeah I would 110% recognize a Daytona or any reasonable attempt to reproduce a Daytona.

Kinja'd!!! "Nothing" (nothingatalluseful)
08/23/2017 at 15:49, STARS: 1

Looks like a Kelly Python.

Kinja'd!!! "Dogapult" (dogapult)
08/23/2017 at 15:51, STARS: 0

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Someone chopped the roof off of an FB RX-7.

Kinja'd!!! "unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
08/23/2017 at 15:55, STARS: 1

There’s a Corvette based Daytona kit car that might be it

Kinja'd!!! "Ssfancyfresh" (scotttt)
08/23/2017 at 15:55, STARS: 1

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http://jalopnik.com/5914598/for-14300-feel-the-pythons-grip

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
08/23/2017 at 15:55, STARS: 1

Just googled it, that’s almost certainly it.

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
08/23/2017 at 15:55, STARS: 0

Nope, longer and lower.

Kinja'd!!! "Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
08/23/2017 at 15:56, STARS: 2

Based on the headrests and what appear to be 4-lug Borbet Type C wheels, it may be based on a Fox mustang.

Like a Kelly Python

The T-bird taillights and the LX 5.0 exhaust pipes give it away

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Kinja'd!!! "Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
08/23/2017 at 15:56, STARS: 0

Bitter SC?

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Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
08/23/2017 at 15:58, STARS: 0

Yup, that’s it!

Kinja'd!!! "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
08/23/2017 at 15:58, STARS: 1

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I think you got it.

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
08/23/2017 at 15:58, STARS: 0

Nope, I think we’ve found an ID for it.

Kinja'd!!! "BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo" (bluemazda2)
08/23/2017 at 15:58, STARS: 1

Oppo’s resident class clown reporting for duty.

That’s a grey Honda Element.

Kinja'd!!! "Nothing" (nothingatalluseful)
08/23/2017 at 16:01, STARS: 0

There was a white one for sale on my local CL forever. I’m somewhat surprised it’s not still there!

Kinja'd!!! "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
08/23/2017 at 16:03, STARS: 0

It’s freaking ugly IMO.

Kinja'd!!! "kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
08/23/2017 at 16:06, STARS: 1

That looks pretty interesting and challenging.

At first I thought that it was a convertible 1st gen RX-7. And yes, Mazda didn’t make these. But for example Pacific Avatar did.

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But it has a center brake light and the nose is way too pointy. It looks like an RX-7 from the rear but a TVR from the front.

Kinja'd!!! "Nothing" (nothingatalluseful)
08/23/2017 at 16:07, STARS: 0

No argument from me.