# Can anybody identify this car?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-this-car/293378>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 7, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-this-car/293378 "2005-03-07T16:18:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-this-car/293378/1 "2005-03-07T16:18:28Z")

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The other day while driving home from work I saw a car I’d never seen before. I thought it was pretty so I took out the trusty camera phone and snapped a picture of it, but due to safety issues I only got the back end.

Anybody know what [this](http://www.magespace.net/mysterycar.jpg) is?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-this-car/293378/2 "2005-03-07T16:22:06Z")

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Kinda looks like a modified 'Vette.

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**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-this-car/293378/3 "2005-03-07T16:27:27Z")

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From the contours of the door area and the way it sits, I’d say it was a C5 ('98 to '04 model) Corvette with a body kit in the style of a 53-54 'Vette.

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**Author:** ![Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-this-car/293378/4 "2005-03-07T16:45:58Z")

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[Here](http://www.playgroundcorvetteclub.com/photos/c5_53.jpg)’s a shot of the nose. I saw one at a car show a few years ago. At that time, the kits were not into production.

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**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-this-car/293378/5 "2005-03-08T04:02:33Z")

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Yep, a new Corvette modified in the style of the old one. My newspaper did a story on one once (a local man owns one). It’s horrendous up close.

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-this-car/293378/6 "2005-03-08T09:53:56Z")

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> [@Hoodoo Ulove](#):
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> [Here](http://www.playgroundcorvetteclub.com/photos/c5_53.jpg)’s a shot of the nose. I saw one at a car show a few years ago. At that time, the kits were not into production.

Looks pretty damn cool from that angle IMO. The tailights in the shot in the OP are butt ugly though.