Hi everybody,
My wife and I visited JPS Motorsports. I posted some pictures so you can see what it looks like.
Enjoy.
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Quite a few coupes in the mix.
It looks way better than I ever imagined. Especially compared to the old JPS in Hollywood Ca. That place was a Dump !...............Bruce
very unusual that DR JEKYLL/MR HYDE allows himself to be photographed.....those photos of the gates of purgatory are just a painful memory for a few of us that "KNOW"....let the BUYER BEWARE....that guy is a real piece of work!...and i'll leave it at that for now
Lots of cars in production for future re-sale. Nice
@aircooled the JPS "TAJ MAHAL" was bankrolled by the short partnership with PATRICK CRANE...until be got a belly full of DR JEKYLL.....not sure what kind of LARCANY keeps the lights on in that building....luckily, i no longer care
The facility does look impressive, perhaps his persona will change but in the interim should one conduct business, a travel size tube of Prep H is recommended.
@Alan Merklin sounds as if you have had the pleasure of his company....
@aircooled posted:It looks way better than I ever imagined. Especially compared to the old JPS in Hollywood Ca. That place was a Dump !...............Bruce
went down there LONG time ago..what a dump,,bunch of non mechanics working, alot of adjustable wrenches, visegrips on floor,,i went with Kirk instead..
@barncobob my car started life in the north hollywood "hood" and was one of the 1st completed cars to leave the san marcos "TAJ MAHAL"....to be fair, his move south complicated my build time ALOT...but the overall experience of the JPS saga left a very un-needed FOUL taste in my mouth...after some $$$ on MY DIME and time sorting out....(of JPS shortcuts and cost cutting & non attention to obvious details)...not to mention a few cases of verbal abuse & terrible business dealings....my car is a very nice example....but, nearly threw in the towel a few times......as many know, this man's REPUTATION presides him....just more WORDS to the WISE
All I have to do is take one look at the connectors and vinyl tape wrap used in that wiring-in-progress Suby build. It makes me want to throw up.
@DannyP posted:All I have to do is take one look at the connectors and vinyl tape wrap used in that wiring-in-progress Suby build. It makes me want to throw up.
Here's the same engine in a Vintage Motorcars build. I took this shot on a shop visit there in 2019. Greg didn't spend much money on his office because he doesn't spend much time in it. He's out on the floor. The building is humble, but the builds are great.
Exactly, Michael. Being I have a Vintage Spyder, I'm partial to the fit/finish and materials they use.
Hey Blasco! thanks for the photos; it's always cool seeing ongoing projects happening at the various builders. Obviously there is a lot of interest in this hobby still, even as we all age. I wonder what the average age is of people ordering a speedster/spyder nowadays?
@Blasco posted:
There's the money-shot. 'Ol John-Boy always hired good upholstery.
Paint too.
See! I can be nice regarding JPS!
@Stan Galat i agree....me too.....my paint and interior is stunning...here's another JPS "money- shot".... my car was one of the nicest recent cars (2 years old)....but putting up with a intermittently psychotic angry man.....(i never knew from visit to visit which person was living in his head DR JEKYLL or MR HYDE) that treats his customers with utter DISTAIN .....well, IMHO....he really should do something else for a living
Just curious......How is it that the intake is going forward on the Vintage and backward on the JPS ? Different manifolds ? They look to be both rear engine, not mid engine.
Bruce
Bruce,
The stock intake points toward the front of the car. Vintage puts a hole in the back engine compartment wall and that lets the intake hose attach directly to the throttle body. It then runs through it in a gentle arc before re-entering the engine compartment through another hole.
JPS uses a 180 degree fitting bolted onto the throttle body to point the inlet toward the rear of the car. The JPS solution is less efficient from an air-flow point of view (some of the 180* fitting available have sharp angles at the welds) and it looks a little cobbled up, but it cuts way down on assembly labor.
Michael
I find it interesting that as of recently the classic body JPS Speedsters are essentially the original Beck design, and I believe they are built at the old Chamonix facility in Brazil. I guess the Brazilians had to find another US distribution arm when Beck broke off with them. Beck moved production to Indiana to better control quality and have now completely changed the frame desig. I would liken the current classic JPS cars to my older (2006) Beck. I don't know how much of the finishing work (wiring/paint/upholstery) is now done in Brazil.
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