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@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

@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.

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@Stan Galat i agree....me tooP_20181222_075439 [1).....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

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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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