Darrell, @widebody boy, sent these photos over and asked me to post them in the hope that someone can identify the builder of his (very nice) car. Here are his photos - What'cha think? First question I had was in photo 2 of the nose - Is that a Porsche emblem in the hood handle?
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yes the hood handle is a porsche emblem
will get better pics of exterior tomorrow after moving jetski trailer and getting it outside
I am by no means an SME here; however this one has some familiar Kirk and Mary Duncan era telltale signs. Namely, the squared off door cards, the gap at the ends of the dash brow, and the engine cover hinges.
Kirks has a red curly q wire going thru firewall to starter,,not seeing it but they may have wrapped it in the black spiral stuff.
JPS. The speedometer is on the right which is where JPS almost always put them. Vintage put them on the left.
I've always been impressed by the paint job on JPS. Is that still true for them? El Frazoo's "port" color paint is gorgeous. I've seen other JPS's with show paint jobs.
I don't know who did the paint on JPS cars - It was certainly too good for Steele himself to have done it, so he must have farmed it out to someone good, but the paint was always well done on any JPS car I've seen.
More Speedstah photos from @widebody boy
Attached from my iPhone, not some photo-challenged, flip-flop phone. But then, Darrell most assuredly is paying a lot less per month for his phone than I am, and probably for better service. On a good day we’re lucky to get a solid 1-Bar signal. 😠
There is a story about my paint, which is Carmona Red Metalic, a Porsche factory color, BTW. As to the make of this car, I can tell you that it is a Speedster replica. It has a cool three-spoke banjo wheel. Exactly who put it all together, I have no idea. And why would it matter?
The door pull seems to be in an odd location, rather far aft??
@El Frazoo posted:There is a story about my paint, which is Carmona Red Metalic, a Porsche factory color, BTW. As to the make of this car, I can tell you that it is a Speedster replica. It has a cool three-spoke banjo wheel. Exactly who put it all together, I have no idea. And why would it matter?
It would matter because the differences between manufacturers might help the owner and/or us to diagnose and fix issues. Case in point: JPS wiring versus, well, anybody else.
