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Some VERY late JHs had this 'ram-air' intake. My father's car had it as well as a California car I bought a few years ago. This is NOT a very common thing.
These cars also have a set of door and ignintion keys mounted (as I remember) somewhere in front of the radiator. (I remember reading this in the owner's manual when I was 15 as it gave me the opportunity to take the old-man's car out w/o permission!)
As I remember it, the 'muffler' looking air intake that everyone has seen is not present, but an air-box over the carbs is still there. However, this air-box has its opening at the front pointing forward instead of the usual opening in between the two carbs pointing toward the passanger side.
A stiff hose connects this air-box opening to a hole cut in the sheetmetal above where the radiator overflow bottle is mounted. At least in theory this would bring cold-air into the carbs.
The only problem is that it really isn't documented anywhere that I've seen. Even the great JH guru Bruce Madden hasn't ever seen a JH with this set-up. Does anyone have an Owner's manual from a very late JH?
Judson