John Glynn's Blog | 911 Porsche tales & other stories
Spring is Coming: Back to Work
Temperatures finally rose high enough today to encourage me to tackle some outstanding jobs on the cars. Number one emergency was the Land Cruiser, which has had sticky starter syndrome for a few weeks now – right when it was needed to be at its most reliable! What happens is the starter stays engaged after [...]
Enter the Fuchsmeister
I love Fuchs. No other wheel suits a 911 like the classic lightweight forged alloy rim. Smooth and simple, it neither overpowers the classic 911 shape nor underdelivers in its visual impact. A Fuchs rim is the perfect Porsche wheel (“Incidentally,” interjected the Porsche geek, “the word is pronounced ‘Fooks’ and is the [...]
Updated WEVO Porsche Shifter
With over 2500 WEVO Shifters for the Porsche 915 and G50 transmissions in circulation across the early 911 community, this excellent product has proven itself to be a genuine improvement over the original. I have a Classic 915 shifter in my Orange car (bought and paid for by the previous owner) and I really do [...]
Bye Bye Little Land Cruiser
My reassembled Toyota LJ70 Land Cruiser left the building today. I was sad to see it go, but pleased that it is at least off to do something interesting with the new owner, not just some dreary school run or soggy dog transport!
I think I undersold it as I had not mentioned spare keys, alarm [...]
Porsche 911 Windscreen Removal
My last post left off at the point where I was just gearing up to take the rear screen out of my Porsche 911 SC to replace the seal. This was the first time I had changed a rear screen seal in a 911 and it was interesting how it was all assembled. Here’s [...]