John Glynn's Blog | 911 Porsche tales & other stories
My Early 911 Project
I’ve had a longhood for a while now and have been to and fro on selling it or keeping it. My business plans for the next two years leave almost no project time, so I’m getting close to selling and letting someone else have the fun of building it up.
A friend of mine is [...]
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 [...]