John Glynn's Blog | 911 Porsche tales & other stories
Jagermeister 934 Build continues
I spent a day with my buddy Dominic Delaney of Worcester Independent Porsche/Specialist Vehicle Preparation last weekend. We were at Cadwell Park, testing the Boxster Dom’s just built for Dave Hughes to race in the BRSCC Porsche championship.
The night before the test, we stayed over at a B&B near the track, where I caught up [...]
Check your Carrera Points
Here’s a important maintenance bulletin for Porsche 911 3.2 Carrera owners.
Later Carrera models have jacking points fitted front and rear, to help get the car off the ground at tyre depots and on two-post garage lifts. Those jacking points were useful in the early life of the cars but nowadays are a rust trap. A [...]
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 [...]
Porsche 911 Buyers: Wake Up!
I’m seeing quite a few Porsche cars around at the minute that, in my opinion, were hastily bought. When it comes to pre-’89 911s, this is not a good idea.
The usual Buyers’ Guides point out where to look. The spots are always the same but, since many guides have not been updated for a few [...]
Remembering Jean-Luc Thérier
I’ll never forget my 13th birthday. I had an appointment with an orthodontist in Cork to have a brace fitted, so my dad drove me down from Limerick in his new E21 BMW 320. Zero present presence on my first day as a teenager had left me suitably depressed, with the [...]