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 [...]
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 [...]
Brawn GP meets Tuthill Porsche
Dropped in to Tuthills the other day to find Brawn GP’s graphics guys on site striping up the Frederic Dor Safari car, which is off to Norway tomorrow. This is the car I am talking about – a real favourite of mine:
John and Neil from Brawn (now Mercedes Formula 1) were interesting to watch. The [...]
Martini Porsche: Perfection in Paint
UK enthusiast Mike Moore’s flawless work in recreating the 1972 2.8 RSR Targa Florio ‘Martini’ Prototype car 107 (below) continues.
Originally purchased from fellow R Grupper and good buddy Gib Bosworth out in sunny Arizona, Mike has brought this already lovely 911 to another level of tribute car excellence, with the help of Porsche expert Neil [...]
Classic 911 trackday at Spa: June 2010
2009 was a fairly quiet year in terms of UK and European miles covered in my own cars, so I am delighted to be announcing the first of many classic 911 events in 2010.
I’ve teamed up with my new friends at RSR Nurburg to put a 20-car early (preferably pre-’89) 911 posse together for their [...]