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 [...]
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 [...]
Singer Vehicle Design: 911 & Porsche World magazine, November 2009
Jamie and I shot this piece while in California in September and October of 2009. The day was fraught, with huge traffic on the way to our rendezvous on Mulholland Drive, then the car had a few running problems and stopped on the bottom of a bumpy and incredibly busy Friday afternoon rush hour Mulholland [...]
VB Raw: The stripped-back SC
Pulling weight out of a Porsche 911 is one thing and quite a common occurrence nowadays, judging by the stories we hear on impactbumpers.com. But here’s something different, courtesy of the chaps at banksiaeffect.com.
This ‘78 SC, apparently quite an original Australian example, was bought by the brewers of VB Raw beer in 2009 and [...]
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 [...]