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 [...]
Porsche 914 Endurance Racing
It’s time once again for the endurance racing series that has taken America by storm. No, not ALMS. I’m talking of course about the 24 Hours of LeMons.
Lemon racing has been popular for a while in the UK (£500 bangers to Morocco etc) but in the ‘States they do it right. No charging ex-eBay [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]