Mike Reed
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It's the sort of story would start a Ken Kessler review, certainly he writes with dramatic effect .
Surely he's not still going. Must be in his eighties at least.
It's the sort of story would start a Ken Kessler review, certainly he writes with dramatic effect .
Hi there. Does life stop after 80? Or 90? Goodness I do hope not. I see Glenn doing what he does out of love of doing it, I can't see that stopping. Well, I for one hope he doesn't.Surely he's not still going. Must be in his eighties at least.
Hi there. Does life stop after 80?
Ikigai, the age-old Japanese ideology that’s long been associated with the nation’s long life expectancy. A combination of the Japanese words “iki” (生き), which translates to “life,” and “gai” (甲斐), which is used to describe value or worth, ikigai is all about finding joy in life through purpose.
In other words, your ikigai is what gets you up every morning and keeps you going.
Gosh GT Audio so it is true, I did wonder. Thankyou for that wonderful story. I just weeks ago gave way to a very attractive offer for my 911, it is gone, and so I do not think I will have one again.
I remember Glenn’s Porsche. Stripped out almost an understatement. I don’t think there was any passenger seating. I lived in Edgbaston at the time and would drop off my Croft equipment for repair or modification. The front room had stacked Quads. Still using Croft (25rs and 7 monoblocks).
Those were the days. Glenn used to drop off my stock twice a week, so popular was it. At that time there was no packaging, just a black plastic bin bag for each amp and often smelling of cat pee. The car I remember was the Porsche similar to the above with ventilation or was it rust holes in the flooring ?OK, here is a Glen 911 story?
Back in the mid 1980s I used to occasionally bump into Glen at Hifi_Dave's shop Radlett Audio. Glen used to come in a variety of 911's, but the one that stood out for me was a lovely 3.2 Carrera in Martini colours, similar to the one below.
In the early 1990s I became very friendly with Tom Fletcher of Nottingham Analogue fame and we did some Hi-Fi Shows together, plus I helped him with a couple of his projects. Tom suggested I become a Croft dealer so I called up Glen and ordered a couple of amps. This was well before I started my own Tron brand. I knew the Croft amps quite well as I had serviced most of the range since about 1986 and owned his top model "The Mega". Anyway, Glen used to deliver his amps by hand, so I used to get a nice visit from him, usually on his way back to Erdington from delivering to his London dealers. I remember one visit, I was in the workshop and I heard this very loud exhaust noise coming up the road, which could only have been from a Porsche flat 6. After handing me a nice Epoch preamplifier, I couldn't help but notice this extremely strong smell, which was a combination of petrol, oil and exhaust fumes which must have come from Glens clothes. We had a cup of tea together then I got to check out his 911. This 911 was a far cry from the one he had in Martini colours. This one was completely stripped out with no insulation or sound deadening inside, lighten to the absolute limit, even more so than the RS model, plus the engine had been tweaked too. I couldn't help noticing that behind the seat there were some big holes in the body work above and around the gearbox. You could see the road plus the gearbox and engine through these holes. Ahh! That's were the smell came from! After about an hour Glen got back in his 911 and sped back to Erdington, with all my neighbours pulling back their curtains trying to see what was making all the noise...
I've never owned a Boxster and doubt I ever will. My 964 RS was special, Ive never felt that about any Boxster I have driven or been in. Seems I am not alone or a 2009 Boxster S would be more valuable !
Maybe if they had only made 1000 or so Boxster S's it might be a different story. The 718 Spyder and GT4 will probably go the way of the early RS's money wise, assuming the market doesn't crash leading up to 2030. I don't think many today would spend £175K plus on an old car without air con, or expect their wives having to wear a sports bra every time they go out for a drive in one...
The great thing about the Boxster is that you can use it every day and it is just as quick, if not quicker than an 1990s RS on todays roads. Whereas you have to be in the mood to drive the early RS's, hence why so many are very low mileage cars and rarely get used. As you know at least 5 of us had the 964 RS, but only one has still kept his and I bet it hasn't been used for years...
Anyway at least we can say we had the experience driving such cars
True, a 964RS isn't a £200k experience, I think I did about 30k kms in my RS. I still have the picture picking it up in 1997 in Germany will 11k kms on the clock and only 3 years old a one owner car....77k DMS which was £25.4k..... it was magic for £25k though and bullet proof