@@AlexMartini. I say just go for it. I went through the same thought process learning to drift in my Nissan Stagea. "It's not good enough I should get something else bla bla"In the end I just went for it and it's been the most fun ever. Plus it's hilarious seeing a 4 door jdm wagon sliding around with s chassis and ''traditional'' drift cars.
It is definitely a nice car and would hate to see it just get destroyed if something bad happened over winter fun, but that's future Alex's problem. Enjoy the cars you have now to their fullest
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I love the Gloria and Cedric. It’s a yakuza cruiser , just imagine if you got one and the story behind it. Lol some dudes in the yakuza doing tofu runs for the boss haha.
I think doing like a street drift setup would be really cool to watch, something you can toss around for fun on the weekend while you learn and something to throw your cat in the back seat with your spouse in the front for a nice cruise 😂.
I went through a similar thing with my AE86. It's a complete untouched old lady owned coupe. I wanted to track or drift it at small track days but everyone told me to preserve it. I fell for that at first and all it did was make me too worried even want to do anything with it and it just sat. I was considering selling it because my Cressida was an all around better daily and just stared at in the garage for awhile before I decided to just say fuck it and enjoy the car as I originally intended. I fell in love with it all over again. Your Gloria is clean but it sounds like you want to drift it and I say go for it, dude! It's meant to be enjoyed however you see fit and big drift sedans are sick. I want to build one eventually too.
I've been under the impression that finding parts for these cars is a nightmare. I want a Gloria but im not keen on spending hours just trying to find shocks or basic parts.
I understand that completely. Thinking if buying a Cedric and have the same thoughts. One thing to do is to source parts before the purchase the car and before you need them. Look up cars that match the same body/chasis (Y33 for the Cedric and Gloria). Find out common issues and problems. Find cars with the same engine your car uses and go from there. Some parts are hard to get- but forums and Ebay are your best friends for em. Just be safe. These cars seem to ALL be built pretty well- and that's one of the best aspects of Japanese cars. They really take pride in their creations.
You should keep it a year or two and then switch it for a chaser avante. The are popular in south america and you can have that dohc inline 6 twin turbo + rwd in a long sedan. Good luck with your builds, can't wait for the sim rig to get some attention!
I’m actually going to Driver to get one in a couple weeks. They’re some really great people, I’ve had to chance to hang out with them and go into the shop.
I was gonna buy this exact car a few years back but decided to get an e38 sport from Japan instead. Honestly love my car but miss having an older nissan or Toyota somewhat
@@curry8631i think you might have seen the one i just got. The 97 with 15k miles. Its a time machine, perfect condition. Picked it up and love the car.
We both own a JDM Y33 and an orange cat. I like mine and I bought it as a "budget Aristo", but realized it's not a replacement for an Aristo despite similar power and weight. Not many people/shops know the VQ30DET engine. JDM specific parts can be hard to get. I'm a Toyota guy at heart and every shop knows JZ engines. I'm selling mine to a buy a JZ car. Yours is the best spec JDM Y33 out there
Daily it. The first time you hit something you’ll basically have to turn the car into a missile with how difficult parts are going to be to find. Enjoy it on the street.
Idk what to say Al, but the car is clean, and it looks like you're happy with it. SOOOOO, what do YOU do when you're happy with something???! Do THAT!!! Nothing else matters after that!🤓
Now this is Big Altima Energy. I’ve got to see the Infiniti version of this car, the M45 recently. That version featured the VK45 V8 engine, and I want that badly
Landed my 95 Gloria in guam for 2400.. got 3000 in it now..21k miles, one owner..its at 31k now.. I Kept it as a VIP Yakuza car.. if I wanna drift, will use a skyline..keep it vip if you havent changed it already
You guys need to shop on Bahamas market place for these cars because we have them so dirt cheap here. From rhd jdms and other vehicles. From the r33gts r34sedans,300zx,Nissan fugas,Nissan laurel,Toyota progress,Toyota mark x aka the better version of the is250/350,Toyota aristo,Toyota mark2,Toyota chaser, Nissan skyline 350gt,370gt,Honda civic rhd many make and models here.
Alex there was the comparison between learning on a sim to real life. Can't remember which company did it, however in Europe one sim driver won an online championship never drifted other than on the sim. They put him into a pro spec drift machine and he was turning and burning in no time. Other than that, keep up the work. Wisconsin indeed is cold, thankfully this year has been quite mild on us! I'll be ripping it up at Road America this season after getting one my cars finally back up and running!
Do a stance drift setup can run camber for Ackerman and still look flashy when off track but it’s hard to do that cause things happen on track that you can’t prevent so paint and body would be iffy
Coolest car I’ve ever seen would rather have that then a regular 240 or just the Silvia’s in general cuz it’s. Different and not seen as much Preciate you Alex !
That Supra should have way better rust proofing than the Gloria.. IMO, if you can get out of it for what you have in it, I would let it go and pick up something more bashy to thrash on but you do you.
I wouldn't drift it until you learn how to drift in something that you don't care gets wrecked. Daily it for now and maybe do something else with it but I wouldn't risk sliding this thing on a track for now
Dakota sending it thats great!.. As far as your car build you build what you like. If your building for content then question how much your really into this scene for the promo or the love of the car.. Trust me i been there. Im working on a Miata now.. lol while my RX7 hangs out in garage. If you like your car then keep it its clean af and manual if not trade me for my 7 haha jk
You know that old timer you see sitting at the end of the bar drink cans of Old Milwaukee? Go talk to him, ask him about his life. He'll probably tell you about his crappy tattoos, his failed marriage, his broken body. He'll tell you all about this stuff with the biggest smile on his face and a belly full of laughter. Point being, just do it. If we all end up at that bar late in life telling stories about the stupid stuff we did then we'll be the luckiest SOBs in the world. Want to go winter drifting in WI, do it!
It's been ok. Driver is super helpful if I ever need anything and now that I know Yahoo is huge over there for jdm marketplaces, I can source most of what I need through there.
How do you go over the history and not mention Prince? Anyway, the Skyline was always a luxury car, a 3-series competitor. And Gloria was always a 5-series competitor. Not saying you would necessarily take either of them over their BMW counterparts, just underscoring the segments they were meant to compete in and be "budget" within that segment. As in, if you're a middle class Japanese banker... maybe you wanted a nice 5-series like car but didn't want to spend BMW money and maintenance. Well Prince / Nissan are here to help you out, and you can help your Japanese market. Also, it wasn't Toyota competition that ended these cars. It was Renault and Ghosn. This is a much longer part, but the Skyline, Laurel, Gloria, and President all came from Prince. The Z, Cedric, Cima, and whatever else came from Datsun. Many of these cars overlap, and effectively competed against each other. To further complicate matters, Nissan dealers in Japan were segmented and only permitted to sell specific models for decades. To this day, your best bet to finding a Skyline physically present at a Japanese Nissan dealership is to find the closest one which has "Prince" in its name. When Renault swept in, they put an end to all of this. The Skyline and Z were retained as "separate", but effectively became the same car (G35 / 350Z). All the other cars I mentioned were reduced to 1 model, the Fuga (Q70 in US), with a new nameplate to keep politics out of it. Now that Renault has been dumped again, we see Nissan paying more attention to differentiating the Skyline and Z; the coupe Skyline (Q60) was explicitly discontinued. But "Infiniti" in the US would appear to be in deep water, and so we could soon go back to the days of no Skylines being sold stateside. At least we have the GT-R now, I suppose.
Do I think you made a mistake? I drive 2 Panther body cars because I don't like to search for parts or a place to get my car worked on. I would never buy anything that rare, sounds like a punishment.
Though I can't quite put put my finger on which one, 🤔I know your from ANOTHER TH-cam Channel!!!🤔 1:42 Okay, you wanna call out a CHEAP car looking like a MORE EXPENSIVE car!!?? I got ONE for you!! >>>> The 2004 Hyundai Sonata sedan AND the 2004 Mercedes C-Class Sedan!
So as some one who has built a few of these car and currently has one as a drift car you are giving some mechanical misinformation… I have own a gloria/cedric gts4 which is rb25det
3rd time I'm saying the Gloria is way too nice and clean to trash. If like you said the plan is to either trash it or sell it my answer is sell it. This seems like a show car at this point with it's unique "features". Sure it can be used to race/drift around but it shouldn't be it's main goal. The goal should be to be preserve and if that's not something you'd do then unfortunately maybe passing on the baton is the best option and get something more fitting to getting the winter/drift treatment.
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This would be a cool car to preserve and maintain and then you could get a cheaper car to do drifting in to see if you like it.
But we have this one RIGHT NOW DUDE. Cmon now! :d
@@AlexMartini. That do be facts [*
It’s a Gloria not a skyline or a Silvia, no real reason to preserve it
@@AlexMartini. I say just go for it. I went through the same thought process learning to drift in my Nissan Stagea. "It's not good enough I should get something else bla bla"In the end I just went for it and it's been the most fun ever. Plus it's hilarious seeing a 4 door jdm wagon sliding around with s chassis and ''traditional'' drift cars.
@@ihatecops.L Take
It is definitely a nice car and would hate to see it just get destroyed if something bad happened over winter fun, but that's future Alex's problem. Enjoy the cars you have now to their fullest
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I love the Gloria and Cedric. It’s a yakuza cruiser , just imagine if you got one and the story behind it. Lol some dudes in the yakuza doing tofu runs for the boss haha.
A part of me kinda wants to do something low and slow too but I already have enough slow cars :(
LETS TAKE A MODERATE ONE AND SLIDE IT INTO SOMETHING
Hmmm, I'm sure they were making 'tofu' runs😉
Or some chic getting beat in the back cause she didn’t make enough money that night.
I have a y33 Nissan Cedric I am putting a vh41 in instead of the vg30e that was in it
Yakuza usually buy German and Italian, with the exception of the President and Century -- which are chauffeured cars.
Winter is tough....that's all I'm gonna say. Your car, you do what you want. IF I had a Nice rhd car....it wouldn't see the snow/ salt
I think doing like a street drift setup would be really cool to watch, something you can toss around for fun on the weekend while you learn and something to throw your cat in the back seat with your spouse in the front for a nice cruise 😂.
Drive it and enjoy it. Don't destroy it by drifting it. Yours is a very clean example.
I went through a similar thing with my AE86. It's a complete untouched old lady owned coupe. I wanted to track or drift it at small track days but everyone told me to preserve it. I fell for that at first and all it did was make me too worried even want to do anything with it and it just sat. I was considering selling it because my Cressida was an all around better daily and just stared at in the garage for awhile before I decided to just say fuck it and enjoy the car as I originally intended. I fell in love with it all over again. Your Gloria is clean but it sounds like you want to drift it and I say go for it, dude! It's meant to be enjoyed however you see fit and big drift sedans are sick. I want to build one eventually too.
5:28, this is facts. I live on an island in the pacific so it's super noticeable. Ice cold at 18C but at 18.5, I should just have the windows open
I really like the y34 chassis but this one is soooo cleann too !
I use to have a 1991 Nissan Y32 GT and it was my favorite car!
I've been under the impression that finding parts for these cars is a nightmare. I want a Gloria but im not keen on spending hours just trying to find shocks or basic parts.
I understand that completely. Thinking if buying a Cedric and have the same thoughts. One thing to do is to source parts before the purchase the car and before you need them. Look up cars that match the same body/chasis (Y33 for the Cedric and Gloria). Find out common issues and problems. Find cars with the same engine your car uses and go from there. Some parts are hard to get- but forums and Ebay are your best friends for em. Just be safe. These cars seem to ALL be built pretty well- and that's one of the best aspects of Japanese cars. They really take pride in their creations.
You should keep it a year or two and then switch it for a chaser avante. The are popular in south america and you can have that dohc inline 6 twin turbo + rwd in a long sedan. Good luck with your builds, can't wait for the sim rig to get some attention!
I’m actually going to Driver to get one in a couple weeks. They’re some really great people, I’ve had to chance to hang out with them and go into the shop.
I was gonna buy this exact car a few years back but decided to get an e38 sport from Japan instead. Honestly love my car but miss having an older nissan or Toyota somewhat
There's something about these cars that are just fun, exciting, and so classy. Like I can't get over the interior.
Just got my 96 cedric a couple weeks ago. 105k miles, $6500. Almost pristine. Loving it so far.
Where’d you buy your cars I’m looking at a lot of websites but they over priced
@@bychance1109 keep an eye on some of the social media rhd pages. Also keep an eye on cars&bids, they have had several glorias/cedrics lately.
@@curry8631i think you might have seen the one i just got. The 97 with 15k miles. Its a time machine, perfect condition. Picked it up and love the car.
We both own a JDM Y33 and an orange cat. I like mine and I bought it as a "budget Aristo", but realized it's not a replacement for an Aristo despite similar power and weight. Not many people/shops know the VQ30DET engine. JDM specific parts can be hard to get. I'm a Toyota guy at heart and every shop knows JZ engines. I'm selling mine to a buy a JZ car. Yours is the best spec JDM Y33 out there
I think it's such a cool car. Especially that interior.
Daily it. The first time you hit something you’ll basically have to turn the car into a missile with how difficult parts are going to be to find. Enjoy it on the street.
I’m considering one of these. I love big body JDM cars. My other choices are Crown, Cima and Celsior
Idk what to say Al, but the car is clean, and it looks like you're happy with it. SOOOOO, what do YOU do when you're happy with something???! Do THAT!!! Nothing else matters after that!🤓
I'm 5.5 decades old (boomer alert) and have previously owned Y31, 32 and 34 Glorias and my current car is a Y33 Cima so I approve this content.
Drifffttttt.
I daily 2 v6 mustangs manuals.
I live in Oregon. Raining consistently. Drifting just on the on ramp! It's hella fun!
NO! It wasn't. I love this car, and think you should full send it and drive it every single day as the JDM gods intended.
Now this is Big Altima Energy. I’ve got to see the Infiniti version of this car, the M45 recently. That version featured the VK45 V8 engine, and I want that badly
Landed my 95 Gloria in guam for 2400.. got 3000 in it now..21k miles, one owner..its at 31k now.. I Kept it as a VIP Yakuza car.. if I wanna drift, will use a skyline..keep it vip if you havent changed it already
You guys need to shop on Bahamas market place for these cars because we have them so dirt cheap here. From rhd jdms and other vehicles. From the r33gts r34sedans,300zx,Nissan fugas,Nissan laurel,Toyota progress,Toyota mark x aka the better version of the is250/350,Toyota aristo,Toyota mark2,Toyota chaser, Nissan skyline 350gt,370gt,Honda civic rhd many make and models here.
Alex there was the comparison between learning on a sim to real life. Can't remember which company did it, however in Europe one sim driver won an online championship never drifted other than on the sim. They put him into a pro spec drift machine and he was turning and burning in no time.
Other than that, keep up the work. Wisconsin indeed is cold, thankfully this year has been quite mild on us! I'll be ripping it up at Road America this season after getting one my cars finally back up and running!
Want one but I love my Toyota Crown 😤
Alex we need a FLEET UPDATE with Gels and Dakota!
Yay! Drift car update, thanks Alex
one of my dream cars actually
Don’t break it in drifting, too special/rare car for that. Buy/use something more common to that and make widebody bozozoku/shakotan style for gloria
this is such a cool car
absolute masterpiece
Do a stance drift setup can run camber for Ackerman and still look flashy when off track but it’s hard to do that cause things happen on track that you can’t prevent so paint and body would be iffy
That dude in blue did a video on a Ice Drifting program in Minnesota. Maybe you can get some seat time in Minnesota
I got an R32 GTST with 20k original miles for that price, I definitely wouldn’t trade my car for yours but still a cool car , Nissan gang 👊🏼
Wicked videos as I own a white y33 Gloria very rare in the UK. Mine is almost a bare shell as plan is to do a forged rb26 swap
The Gloria is beautiful
Build it, drift it, it will be a great journey.
1:06 wow, thanks Alex you made me feel a little bit younger. I turn 40 this August, haha.
When I was overseas people had these always called them the Baby Bentley
I've got a Gloria too and I'd never get rid of it. But then I haven't totally ruined mine with tacky mods.
But seriously, imagine getting sideways in the Gloria while blasting "Gloria" by Laura Branigan
The Laurel was the counterpart to the Nissan skyline
If it is your most reliable car, you should totally make it your winter *cough* drift car. You bought it, have fun in it.
I'd rather put a ZF8hp auto instead of manual. Would suit the car much better , still drive awesome.
Coolest car I’ve ever seen would rather have that then a regular 240 or just the Silvia’s in general cuz it’s. Different and not seen as much Preciate you Alex !
That Supra should have way better rust proofing than the Gloria..
IMO, if you can get out of it for what you have in it, I would let it go and pick up something more bashy to thrash on but you do you.
It’s a good day when Caramel is in the video
He'll be making debuts in every desk video forever because he has heavy attachment issues.
Don’t forget to plug in your hdmi cable
Keep the car. I love it, and I’m sure you could do some crazy awesome stuff with it man! Just take Rob Dahms RX7 for example
I wouldn't drift it until you learn how to drift in something that you don't care gets wrecked. Daily it for now and maybe do something else with it but I wouldn't risk sliding this thing on a track for now
That's fair!
where did you get that sweater at? it's sick!
Build VIP or sell it I love the car it’s classy and strong sedan
Dope ass hoodie bro!
Step 1.)
Get that atrocious chrome edge guard off the doors
Step 2.)
SEND IT
If you wanna learn how to drift and spend less or avoid ruining your car since you are learning,
You got a sim, utilize it and ofc Assetto Corsa.
that'd drip hard af on track, I know that for sure lol
It's also really similar to the C35 Laurel 🤌
It really looks like a not skyline from a low budget racing game
Dakota sending it thats great!.. As far as your car build you build what you like. If your building for content then question how much your really into this scene for the promo or the love of the car.. Trust me i been there. Im working on a Miata now.. lol while my RX7 hangs out in garage. If you like your car then keep it its clean af and manual if not trade me for my 7 haha jk
You know that old timer you see sitting at the end of the bar drink cans of Old Milwaukee? Go talk to him, ask him about his life. He'll probably tell you about his crappy tattoos, his failed marriage, his broken body. He'll tell you all about this stuff with the biggest smile on his face and a belly full of laughter. Point being, just do it. If we all end up at that bar late in life telling stories about the stupid stuff we did then we'll be the luckiest SOBs in the world. Want to go winter drifting in WI, do it!
I’ve been alive for 4 whole decades. Just turned 42 in dec 2022.
I can't wait to hype you up on starting grid at usair 😏
I feel like all my cars do not get the attention they deserve, well anyways great video, cheers 🥂.
Only 4 Gloria's 3 Cedrics and 2 Laurels on Island.. plenty saloons,majesta ,celsiors..I stay rare
Do you know of any difference between the Cedric and the Gloria. Do you plan on engine swapping in the future?
I’m laughing in 93 Aristo 😂 I have similar issues…. Do I go crazy or keep it grandma car
Hey Alex, where did you get that hoodie? Looks sweet!!!
Recommend the v8 or v6 turbo ? Because I feel like v8 more faster
how much does it cost in present if a crazy man wants to make this BOMB his garage collection??
Cedric Gloria ❤Самые шикарные, красивые автомобили!
Buy a g37s coupe put a new clutch and flywheel, down pipes, cold air, and strip all the weight off
love the car i have one myself, how hard is it for you to get parts ?
It's been ok. Driver is super helpful if I ever need anything and now that I know Yahoo is huge over there for jdm marketplaces, I can source most of what I need through there.
25,000??? Bro that's outrageous
I saw it in downtown appleton 2 weeks ago
$5 margaritas at Calaveras?!
Drift what you can; when you can.
How does the car handle in the Wisconsin snow?
Just daily it. Don't tear it up.
lift it, and rally with it
Turn it into a sweet VIP car
You can't tell me what to do!! Just kidding yes you can :p
As a Y34 enthusiast, I'd say keep the build clean and on the road. Track and drift a cheap d21 k24det build instead 🛻💨
Loved This car for many years now 🙋🏾♂️
Slam it. Slam EVERYTHING!
Just enjoy it and drift it.
I thought it's a Tatra rear engine V8, never see those used
WHY YOU GOTTA DO THE CRESSIDA LIKE THAT?
Sell it or use it as a daily
How do you go over the history and not mention Prince?
Anyway, the Skyline was always a luxury car, a 3-series competitor. And Gloria was always a 5-series competitor.
Not saying you would necessarily take either of them over their BMW counterparts, just underscoring the segments they were meant to compete in and be "budget" within that segment.
As in, if you're a middle class Japanese banker... maybe you wanted a nice 5-series like car but didn't want to spend BMW money and maintenance. Well Prince / Nissan are here to help you out, and you can help your Japanese market.
Also, it wasn't Toyota competition that ended these cars. It was Renault and Ghosn. This is a much longer part, but the Skyline, Laurel, Gloria, and President all came from Prince. The Z, Cedric, Cima, and whatever else came from Datsun. Many of these cars overlap, and effectively competed against each other.
To further complicate matters, Nissan dealers in Japan were segmented and only permitted to sell specific models for decades. To this day, your best bet to finding a Skyline physically present at a Japanese Nissan dealership is to find the closest one which has "Prince" in its name.
When Renault swept in, they put an end to all of this. The Skyline and Z were retained as "separate", but effectively became the same car (G35 / 350Z). All the other cars I mentioned were reduced to 1 model, the Fuga (Q70 in US), with a new nameplate to keep politics out of it.
Now that Renault has been dumped again, we see Nissan paying more attention to differentiating the Skyline and Z; the coupe Skyline (Q60) was explicitly discontinued. But "Infiniti" in the US would appear to be in deep water, and so we could soon go back to the days of no Skylines being sold stateside. At least we have the GT-R now, I suppose.
Do I think you made a mistake? I drive 2 Panther body cars because I don't like to search for parts or a place to get my car worked on. I would never buy anything that rare, sounds like a punishment.
I agree it was a mistake Alex but I am willing to pick up the pieces, 1 for 1 trade for my 2002 1.2 Seat Ibiza. Take it or leave it.
This sounds like a.....an okay deal? Can I also get some cat food added in?
@@AlexMartini. No.
I also thought the Gloria was Nissans version of the gs300 or aristo
Just bought a g 35 it has a square with ddv with a dial and switch on it just wondering if you know what this is
I like this car.
Though I can't quite put put my finger on which one, 🤔I know your from ANOTHER TH-cam Channel!!!🤔 1:42 Okay, you wanna call out a CHEAP car looking like a MORE EXPENSIVE car!!?? I got ONE for you!! >>>> The 2004 Hyundai Sonata sedan AND the 2004 Mercedes C-Class Sedan!
So as some one who has built a few of these car and currently has one as a drift car you are giving some mechanical misinformation…
I have own a gloria/cedric gts4 which is rb25det
3rd time I'm saying the Gloria is way too nice and clean to trash. If like you said the plan is to either trash it or sell it my answer is sell it. This seems like a show car at this point with it's unique "features". Sure it can be used to race/drift around but it shouldn't be it's main goal. The goal should be to be preserve and if that's not something you'd do then unfortunately maybe passing on the baton is the best option and get something more fitting to getting the winter/drift treatment.
At the end of the day is just my .02 cents of a nobody. It's your car. Your channel. Your content.
Could have got a JZX ready to drift for way cheaper.
I wouldn’t drift it, daily it and get a beater to drift