Nissan Gloria 1968

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Nissan Gloria 1968

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Heres my new ride anyone seen one like it in NZ? Anyone got one?
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Yep seen a few of them around, they pop up now and then.

Not sure who else on here has them. At least one dude had a black one on here.
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pretty sure the black one belongs to mark105, cool car by the way and welcome to the site
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Re: Nissan Gloria 1968

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Mark has a President, not a Gloria. JurassicAutos has one, I think. Also Big A.
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Re: Nissan Gloria 1968

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I've seen this car around, mean patina...don't ever repaint it. What's the story? Had it been off the road long?
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Hey bud it's a mean old thing garage find. Been going well till someone smashed into it. Now on the hunt for parts
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frazbroon wrote:Hey bud it's a mean old thing garage find. Been going well till someone smashed into it. Now on the hunt for parts
Gutted, all the best for the parts hunt
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Mine is different to the other Gloria's in NZ as I have an HA30 or the super deluxe where as all the other ones are PA30's which is the standard model.
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frazbroon wrote:Heres my new ride anyone seen one like it in NZ? Anyone got one?
great ride I use to have the previous generation (Prince before Nissan bought it) S40 when I got my license back in '87 well engineered and pretty tuff, just have a read and compare to the dowdy offerings from ford and holden back in the 60's..wish I still had it :(
Launched with the old four until a new single-overhead-cam six could complete the package in 1963, the Gloria shocked the world at the Japanese industry’s progress. The new G7 six boosted output by 25 percent, delivering 106hp (79kW) from just 1998cc. This was significantly higher than the Mark III Zephyr achieved on 2.6-litres (which the Gloria undercut on price) and ahead of Holden’s bold new 149ci/2.4-litre ‘red’ engine, but under its 179ci/2.9-litre.

The G7 had a cast-iron block with wet-sleeve cylinder liners, cast-iron head and an alternator. Inspired by Mercedes-Benz, it was a mirror image of the German engine with its two-barrel Nikki carburettor and exhaust manifold on the passenger’s side like a Holden, in deference to right-hand drive. The elaborate air filter design that moved its intake into the cold air flow and a modern under-bonnet fan-boosted heater system were typical of the detail.

The impressive ZF-type four-speed manual transmission, with a column-shift pattern similar to the early Peugeot 404, was no less impressive, with an overdrive fourth ratio similar to a VW Beetle’s. Although all Gloria ’boxes contained the extra gear, you had to pay for the overdrive option to access it! The differential was solidly attached to the chassis with enough rubber bushing to warrant a two-piece, centre-bearing tailshaft. Prince was smart enough to replace the sometimes scary Benz swing axles with double-jointed half-shafts and sliding splines. The Gloria’s de Dion tube, attached to unusually long leaf springs, kept the wheels perpendicular to the road. Why Wheels, in March 1965, described the Gloria as having "swing axles" is puzzling. Was it ignorance or too confronting that the Japanese were almost using global best practice as early as 1963.. I think the latter
Launched with the old four until a new single-overhead-cam six could complete the package in 1963, the Gloria shocked the world at the Japanese industry’s progress. The new G7 six boosted output by 25 percent, delivering 106hp (79kW) from just 1998cc. This was significantly higher than the Mark III Zephyr achieved on 2.6-litres (which the Gloria undercut on price) and ahead of Holden’s bold new 149ci/2.4-litre ‘red’ engine, but under its 179ci/2.9-litre.

The G7 had a cast-iron block with wet-sleeve cylinder liners, cast-iron head and an alternator. Inspired by Mercedes-Benz, it was a mirror image of the German engine with its two-barrel Nikki carburettor and exhaust manifold on the passenger’s side like a Holden, in deference to right-hand drive. The elaborate air filter design that moved its intake into the cold air flow and a modern under-bonnet fan-boosted heater system were typical of the detail.

The impressive ZF-type four-speed manual transmission, with a column-shift pattern similar to the early Peugeot 404, was no less impressive, with an overdrive fourth ratio similar to a VW Beetle’s. Although all Gloria ’boxes contained the extra gear, you had to pay for the overdrive option to access it! The differential was solidly attached to the chassis with enough rubber bushing to warrant a two-piece, centre-bearing tailshaft. Prince was smart enough to replace the sometimes scary Benz swing axles with double-jointed half-shafts and sliding splines. The Gloria’s de Dion tube, attached to unusually long leaf springs, kept the wheels perpendicular to the road. Why Wheels, in March 1965, described the Gloria as having "swing axles" is puzzling. Was it ignorance? or too confronting that the Japanese were almost using global best practice as early as 1963...mmm
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Re: Nissan Gloria 1968

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So am on the hunt for valve clearances in the prince G7 engine. Found in Glorias and early skylines.

Can anyone help??
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