For those complaining about the edits, you can tell Craig seems already very tense when telling the stories. Let’s just appreciate his effort to share the stories with us and let’s not stress him out any further.
The edits could use a little polishing, but the stories pretty much make up for it, and then some... I suppose it's better in some sense that he left it unedited, because it sounds more like a face-to-face conversation/presentation, more than anything else... I knew nothing about Craig before these series of videos, but he sounds like a cool guy...
Yes we should be happy Craig has at least dedicated his time and wisdom into sharing this information with us. Most would not give a shit .Dont forget guys Craig literally introduced these jdm cars to Paul. Without him f&f would of been massively different and hey maybe gtr prices wouldn't of been so high now lmao
Met Sung Kang when he came to cars and coffee one weekend in Vegas. Super down to earth guy. He stayed for over 2 hours just to take pictures and talk to the fans despite his manager reminding him he had to head over to SEMA.
I met Paul Walker at the LA hot important nights show the first year after fast and furious came out..Honestly one of the nicest celebrity i have ever met..... he had a crowd following him and i asked for a selfie on my big ass Digital camera im 6'1 and it seemed like he was 7 foot tall i swear to God he grabbed the camera took 2 or 4 pictures handed it back and thank me me for being a fan.. coolest damn celebrity in person ever!!!
Oh man, stories like this confirm he's one of the coolest car guys and an example for the community. It still tears me up realising he isn't with us anymore, and knowing I could never have met him in real life.
My friend and I worked on this R34 in Hawaii. Installed the HKS front mount and turbos. The dead give away on this car is that there is a full custom stereo system in the trunk done by Extreme Audio in Honolulu. And yes unfortunately the owner did get this car repo'd from him.
In 2008, I visited my uncle while he was living in downtown LA. One day during the visit, he took me to K1 go karting out in Anaheim. On the way there, I saw a black F250 with limo tinted windows trailering a Bayside blue metallic R34 GT-R through an intersection. I like to think that that was Paul Walker driving his Skyline to some location. I'll never forget the episode of TMZ where the paparazzi caught Paul Walker on the street and they asked what his favorite car was. As soon as he mentioned "S15, R34, SR20, etc" I knew he was one of us. I also found it kind of odd that he had so many different types of Mustangs in his car collection. I didn't expect to see that lol.
@@loks2315 yeah that looks way overpriced. Cheapest I seen was 49k nzd but that was a little later on, around 2005, 2006. Still cheap tho when they were 120k straight off the dealership floor and a few year after production finished. Can't believe that was 15 damn years ago 😳
You’ve said it best, Mr. Lieberman, to be a true car enthusiast of real grit and character, one might be into a 69 Charger, or a 99 R-34, or a GT3 Porsche or M3 BMW, hot rod or late model domestic, but it’s important to remember there is a butt for every seat, a story to every car, and a shared passion between all in the hobby and industry. Being too tied up with one specific model or era denotes a collector over an enthusiast, while business is necessary and part in parcel with cars (like any commodity), true car guys can come to appreciate the full plethora of makes and models that bond us as car people (gals and guys).
It’s crazy how the value systems work and it’s funny seeing everyone outside of America get angry (Canada, Europe, AUS) because USA market is solely driving up the values of R32-34s. Even base model non turbo automatics are going up in value, it’s insane. My advice to anyone that actually has the money definitely buy a skyline now as it’s a sure investment into the future, an investment you can enjoy!
Andre Klebleyev Yeah keywords being “in America “ your comment says you’re driving up the value,but you’re not like I said a R34 GTR in South Africa would go for R650 000 which is around $40 000 and that’s legally registered,a rebuild with a build up title goes for R250 000 which is around $15000,what that means is the person stripped the car down,shipped it “as parts” rebuilt it here and got its title scrapped and reregistered.
Brad Lawry markets gonna sell to the market who’s paying the most for them, why hold them for countries that are paying $50k for them when USA are paying 100k+, that’s what I mean by driving up the market. Hence why a lot of them in japan are waiting and refusing to sell a lot of them still 2024-2025 because then they’ll be even more $$$
I can remember sitting inside a brand new red r34 gtr v spec before they were released to public. It was at the Birmingham NEC motorshow in UK back in 1998/1999. The r34 was in a big glass box and we had to queue up for about 45 minutes to get inside. I Can remember looking over it and was just so excited and had to queue up again to have a sit inside . I could barely reach the pedals as I was only 8 years old. But I recently found the pictures I took of the front / rear and engine bay, looking at them now brings back so many good memories. Oh and I still have the official R34 gtr brochure that they were giving out. I still have it in mint condition after all these years. :-)
If I had $400,000+ burning holes in my pocket I would buy Paul’s GT-R r34. I better get my butt in gear to work hard and save up for a r34 skyline Vspec in bayside blue!!! Thank you Craig for the awesome videos please keep make them👍🏻😃
I remember this documentary on Paul walker back in the day before 2fast2furious and it featured the black bird and when Paul went to visit motorex. I want to say it was 36 video who produced it, not 100 percent sure, it was long ago. I wish I still had the VHS cassette tape. Lol
20 YO and in college to work on bikes in the big city of PHX AZ i was street racing and learning as much as i could !!! Back then all we had was magazines i had owned a Nissan pickup and was already into modding it by then i was already finding out what Nissan was all about. Looking in magazines and reading and researching was soooo cool talking with people at race shops especially places like hasport and the likes was awesome !!!! Craig was like a hero to me he already had this car R34 and was modded tf out !!!! 😮😮😮😮 Seeing the blackbird as well as Craig's over the top Blue R34 probably solidified my love for Nissan and especially that car ! I raced bikes and cars we used to go to actual street races or just cruise's and it was awesome !!! It's pretty cool how much of a role model a person can be and Craig is definitely one of them. Pretty cool and like he said we all car people and love cars no matter what they are 🤘🤘🤘🤘
That was such a great video, thanks for the effort. It's nice to know more about the actors like this. I still can't wait for the Tokyo Drift Evo video btw. :)
Well said at the end Craig - Cars are one of those hobbies that bring us all closer. Finding someone with the same car as you and becoming best friends instantly just like finding someone wearing the same shirt as you in school. I've always been a Euro guy growing up and enjoyed my local Euro shows, but after finally getting my r33 gtr, getting to know the local jdm community has felt just like F&F with meeting up all the time and helping each other out with builds. I've been watching the markets for the past 5 years since the r32 legalization and that's why I bought and stored my 33 gtr earlier in 2018 to avoid the price creep. Now r34's are really starting to skyrocket especially when you factor in supply but to me personally I could never see myself spending 6 figures on a car that old, especially when there are so many other jdm classics that can be had and built for half the cost. Unfortunately this skyhigh cost will make the car pretty unobtainable for most of the car scene and I think the only place I'll be seeing it will be my local Cars and Coffee in a few years.
Sammit's content is pretty awesome as is yours Creig,thank you for all the information you give us in each and everyone of your videos. I've actually started learning quite a bit.
Hey Craig can you make a video about your built Foxbody and your Diablo? Those two never fail to catch my attention when they pop up at the start of your videos.
I really appreciate the videos you make. The history and information about these cars is very interesting. There is a show called JDM Masters on UA-cam that talk about all sorts of unusual or special model JDM cars. You are so right about the prices of Skylines, R34 in particular. On their show they have gone to used car lots in Japan where they film and priced out R34's in bad shape, modes and high mileage at over $60k US. Other models of Skyline less but not really lower than $15k for a clapped out 2nd gen Skyline. They have found many in junkyards and just sitting in yards of lazy mechanics. Plus there may be upward of 150 or more R34s parted out. They went to a few used parts mega stores as tuning is big in Japan. They found that one of those mega stores has purchased many R34 cars and completely parted them out as they can get upward of $200k us selling every little part individually in Japan and online. Motor, dash, guages, body panels, frame parts, you name it. They continue doing it slowly. I feel the inventory of cars on the road is far far less than even you estimated. I know a guy in Tacoma WA buying them and cutting them up to just import the front clip for the motor, firewall, dash and wiring. My advise would be. If you want one go to Japan right now. Buy one on a used lot since you will be able to shop around right now and test drive. Properly prep the car and store it away in a self storage in a dinky town in Japan for the lowest rent possible. When the time comes get your paperwork in line and ship it over. If you snooze you will loose!
It's a nice clean body style, powerful engine.... it's very rare, it's a video game icon, & the Prelude of 2Fast 2Furious just adds to the coolness factor.
If Nissan still has the tooling and blueprint, why not restart the production of the R34 just as how they restart the RB26's production and directly export it?
@@andrew3088 superformance still built gt40s and cobras and said more than 50% of the parts are interchangable (forgot the exact percent). it can be done though for its original asking price? probably not.
I think that the Nissan GTR's are special vehicles. They are aging very well, even today still a very attractive car to me. I shall never own one but I can assure you that if I had the choice between a Lambo, Corvette or a good 90s R32 I would take the Nissan all day long.
@@vikram6969 skrg ni kt malaysia er34 pun org dh start dewa² dlu er34 ni sapa ja pndng ?? Bawak balik kg pun org sumpah ckp kreta tu proton waja convert
Don't let this distract you from the fact that Hector is gonna be running 3 Honda Civic's with spoon engines. On top of that he just came into Harry's and ordered 3 t66 turbo's with NOS's and a Motec System Exhaust.
when i was young..17plus..my brother..owned toyota supra..n toyota celica..which is top in 70s n 80s..now my brother aged 62 retired medical professional..always love cars...just like paul.. sandakan sabah
Hello, Firstly I would like to say, that Im a huge fan of your channel. Im a fan of the FaF series since the first episode, when I was 9 years old. I was sitting in the living room, and waiting for my father to put the brand new VHS tape from local video rental shop,to our video player. Then I was watching in those days in my country (Czech republic), unknown world. We were few years after communism era, and most of the cars on the steets were still old crappy socialsm cars or some 80s cheap German cars or Fords, but watching cars on the hydros, with NOS (that magic button on the steering wheel!!) Etc. Etc. Wad like to escape to the space for me and my friends. This continue till today, but my reason is, that the final episode of real FaF was no. 5. After that its sooo scifi action mpvie, with hyper modern guns, top end hypersports aaaand, thats all. Cars are only things to make it much more cool I would say? But they do not care about them any more.... Ok, now one question for you. Can I ask you more info, or will you do some video about famous Hectors track Honda Civic? O:)... and one more, since I was a child, and saw the movie for the first time, there was a shoot at the beggining of the Race wars and also the scene when Leon was blocking the steet agains Rob Cohen :D. There was a green/brown Station wagon, probably on air ride and big chrome wheeld and without the hood. I really loved that car, but i still do not know, what was that? Looks like a Honda Station Wagon? Any info specs? Thaaank you Craig :))
I would just like to take a moment to thank you for the way in which you edit your videos...it may not be seamless or "perfect" as alot of other channels like to be...you leave you speaking errors and missteps in the video and from a guy with depression issues thank you because it helps show in a physical manner that yes everyone makes mistakes...but your videos show not everyone needs to hide those mistakes or try to please everyone. Great videos I'm addicted
@@hilaryhill6942 what has that got to do with it. in NZ GTRs are a dime a dozen and have been for years. in the states, they were banned. but now they are allowed in, there is massive demand, hence the prices are sky high.
I wonder if it'll be cheaper to import from New Zealand than from Japan. I'm currently bidding for an R32 at a Japanese auction and they're 30k. That's insane.
@@youtubespectator669 well the R32 GTRs are still $25k here. they have been that price for years.i dont know what the import costs are from NZ but I would think would be cheaper from Japan.
This car was my ex bosses car. They owned a shop called gtr performance years ago in haslet Texas. They lived in Saginaw tx and the car sat alot of its years with laundry on top of it in their garage. Was a true monster and absolutely amazing car.. god I miss this thing. I will try to find all the photos and videos of it I have on my old phones and post a video of them.
@@bizi-ym1ff no I had two deaths in my family and have been taking care of extra kids and stuff so I haven't really even messed with it.. to be honest I completely forgot until I saw your comment pop up. When I get some kind of free time I will post and link you to the videos and pics
@@sabyasachiroy7482 Must be true. I actually haven't seen one in person. What's interesting is a good number of euro spec M3s went to Japan, so we can get them in the states via a jdm importer. Its quite expensive going that route.
Super awesome as usual. When hearing about a rocky background and mile-long list of legal documents for an automobile from any video I'm usually out of breath. Such a shame some parts of the world have all the goodies and we have to fight for some of them. >.
Kinda bums me out that even after the R34 GTR is legal, it’ll be way too expensive for anyone that dreamed of owning one, to buy. Hell even for people that do have a fair amount of money, it’s too much to justify having a car that’s worth so much but you can’t drive for another 4 years in the states. I wanted one so bad, I was a kid playing gran turismo when I found out about it and have wanted one for so long. I’ve had R34 GTR’s as my computer screen wallpaper and phone background for years and got Hot Wheels model R34 GTR’s when I was younger. I just hope the prices won’t go up too much, maybe if they don’t go over $100,000 I could justify owning one since it’ll surely lose no value any time soon.
BNR34s will be $125k to $150k for an average condition one. And they will pull the values of the 32 and 33 up with them. I bought one of the first BNR32's to come into the country under the 25 year rule back in 2014. I paid "a lot" for it at the time - which was $22k. Based on how clean that car was, it would sell for around $40k today. I bought my BCNR33 from Global Auto back in January for $51k. It's got a thorough build sheet done by a reputable builder in Japan. (N1 block, 2.7L forged Tomei bottom end, etc) and it would sell for close to $60k if I flipped it today - just 6 months after it landed in the USA. These cars are appreciating in value and they won't stop appreciating in value until at least 2026. I think that's about when we'll see them plateau. Clean BNR32 will be $50-55k. Clean BCNR33 will be $75-80k. Clean BNR34 will be $125 to $150k. And a clean DBA R35 will be $45-50k ;)
I love the R34 GTR ever since I got a pack of Top Trumps with it in and played with it on Gran Turismo 3 but over $100k for one seems way too much right now. Only ones for sales here in the UK are modded. Can almost never find a bone stock one.
Boy oh boy...I really hope I end up winning the lottery before 2024 to own one of these in the UK, because it's obvious these beauties will be shipped out of the UK and Europe into the USA. ;-;
hey craig what happened to the video you uploaded 2 videos ago? i had it saved to watch later and when i tried to watch it and said it had been taken down? i believe it was the one where you showed john singleton picking cars for 2f2f
GT-R prices are known to be "extra" high(cuz it is a GT-R) but man...other R34 Skylines prices are mad..."common" R34 25GT(RB25DE NEO - non turbo) was sold around 11 000 USD...and it was not even in a good condition. Prices of all R34 skyrocketed since new year.
Yea but 11k for a regular Skyline, plus GTR panels, fully rebuilt RB28, new paint, wheels, brakes, interior, etc will be WAAAAAAY less then 150k. Fawq the GTR markup. I’d rather build my own and have a FRESH Skyline for a REASONABLE Price. That 300k 25 year old GTR will need 50 grand worth of maintenance and repairs by the time it gets here. All seals toast, engine is tired, trans is tired, etc. 🤦🏻♂️
I love watching your videos, but seeing so many mistakes in just one video that is 10 minutes long makes me think you just rush these videos and don't put energy into it. It's normal to make mistakes, but please watch yourself and edit it out before posting the video, it puts the focus away from the topic. Cheers
Hey Craig! Big Fan of your channel!... just now discovered it I've been watching all the videos!... Great explanation of all the all the cars an the event's during!... Love it!... my favorite movie had always been the first Movie an never heard of the Supra until that movie an always been my Favorite car ever since!... Good Job on the Videos an Thanks for putting it out!... it's Awesome! Thanks again!..
I was pretty impressed with how well Hyundai's hold value, I bought my wife a brand new 2014 i30 elite for 25k-26k AUD, she was thinking about upgrading and I thought after 7 years it would be worth 9k-10k maybe, the average price for one with less than 100k km on the clock is 16k-20k.
Interesting pricing. Consider that people do not connect the car to paul as they have never seen footage of him driving it. It will never have the status of a movie car/ cars from his private collection that were auctioned. Would be interesting to know if someone is willing to pay such a big premium for this gtr.
Believe it or not, I actually just completed the Underground career mode yesterday for the first time. The AI and the ending pissed me off, but it's still a classic game and customization options seem endless. I will be starting Underground 2 here in a few days...
@Craig, I see you showing a 240z here. But why did none of the Fast and Furious films feature an S30z? Perhaps 1 of the greatest cars and JDM cars of all time!
That wouldn't be a bad idea, but their are less than 1k genuine Cobras in the world, and they have an extensive racing pedigree, which is why they are so valuable and it motivates companies to recreate them. R34s are only valuable because of video games and movies. I can see them being recreated, but it's probably going to be some Joe with an oversized garage and a team of 4 making them.
@@Turtle_Legs and the replice prices will be as bad as the originals cause "hey were the only one making replicas we can sell them for as much as me want hue hue"
@@chechenfeels how so? A 427 cobra replica is fraction the cost of the real thing. Hell you can get one for 40-60 grand. The R34 is a much more complex car, however reproduced body panels, frame, wiring, interior, and power train would easily come in at half what an authentic R34 goes for right now. The real thing will always sell for more since its authentic, but for someone who just wants the experience of driving one with an RB26 and doesn't have 100k this could be a much more affordable option.
Someone did an urban exploration video here on UA-cam a couple of years ago in the town next to the Fukishima Plant zone and there was one scene where they were walking down a street. One guy said "Hey look at this" and the camera panned across the street and there, sitting in the grass on the side of the road was a white R34 GTR... abandoned! Still looked pretty good except one window was either broken out or down so the interior was probably not in good shape. What a waste.
For those complaining about the edits, you can tell Craig seems already very tense when telling the stories. Let’s just appreciate his effort to share the stories with us and let’s not stress him out any further.
Agreed. Craig is awesome
The edits could use a little polishing, but the stories pretty much make up for it, and then some... I suppose it's better in some sense that he left it unedited, because it sounds more like a face-to-face conversation/presentation, more than anything else... I knew nothing about Craig before these series of videos, but he sounds like a cool guy...
Yes..he does a good job
Yes we should be happy Craig has at least dedicated his time and wisdom into sharing this information with us. Most would not give a shit .Dont forget guys Craig literally introduced these jdm cars to Paul. Without him f&f would of been massively different and hey maybe gtr prices wouldn't of been so high now lmao
Met Sung Kang when he came to cars and coffee one weekend in Vegas. Super down to earth guy. He stayed for over 2 hours just to take pictures and talk to the fans despite his manager reminding him he had to head over to SEMA.
That would of been cool to see 👍
Sounds like he enjoys the environment at cars and coffee more than SEMA.
I wish I was there
Would be cool to meet him
I met Paul Walker at the LA hot important nights show the first year after fast and furious came out..Honestly one of the nicest celebrity i have ever met..... he had a crowd following him and i asked for a selfie on my big ass Digital camera im 6'1 and it seemed like he was 7 foot tall i swear to God he grabbed the camera took 2 or 4 pictures handed it back and thank me me for being a fan.. coolest damn celebrity in person ever!!!
Oh man, stories like this confirm he's one of the coolest car guys and an example for the community. It still tears me up realising he isn't with us anymore, and knowing I could never have met him in real life.
What's the retail on one of those?
More than you can afford pal, fully legal Motorex R34!
Smoke em
Eroc Strider but I rarely see any
Eroc Strider That’s because it’s a BMW Z4 with a Supra body.
RIP Paul Walker. Seemed like an actual good guy.
Nah he didn't seem like a good guy. He WAS a good guy
Nah, He Was Amazing Guy 💯
He was a good guy
Zero arrogance, down to earth cool Californian dude ........
Kinda liked em young but yeah
My friend and I worked on this R34 in Hawaii. Installed the HKS front mount and turbos. The dead give away on this car is that there is a full custom stereo system in the trunk done by Extreme Audio in Honolulu. And yes unfortunately the owner did get this car repo'd from him.
Miss Paul Walker. He was really the glue of the F&F movies. Haven’t watched any of the new movies since he passed.
In 2008, I visited my uncle while he was living in downtown LA. One day during the visit, he took me to K1 go karting out in Anaheim. On the way there, I saw a black F250 with limo tinted windows trailering a Bayside blue metallic R34 GT-R through an intersection. I like to think that that was Paul Walker driving his Skyline to some location.
I'll never forget the episode of TMZ where the paparazzi caught Paul Walker on the street and they asked what his favorite car was. As soon as he mentioned "S15, R34, SR20, etc" I knew he was one of us. I also found it kind of odd that he had so many different types of Mustangs in his car collection. I didn't expect to see that lol.
Back in 2006 they were selling r34 gtr for 24k here in New Zealand. I’m so gutted I didn’t get one 🤦🏾♂️😂
Should have jumped on it! I did 🤣 I don't remember it that cheap tho, 24k usd or nzd.
voongnz 2002 not 06 🤦🏾♂️ but yeah man they were cheap back then. Just saw a blue r34 on trademe for 250k. Wtf 😑
@@loks2315 yeah that looks way overpriced. Cheapest I seen was 49k nzd but that was a little later on, around 2005, 2006. Still cheap tho when they were 120k straight off the dealership floor and a few year after production finished. Can't believe that was 15 damn years ago 😳
Ludacris is pretty heavily into cars as well.... his Acura Legend is a thing of beauty.
I bet Lil' Bow Wow too ;)
Couldn't agree any more
2.5L G engine, right? The 5 cylinder that nobody talks about lol
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That dude in Texas has held that R34 for the same amount of years that I’ve been alive. 😂
😂😂😂 must really wanna make a lot of money off it 😭
Same
I mean the cars worth 300k minimum why sell it?
The gtr is priceless , should be in a museum !
Dont think he should have sold it
You’ve said it best, Mr. Lieberman, to be a true car enthusiast of real grit and character, one might be into a 69 Charger, or a 99 R-34, or a GT3 Porsche or M3 BMW, hot rod or late model domestic, but it’s important to remember there is a butt for every seat, a story to every car, and a shared passion between all in the hobby and industry. Being too tied up with one specific model or era denotes a collector over an enthusiast, while business is necessary and part in parcel with cars (like any commodity), true car guys can come to appreciate the full plethora of makes and models that bond us as car people (gals and guys).
RIP Paul Walker. You'll be forever missed.
Interview with Sung Kang please. Talk about cars.
Car enthusiasts love all cars! I couldn't agree with you more.
It’s crazy how the value systems work and it’s funny seeing everyone outside of America get angry (Canada, Europe, AUS) because USA market is solely driving up the values of R32-34s. Even base model non turbo automatics are going up in value, it’s insane. My advice to anyone that actually has the money definitely buy a skyline now as it’s a sure investment into the future, an investment you can enjoy!
If you're able to get one in Canada do it before 2024
Uhm what?You guys aren’t driving up the value,a Skyline R34 V Spec in South Africa would cost half of what it would cost you,they go for $40 000 here.
Brad Lawry uhhh sorry you break it to
You but R34 GTR base go for $80-100k in America lmao
Andre Klebleyev Yeah keywords being “in America “ your comment says you’re driving up the value,but you’re not like I said a R34 GTR in South Africa would go for R650 000 which is around $40 000 and that’s legally registered,a rebuild with a build up title goes for R250 000 which is around $15000,what that means is the person stripped the car down,shipped it “as parts” rebuilt it here and got its title scrapped and reregistered.
Brad Lawry markets gonna sell to the market who’s paying the most for them, why hold them for countries that are paying $50k for them when USA are paying 100k+, that’s what I mean by driving up the market. Hence why a lot of them in japan are waiting and refusing to sell a lot of them still 2024-2025 because then they’ll be even more $$$
I can remember sitting inside a brand new red r34 gtr v spec before they were released to public. It was at the Birmingham NEC motorshow in UK back in 1998/1999. The r34 was in a big glass box and we had to queue up for about 45 minutes to get inside. I Can remember looking over it and was just so excited and had to queue up again to have a sit inside . I could barely reach the pedals as I was only 8 years old. But I recently found the pictures I took of the front / rear and engine bay, looking at them now brings back so many good memories.
Oh and I still have the official R34 gtr brochure that they were giving out. I still have it in mint condition after all these years. :-)
If I had $400,000+ burning holes in my pocket I would buy Paul’s GT-R r34. I better get my butt in gear to work hard and save up for a r34 skyline Vspec in bayside blue!!! Thank you Craig for the awesome videos please keep make them👍🏻😃
I remember this documentary on Paul walker back in the day before 2fast2furious and it featured the black bird and when Paul went to visit motorex. I want to say it was 36 video who produced it, not 100 percent sure, it was long ago. I wish I still had the VHS cassette tape. Lol
We need it!! Lol
20 YO and in college to work on bikes in the big city of PHX AZ i was street racing and learning as much as i could !!! Back then all we had was magazines i had owned a Nissan pickup and was already into modding it by then i was already finding out what Nissan was all about. Looking in magazines and reading and researching was soooo cool talking with people at race shops especially places like hasport and the likes was awesome !!!! Craig was like a hero to me he already had this car R34 and was modded tf out !!!! 😮😮😮😮 Seeing the blackbird as well as Craig's over the top Blue R34 probably solidified my love for Nissan and especially that car ! I raced bikes and cars we used to go to actual street races or just cruise's and it was awesome !!! It's pretty cool how much of a role model a person can be and Craig is definitely one of them. Pretty cool and like he said we all car people and love cars no matter what they are 🤘🤘🤘🤘
That was such a great video, thanks for the effort. It's nice to know more about the actors like this.
I still can't wait for the Tokyo Drift Evo video btw. :)
Paul Walker was the reason why I became a car guy. When I saw it in Fast and Furious I fell inlove.. We miss you paul.
Well said at the end Craig - Cars are one of those hobbies that bring us all closer. Finding someone with the same car as you and becoming best friends instantly just like finding someone wearing the same shirt as you in school. I've always been a Euro guy growing up and enjoyed my local Euro shows, but after finally getting my r33 gtr, getting to know the local jdm community has felt just like F&F with meeting up all the time and helping each other out with builds. I've been watching the markets for the past 5 years since the r32 legalization and that's why I bought and stored my 33 gtr earlier in 2018 to avoid the price creep. Now r34's are really starting to skyrocket especially when you factor in supply but to me personally I could never see myself spending 6 figures on a car that old, especially when there are so many other jdm classics that can be had and built for half the cost. Unfortunately this skyhigh cost will make the car pretty unobtainable for most of the car scene and I think the only place I'll be seeing it will be my local Cars and Coffee in a few years.
Definitely well said by Craig 💯
Sammit's content is pretty awesome as is yours Creig,thank you for all the information you give us in each and everyone of your videos. I've actually started learning quite a bit.
AWESOME work on the video Craig.. paul walker will always be a part of us real car guys!!! RIP Paul our gear head brother.
Hey Craig can you make a video about your built Foxbody and your Diablo? Those two never fail to catch my attention when they pop up at the start of your videos.
I really appreciate the videos you make. The history and information about these cars is very interesting. There is a show called JDM Masters on UA-cam that talk about all sorts of unusual or special model JDM cars. You are so right about the prices of Skylines, R34 in particular. On their show they have gone to used car lots in Japan where they film and priced out R34's in bad shape, modes and high mileage at over $60k US. Other models of Skyline less but not really lower than $15k for a clapped out 2nd gen Skyline. They have found many in junkyards and just sitting in yards of lazy mechanics. Plus there may be upward of 150 or more R34s parted out. They went to a few used parts mega stores as tuning is big in Japan. They found that one of those mega stores has purchased many R34 cars and completely parted them out as they can get upward of $200k us selling every little part individually in Japan and online. Motor, dash, guages, body panels, frame parts, you name it. They continue doing it slowly. I feel the inventory of cars on the road is far far less than even you estimated. I know a guy in Tacoma WA buying them and cutting them up to just import the front clip for the motor, firewall, dash and wiring. My advise would be. If you want one go to Japan right now. Buy one on a used lot since you will be able to shop around right now and test drive. Properly prep the car and store it away in a self storage in a dinky town in Japan for the lowest rent possible. When the time comes get your paperwork in line and ship it over. If you snooze you will loose!
It's a nice clean body style, powerful engine.... it's very rare, it's a video game icon, & the Prelude of 2Fast 2Furious just adds to the coolness factor.
If Nissan still has the tooling and blueprint, why not restart the production of the R34 just as how they restart the RB26's production and directly export it?
That would kill the value of existing cars so I doubt they’d do it. Supply and demand
@@andrew3088 superformance still built gt40s and cobras and said more than 50% of the parts are interchangable (forgot the exact percent). it can be done though for its original asking price? probably not.
Great information Craig! A fitting tribute to a great car guy lost way to soon!
Big thx for story! WE NEED YOUR STREAM WITH SUNG KANG! =)
RIP Paul Walker. For what it’s worth I had a friend who met him and said he was a genuinely nice guy and a great tipper.
Saw this car at South OC Cars and Coffee back in June and it is absolutely stunning. Love the videos Craig!
I think that the Nissan GTR's are special vehicles. They are aging very well, even today still a very attractive car to me. I shall never own one but I can assure you that if I had the choice between a Lambo, Corvette or a good 90s R32 I would take the Nissan all day long.
Thanks for the Malaysia 🇲🇾 shout-out Craig. Yup we have loads of em' here
Dlu r34 ni org malaysia buat campak² dlm movie je skrg ni je mcm hargai sikit
@@muhammadfahmi540 betul bro
@@vikram6969 skrg ni kt malaysia er34 pun org dh start dewa² dlu er34 ni sapa ja pndng ?? Bawak balik kg pun org sumpah ckp kreta tu proton waja convert
Don't let this distract you from the fact that Hector is gonna be running 3 Honda Civic's with spoon engines. On top of that he just came into Harry's and ordered 3 t66 turbo's with NOS's and a Motec System Exhaust.
Excatly man 😀
Hector is gonna be the ultimate f&f ending boss fight.
@@-TakapihanTarzan I'd love to see that. Actually, I'd pay to see that.
@@YePThatsMEwzx me too
Hector for TRUE FINAL BOSS of the franchise.
Who would dislike 😭 It just breaks my heart R.I.P PW
@Mc Diickkkin u ok bro? hit ur head with something as a baby?
I’m glad the R33s are generally unloved. Means I can get one for a reasonableish price I hope
when i was young..17plus..my brother..owned toyota supra..n toyota celica..which is top in 70s n 80s..now my brother aged 62 retired medical professional..always love cars...just like paul.. sandakan sabah
That's nice, does he have any cars now?
I got to see the sliver gtr that Paul owed yesterday in Huntsville AL it was pretty cool
It’s 458 destroyers right??
RIP Paul Walker you are the reason I love cars today 🚗 🚘
Love your videos and knowledge of these and all cars!!
Hello,
Firstly I would like to say, that Im a huge fan of your channel. Im a fan of the FaF series since the first episode, when I was 9 years old. I was sitting in the living room, and waiting for my father to put the brand new VHS tape from local video rental shop,to our video player. Then I was watching in those days in my country (Czech republic), unknown world. We were few years after communism era, and most of the cars on the steets were still old crappy socialsm cars or some 80s cheap German cars or Fords, but watching cars on the hydros, with NOS (that magic button on the steering wheel!!) Etc. Etc. Wad like to escape to the space for me and my friends. This continue till today, but my reason is, that the final episode of real FaF was no. 5. After that its sooo scifi action mpvie, with hyper modern guns, top end hypersports aaaand, thats all. Cars are only things to make it much more cool I would say? But they do not care about them any more....
Ok, now one question for you. Can I ask you more info, or will you do some video about famous Hectors track Honda Civic? O:)... and one more, since I was a child, and saw the movie for the first time, there was a shoot at the beggining of the Race wars and also the scene when Leon was blocking the steet agains Rob Cohen :D. There was a green/brown Station wagon, probably on air ride and big chrome wheeld and without the hood. I really loved that car, but i still do not know, what was that? Looks like a Honda Station Wagon? Any info specs? Thaaank you Craig :))
Pretty sure the car you’re talking about is 1994/5 Honda Accord Station Wagon, I remember hearing it went up for sale not too long ago.
Paul Walkers Bronco was my fav in his collection. I think it was a Eddie Bauer.
Thank you for sharing these stories Craig. I love the Skyline and hope one day to get my hands on one :)
+1
Jordana Brewster also graduated from Yale university. She be smart too.
I hope the next vid talks about Paul’s white Supra; I’m curious if there’s a story behind that one.
I would just like to take a moment to thank you for the way in which you edit your videos...it may not be seamless or "perfect" as alot of other channels like to be...you leave you speaking errors and missteps in the video and from a guy with depression issues thank you because it helps show in a physical manner that yes everyone makes mistakes...but your videos show not everyone needs to hide those mistakes or try to please everyone. Great videos I'm addicted
$300k/ damn. here in New Zealand, mint condition R34 GTRs are around $70-$80k
its paul walkers what do u expect
@@hilaryhill6942 what has that got to do with it. in NZ GTRs are a dime a dozen and have been for years. in the states, they were banned. but now they are allowed in, there is massive demand, hence the prices are sky high.
I wonder if it'll be cheaper to import from New Zealand than from Japan. I'm currently bidding for an R32 at a Japanese auction and they're 30k. That's insane.
@@youtubespectator669 well the R32 GTRs are still $25k here. they have been that price for years.i dont know what the import costs are from NZ but I would think would be cheaper from Japan.
@@Hotecce1 thanks! You're one of the few helpful UA-cam commentors.
This car was my ex bosses car. They owned a shop called gtr performance years ago in haslet Texas. They lived in Saginaw tx and the car sat alot of its years with laundry on top of it in their garage. Was a true monster and absolutely amazing car.. god I miss this thing. I will try to find all the photos and videos of it I have on my old phones and post a video of them.
Did u post?
@@bizi-ym1ff no I had two deaths in my family and have been taking care of extra kids and stuff so I haven't really even messed with it.. to be honest I completely forgot until I saw your comment pop up. When I get some kind of free time I will post and link you to the videos and pics
@@JuanBrolo soory about family. Sure bro, dont wory about that, take it easy 👍
Devin Aoki didn't have her licence either on 2f2f if I remember correctly.
Funny they didn’t tell the actors that during casting
RIP paul we miss you🙏
He had a badass collection of real e36 m3 LTW’s that’s for sure.
Great info, thanks for sharing Craig, RIP Paul 😎👍🏻🏴
Paul had multiple BMW M3 e36 csl light weights. Im very jealous. Special cars to say the least
Only for America that wasn't popular
@@sabyasachiroy7482 Must be true. I actually haven't seen one in person. What's interesting is a good number of euro spec M3s went to Japan, so we can get them in the states via a jdm importer. Its quite expensive going that route.
Malaysia! Shout out from 🇲🇾! Mad collections here man..
Shut up
@@yourefireed Do you even got tyres, man?
Paul was my fave actor pains my heart how he died
RIP Paul Walker.. had those Porsche tires not been 8 year old hardened rubber, I think youd still be here today. Rest easy buster!!
Crazy that in the UK in around 2013/2014 a mint R34 GTR was £25k-30k and now they are double that
Super awesome as usual. When hearing about a rocky background and mile-long list of legal documents for an automobile from any video I'm usually out of breath. Such a shame some parts of the world have all the goodies and we have to fight for some of them. >.
Kinda bums me out that even after the R34 GTR is legal, it’ll be way too expensive for anyone that dreamed of owning one, to buy. Hell even for people that do have a fair amount of money, it’s too much to justify having a car that’s worth so much but you can’t drive for another 4 years in the states. I wanted one so bad, I was a kid playing gran turismo when I found out about it and have wanted one for so long. I’ve had R34 GTR’s as my computer screen wallpaper and phone background for years and got Hot Wheels model R34 GTR’s when I was younger. I just hope the prices won’t go up too much, maybe if they don’t go over $100,000 I could justify owning one since it’ll surely lose no value any time soon.
Buy a ER34 and call it a day
l'll buy you one as a birthday gift if you want
Tokyo JZA80 I might just do that, fast 4 door sedans are cool
will be even worse for europe. US pushes EU prices too
BNR34s will be $125k to $150k for an average condition one. And they will pull the values of the 32 and 33 up with them. I bought one of the first BNR32's to come into the country under the 25 year rule back in 2014. I paid "a lot" for it at the time - which was $22k. Based on how clean that car was, it would sell for around $40k today. I bought my BCNR33 from Global Auto back in January for $51k. It's got a thorough build sheet done by a reputable builder in Japan. (N1 block, 2.7L forged Tomei bottom end, etc) and it would sell for close to $60k if I flipped it today - just 6 months after it landed in the USA. These cars are appreciating in value and they won't stop appreciating in value until at least 2026. I think that's about when we'll see them plateau. Clean BNR32 will be $50-55k. Clean BCNR33 will be $75-80k. Clean BNR34 will be $125 to $150k. And a clean DBA R35 will be $45-50k ;)
I love the R34 GTR ever since I got a pack of Top Trumps with it in and played with it on Gran Turismo 3 but over $100k for one seems way too much right now. Only ones for sales here in the UK are modded. Can almost never find a bone stock one.
People forget that most of Paul walkers cars were fords
I can't wait to watch the values of the MotoRex GTR's tank comparatively to non road legal ones once they hit 25 years and become road legal.
I actually kind of hate import laws.
Come on, America! You're just jealous that these JDM cars get more love than your cars.
Exactly America knows their car's are trash and gay
I think it was emissions that made it illegal
I was able to see this car in person at a local show. Man was she a sight
The video has some cutting issues in the voice over, especially towards the end. As usual good informative video. :-)
Boy oh boy...I really hope I end up winning the lottery before 2024 to own one of these in the UK, because it's obvious these beauties will be shipped out of the UK and Europe into the USA. ;-;
I know I’ll never be able to own one and it breaks my heart.
hey craig what happened to the video you uploaded 2 videos ago? i had it saved to watch later and when i tried to watch it and said it had been taken down? i believe it was the one where you showed john singleton picking cars for 2f2f
GT-R prices are known to be "extra" high(cuz it is a GT-R) but man...other R34 Skylines prices are mad..."common" R34 25GT(RB25DE NEO - non turbo) was sold around 11 000 USD...and it was not even in a good condition. Prices of all R34 skyrocketed since new year.
Yea but 11k for a regular Skyline, plus GTR panels, fully rebuilt RB28, new paint, wheels, brakes, interior, etc will be WAAAAAAY less then 150k.
Fawq the GTR markup. I’d rather build my own and have a FRESH Skyline for a REASONABLE Price.
That 300k 25 year old GTR will need 50 grand worth of maintenance and repairs by the time it gets here. All seals toast, engine is tired, trans is tired, etc. 🤦🏻♂️
I love watching your videos, but seeing so many mistakes in just one video that is 10 minutes long makes me think you just rush these videos and don't put energy into it. It's normal to make mistakes, but please watch yourself and edit it out before posting the video, it puts the focus away from the topic. Cheers
This video was amazing
Hey Craig! Big Fan of your channel!... just now discovered it I've been watching all the videos!... Great explanation of all the all the cars an the event's during!... Love it!... my favorite movie had always been the first Movie an never heard of the Supra until that movie an always been my Favorite car ever since!... Good Job on the Videos an Thanks for putting it out!... it's Awesome! Thanks again!..
Someone will end up making GTR R34 replicas like they did with the A/C Cobra
I was pretty impressed with how well Hyundai's hold value, I bought my wife a brand new 2014 i30 elite for 25k-26k AUD, she was thinking about upgrading and I thought after 7 years it would be worth 9k-10k maybe, the average price for one with less than 100k km on the clock is 16k-20k.
That's due to covid. The used market is over prices asf in Aus, Great time to sell though.
@@hellmaker6661 Fuckin hey!
Craig Lieberman i dont no if you do it but do you do signed Autograph of the supra if so can you let me know thank you
Interesting pricing. Consider that people do not connect the car to paul as they have never seen footage of him driving it. It will never have the status of a movie car/ cars from his private collection that were auctioned. Would be interesting to know if someone is willing to pay such a big premium for this gtr.
I would. Dont even like the R34. I'd buy the 32s he owned in a heartbeat !!
Paul Walkers e36 collection was indeed special
Dang, I wish I had a spare 400k laying around... and then some to import it to Australia
I one day hope to own an R34 whether it be a GTR or GTT. I wanna recreate Eddies R34 from NFS Underground body kit and all
Believe it or not, I actually just completed the Underground career mode yesterday for the first time. The AI and the ending pissed me off, but it's still a classic game and customization options seem endless. I will be starting Underground 2 here in a few days...
it's rice as hell, don't you dare hurt a good r34 coupe this way
Duster PL i mean the new redesign of Eddie’s R34 is less ricey tbh
For real.. Forever loved and missed!!
pretty crazy story i knew the owner that was in texas, he lived a few streets from me
Your lucky to have known Paul!
His lucky?
always wishing Paul was still here
Cheers for all these vids Craig there brilliant
Always seems to be the good ones who leave.
i remember seeing Paul Walker at Hot Import Nights Long Beach, back in 2000. What a guy!
too right the GT-R's are getting pricey, a millennium jade R34 GT-R Mspec NUR here in AUS just sold for $460,000aud ($330,000usd)
@Craig, I see you showing a 240z here. But why did none of the Fast and Furious films feature an S30z? Perhaps 1 of the greatest cars and JDM cars of all time!
The s30 is Sung Kang's personal car........Greddy built it for him.........it is skyline powered.......non turbo........it has itb's
6:16 shout out to @sammit his channel is worth following if you love jdm
Interesting.... VERY INTERESTING
Rip Paul walker 😭
Someone should really go the Shelby Cobra route and do replicas of the R34 GTR. Otherwise there's no way most of us will ever own one. Shame.
That wouldn't be a bad idea, but their are less than 1k genuine Cobras in the world, and they have an extensive racing pedigree, which is why they are so valuable and it motivates companies to recreate them. R34s are only valuable because of video games and movies. I can see them being recreated, but it's probably going to be some Joe with an oversized garage and a team of 4 making them.
@@Turtle_Legs and the replice prices will be as bad as the originals cause "hey were the only one making replicas we can sell them for as much as me want hue hue"
@@chechenfeels Lol they would be advertised as "the affordable R34 built to the spec of your dreams", for $100k....
@@chechenfeels how so? A 427 cobra replica is fraction the cost of the real thing. Hell you can get one for 40-60 grand. The R34 is a much more complex car, however reproduced body panels, frame, wiring, interior, and power train would easily come in at half what an authentic R34 goes for right now. The real thing will always sell for more since its authentic, but for someone who just wants the experience of driving one with an RB26 and doesn't have 100k this could be a much more affordable option.
Pleeeeeaaase, Nissan...restart the R32, R33 and R34 production,I beg you guys!😁
Someone did an urban exploration video here on UA-cam a couple of years ago in the town next to the Fukishima Plant zone and there was one scene where they were walking down a street. One guy said "Hey look at this" and the camera panned across the street and there, sitting in the grass on the side of the road was a white R34 GTR... abandoned! Still looked pretty good except one window was either broken out or down so the interior was probably not in good shape. What a waste.
Good thing I actually want an r33 instead 🥶
You can get those now.
Just saw this car featured on GTChannel. Cool car! Btw, every time someone mentions a US Skyline you see Sean Morris pop up somewhere :p
Wish I would have road in it before the lock away. Imagina me in a R34 with Paul driving in the States dope.