With the popularity of kaido racers now reaching a more global scale, I thought it might be best to go back in time to see where they originated from and the trends and shifts in their design throughout the generations. This first post will be geared toward what Holiday Auto
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KaidoRacer.com Shop Coming Soon!
Now that this website has been up for two years, it is time to grow it a bit. I am offering up (almost) all of the magazines I use for historical content on this website for sale. All of the magazines are used, so some of them might be missing
Read MoreKaido Racers Found in Video Games
Zokusha King Zokusha King is a series of PS2 games released in Japan. It had 4 different releases and 2 of them were translated and released in Europe as Maxxed Out Racing. They were published by D3Publisher for their SIMPLE series of cheap video games. Each game released in the
Read MoreDGK x Kaido House Collaborate and Offer Kaido Racer Inspired Apparel
Former Hot Wheels designer and owner of Kaido House Jun Ima recently released a collaboration with DGK, offering jackets, shirts, banners, stickers, and skate decks. While the Kaido House brand isn’t inherently related to kaido racers, Jun often draws inspiration from early-generation kaido racers and grachan-era cars. One particular design
Read MoreHokapure — The One-of-a-Kind Gift of Love
In the early 1990s, Jr. Young Auto had a column that highlighted young couples’ love for each other. The column featured photos of the gifts they gave each other, primarily plush versions of their vehicles. They called this hokapure. So far I have seen hokapure written in three different ways.
Read MoreWhat Are the Antennas on Kaido Racers?
If you have looked at enough photos of “haiso” (high society) styled kaido racers, chances are you have noticed antennas mounted either to the rear end or the roof. First assumption is for a radio or even a television, but that isnt always the case. CB (Citizen Band) radios peaked
Read MoreMusic for Kaido Racers — Part 2
Continuing from the previous article about music that you might hear around kaido racers, we continue with more artists of the 80s-90s. Mind you that this isn’t all of the artists and also that many people who are into kaido racers listen to other music besides Japanese artists. In fact,
Read MoreKoenig Specials Inspired Kaido Racers
In the 1980s European tuning shops started to get popular. In Germany alone, there was RUF, Brabus, Gemball, but what was probably the craziest tuner was Koenig Specials. Willy König purchased a Ferrari 365 BB in 1974 and wasn’t happy with the performance of it. He had the 365 sent off
Read MoreVintage Pioneer stereos — Lonesome Car-boy II and Centrate
Welcome back to class. If you missed out on our first class of the early Lonesome Car-boy series or our follow-up to that with installation instructions, be sure to check those out. Now we are on to advanced topics. By 1983 the original Lonesome Car-boy line was beginning to look
Read MoreAuto Produce Bellezza
Once I finally landed in Japan I was hit up by Sandra of Checkpoint Japan to come on out for the monthly Auto Produce Bellezza meeting. So I hopped a train and headed north. John, Jyles and Tom picked me up at the train station and we went to Moriya
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