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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If you are planning on building a kaido racer, chances are you will probably need some sort of fiberglass parts to complete the look. Even simple cars can benefit from smaller fiberglass goodies like an ita panel or chin spoiler. More extreme builds will use multiple different types in creative
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Around 6 years ago I was trying to do some research on what would be “period correct” music for a kaido racer. I tried googling things, but I wasn’t even sure where to start. I fell into the “city pop” YouTube pipeline that many of us have gotten into, but
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Chances are if you have looked at enough photos of kaido racers, you have might have seen racing numbers on them. One of the racing numbers has a very specific looking font to it that almost looks home made. This specific font was a commonly used set of racing numbers.
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Thanks for visiting our introductory class about the Lonesome Car-boy stereo line up offered by Pioneer. Now after you buy your setup, how do you make it work? One advantage of the Lonesome Car-boy lineup is that it’s modular. If you want to put it together or add something, you
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Recently, some of us visited Japan all at the same time during golden week. Moonlight Runners Jon, Astrid, and Javi along with Phil had a meet planned for their visit. Since we were also visiting, we joined up with them. I will hopefully make a more detailed post on this
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I like to think of a finished build as a sum of its smaller parts. Each small detail combines to form the cohesive larger image. One of these smaller details on a kaido racer build is the mirrors. Some of these mirrors are no longer produced, making a pair of
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Parman is a team that was originally from Ebitsu, between Fukuoka and Kitakyushu. Their main motto was to have a team full of casualness and simplicity, along with loving the color red. These photos are from their Junior Young Auto interview in the March 1991 issue. Yoshihiro’s RX-7 The side
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In the 1970s and 1980s, prior to there being UpGarage, Autobacs and Yellow Hat shops all over Japan, individual tuning shops thrived. There used to be a lot more shops where you could buy used cars along with wheels, tires, steering wheels, body kits and other accessories. Sigma was one
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Even 40 years later, Atsushi Muto ( 武藤厚司 ) and his legendary American Z is still talked about today. While it was covered heavily in magazines back then, there is very little information online about this iconic car. Originally Muto wasn’t planning on buying a Z. It wasn’t until he
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