The Racer Pins and Buttons
Description: Speed's father, Pops, (Daisuke Mifune) is a former wrestler-turned race car owner and builder. After quitting his job in a corporate car manufacturing company, he founded his own company, Mifune Motors. (In America, the company was changed to Racer Motors.) He is portrayed as a hothead who is overprotective of his family. His eldest son, Rex, ran away (although he would return as Racer X). In addition to Spritle and Chim-Chim, Pops' attitude is a running gag in the anime series as well as the live-action film. Overweight, he wears an athletic red shirt and a beige mechanic's cap. Despite his build, Pops is nearly unmatched in combat, as he was once a champion heavyweight wrestler.
Description: peed Racer, also known as Mach GoGoGo (Japanese: マッハGoGoGo, Hepburn: Mahha GōGōGō), is a Japanese media franchise about automobile racing. Mach GoGoGo was originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 Shōnen Book. It was released in tankōbon book form by Sun Wide Comics and later re-released in Japan by Fusosha. Adapted into anime by Tatsunoko Productions, its 52 episodes aired on Fuji TV from April 1967 to March 1968. In the US, the show aired in syndication at approximately the same time. The anime was later re-broadcast on Tokyo MX from July 1 to September 25, 2008.
Description: A retro-style composition featuring a detailed depiction of a cafe racer motorcycle in monochrome with a distressed texture. The text 'THE RETURN OF THE Cafe Racer' is prominently displayed at the top, with 'WORK HARD' and 'RACE HARD' on either side of the motorcycle. Below the motorcycle, the text 'FULL OF SPEED' is in large block letters, followed by 'Go Fast Or Go Home' in a stylized script.
The Return of the Cafe Racer Work Hard Race Hard Full of Speed Go Fast Or Go Home Pin
by STUDIO DESIGN PESSO
$3.25
Description: In 1982's Six Pack, Kenny Rogers plays Brewster (Brew) Baker, an itinerant racing-car driver. Notwithstanding Brew's nickname, the six pack of the title refers to cute kids, not to beers. Cute kids who are orphans, whose specialties are either stripping or repairing racing cars, depending on how they feel about the owner. The kids steal Brew's engine when the film begins, but pretty soon he becomes a father figure to them and they fall into working as his pit crew. It's about as '80s as they come and super family friendly, but a good watch nonetheless.
Description: A retro-style depiction of a cafe racer motorcycle in monochrome. The text 'THE THUNDER OF MOTORS' arcs above, with 'EST. C.A. 1917' and 'HAND CRAFTED' centered below. The phrase 'CAFE RACER' is prominently displayed at the bottom. The overall presentation is clean and stylized.
Cafe Racer Motorcycle The Thunder of Motors Est. C.A. 1917 Hand Crafted Pin
by STUDIO DESIGN JAMSON
$3.25
Description: A monochrome depiction of a classic motorcycle, labeled 'CAFE RACER'. Above the motorcycle, text reads 'The Thunder Of Motors' in a script font, with 'ETH. CA. 1917' and 'HAND CRAFTED' in a block font. The motorcycle is shown in profile with speed lines radiating from the wheels.
Description: Hurst Hemi Under Glass is the name given to a series of exhibition drag racing cars campaigned by Hurst Performance between 1965 and 1975. Each wheelstander was based on the current Plymouth Barracuda for the corresponding model year. The car was so named because the fuel injected Chrysler Hemi engine was placed under the Barracuda's exceptionally large rear window. The result of the rearward weight transfer was a "wheelie" down the length of the drag strip. The Hemi Under Glass was developed by Hurst Corporation to showcase their products in the A/FX class - precursor to funny cars. In 1965, George Hurst hired Wild Bill Shrewsberry of Mansfield, OH, an accomplished drag racer who had raced for both Mickey Thompson and Jack Crissman.
