The Car From The Can
A book about can cars & miniature rc culture
The Car From The Can is a visual and historical journey into the strange, precise and obsessive world of can cars – tiny radio controlled machines sold in drink-sized cans, collected, raced and modified far beyond what they were ever designed for.
Main language: English · with a distinctly nerdy, hands-on perspective.
The book follows the can car from toy store shelf to hacked, tuned and re-contextualised object: from Taiyo and Tyco to Radi-Can, Race-tin and home-made hybrids running on custom electronics. It mixes documentation, archive material and personal research – less a catalogue, more a field guide to a very specific form of obsession.
For updates, exhibitions and related projects, visit TinRacing.com or Mikael’s other projects in miniature racing and experimental RC culture.
Cover coming soon