Deco Traveler's design is based on a truck that appeared in a movie aired in 1975 - "Trucker: Explosive first star" (トラック野郎・爆走一番星). The movie phrases also appeared in the splash screen generated by Deco Traveler.
Actor Trivia
Tate Misato (Detective Misaki) was Kanbayashi Emi on OOO.
Matsunaga Hiroshi (Amagi) was Captain Shark on Sazer-X
Narimatsu Yoshihiko (Sasamoto) was A.R. Garren on Decade.
Ishii Yasuaki and Murai Akira are both members of JAE.