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1:18 scale diecast replicas are 1/18th the size of the real vehicle. Most popular in this category are 1:18 scale automobile replicas – usually made out of Zamak zinc diecasting alloy [1] with plastic parts. "1:18 scale" is the colloquial reference to this class of toy or replica.
A lowrider or low rider is a customized car with a lowered body that emerged among African American & Mexican American youth in the 1940s. [3] Lowrider also refers to the driver of the car and their participation in lowrider car clubs , which remain a part of African American Hip Hop culture & Chicano culture and have since expanded ...
Some lowrider bikes are modified into lowrider tricycles, for style. Converting a lowrider bicycle into a tricycle often allows the bike to sit closer to the ground while still being rideable, and even hop without falling over if they have airbag suspension or hydraulic suspension. Converting a bicycle into a tricycle often creates extra carry ...
In Southern California, a distinct growl of car engines are heard on the boulevards, led not by stereotypically macho characters often portrayed in street-racing films like Fast and Furious, but ...
Homies are a series of two-inch plastic collectible figurines representing various Chicano Mexican American characters. The line of toys was created by David Gonzales [1] and based on a comic strip that Gonzales created [2] featuring a cast of characters from his youth. [3]
Jesse Valadez was a Mexican American lowrider and artist based in East Los Angeles who became known as a major figure in lowriding, a cultural practice among Chicanos that he helped pioneer.
Lowrider was an American automobile magazine, focusing almost exclusively on the style known as a lowrider. It first appeared in 1977, produced out of San Jose, California , by a trio of San Jose State students.
The earliest car clubs were formed in the 1930s, [1] though the reputedly oldest lowrider club is the Dukes. The Dukes first got together in 1962. [2] The club went on for some four years, breaking up in 1969. The club started up again but between 1970 and 1977, the ghost of the club carried on.