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A lowrider or low rider is a customized car with a lowered body that emerged among 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 Chicano culture and have since expanded internationally.
Waiting there along the KCK street were 50 eye-catching, lowrider cars — painted bright reds, greens and blues with gold and chrome rimmed wheels, gleaming under the sunlight. Every car sat low ...
Car hydraulics are equipment installed in an automobile that allows for a dynamic adjustment in height of the vehicle. These suspension modifications are often placed in a lowrider, i.e., a vehicle modified to lower its ground clearance below that of its original design. With these modifications, the body of the car can be raised by remote control.
Historically, car clubs (groups of people who share a love for custom cars and a passion for lowriding) have been predominantly led by men, with the exception of a few, such as Lady Bugs Car Club ...
On this car, he hand-painted roses to honor his mother "because she liked flowers" and she "loved the idea of putting roses on the car." [2] This second Gypsy Rose car made its debut on the lowrider scene at the 1968 Winternationals Custom Show. [2] At first, some of his fellow lowriders from other car clubs were critical of the design.
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Drivers compete against each other and hope to win the other driver's car, known as "hopping for pink slips.” [6] The street became very popular as a place for low riders to come together. [7] Lowriders want to showcase them and come together at parks, parking lots, etc. anywhere they find place and come in groups.
An early "true" vintage Cal-Style Volkswagen, built by Robert Velis in 1982 (Huntington Park, southeast LA, 1983)A Cal-Style VW is a lowrider influenced vintage Volkswagen, that for style and cruising was lowered to the extreme in the manner called "dumped" "slammed" or "laid out".