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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.
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.
Lowrider automobiles originated from the California custom car community. Hydraulics first came on the scene after the 1958 California lowered vehicle law went into effect. The first documented custom car with Hydraulics was in 1958 when Jim Logue of Long Beach California installed them in his custom 1954 Ford the “Fab X”.
Lowriders are shown in two important ways: in motion at cruises and meet-ups, and on display at lowrider shows, where the setup for the display can be as elaborate as the car itself. Jessica ...
“A lot of people in the ’80s and ’90s saw lowriders like gangbangers and cholos,” Gonzalez said. “But when you meet these guys, they have jobs, they are family men, workers and welders.
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 ...
Lowriders is a 2016 American drama film directed by Ricardo de Montreuil, written by Elgin James and Cheo Hodari Coker, and starring Demián Bichir, Gabriel Chavarria, Theo Rossi, Melissa Benoist, Tony Revolori and Eva Longoria. [4] It was released on May 12, 2017. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $6 million. [1]
For a while, lowrider car cruising kind of stopped happening throughout the city, but it's started to come back — at Elysian Park now, on the weekends, you'll see a lot of lowrider car shows ...