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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 internationally.
Valadez constructed three lowriders in his lifetime, all of which he named Gypsy Rose. [2] The first Gypsy Rose was a 1960 Chevrolet Impala [2] that he painted a simple flashy pink, thinking of the burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee. [2]
Early lowriders were called "bombs" and created from '36 to '54 Chevy models like this '47 Fleetline built by Matt Sherman. Jessica Walker - Car and Driver.
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”.
Lowrider owners wanted everyone to see the intricate details of the artwork on the car and the stylized look of their vehicle. “Lowriding became a public performance. You don’t build a ...
Throughout the 1970s and 80s, lowrider bikes were featured alongside lowrider cars in shows. [5] The club Rollerz Only was founded in 1988 in Los Angeles and grew to 42 chapters worldwide over time. [20] Lowrider bicycles surged in popularity in the 1990s, as competition over style and design became intense. [5]
Professionally known as Wiz Khalifa, rapper Cameron Jibril Thomaz is a self-professed classic-car collector whose interests clearly lean toward iconic vintage Chevys—a pristine '56 Bel Air, two ...
The Schwinn Bicycle Company is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets bicycles under the eponymous brand name. The company was founded by Ignaz Schwinn (1860–1948) in Chicago in 1895, [2] [3] and in the 20th century became the dominant manufacturer of American bicycles.