I personally think it would look better, but there are other guys in here with way more experience and much better opinions.
Those pics bring back some fond memories of growing up. I grew up in Santa Ana, CA and there was a huge lowrider scene there in the 80's. I remember riding my bike with my buddies to Centennial Park and Mile Square Park on Sunday afternoons to check out all the car clubs and their rides. We were 12 year old slaps and still on the old BMX's, bunch of dorky kids from the neighborhoods. We used to bullshit our parents as to where we were riding off to because they would shit had they known we were hanging out around those parks back then. There were a good amount of gangsters there, and the occasional fight/shanking, but for the most part everybody was there to check out the rides and all the smokin' hot Mexican chicks that followed. I don't have any bad memories of all the lowriders and cholos there, they were actually really cool to us kids and always would give us a soda or let us hang around their cars and talk to us. Probably cause we were 12 and weren't a threat to picking up on their chicks, drinking their Budweiser, or fighting with them. Hahahaha good times.
Bad ass thread... Now if only I could find a 2dr Pinto wagon... Astros, black, gold, and white panels.. gold n' white guts, juice, a few hundred louvers in the hood, bell flower tips, a couple antennas frenched in, and one of those clear rectangular wheels... Maybe a some what worked 289 to make cruisin' even more fun... Someday....
Yeah, early 80's still represents "early" lowriding to me because that's when I grew up and this stuff really hit me. Still pre-100 spokes, but not quite the Starwire late 70's stuff. Your guys' club is pretty rad btw.
Ok kids, this is gonna be my last post til monday and i want it to be a good one. All these are from the place where all the hard core lowrider vatos hang out: the LBCC message board! and are waaaaay too bad ass to not show'em here. on a side note, i would have thought that more guys would scan their og pics to show'em here, you would make many guys happy. and im also still waitin for more info on the vega panel......thanx and have a great week-end.
Haha. We're about as hardcore as Danny De La Paz. *budumching* But yeah. If you like oldschool lowriders...the LBCC is the place to be.
Hey guys the Viejitos are putting on a Lowrider/Carshow tomorrow from 12-6 at the Taqueria El Rancho Restaurant, 1330 South Brookhurst Fullerton, corner of Orangethorpe and Brookhurst.....I will be there with my Club and my 51 Chevy....LOTS OF LOWRIDERs WILL BE THERE....Don't forget the best show of the year coming up Majestics New Years Day Show at Hollywood Park....ALWAYS A GREAT SHOW!!!!!!
wow, this thread took me WAY back to the day when my cousins and I left their Hebron house to cruise Alisal on our bikes. Then find our way to Closter park. Nothing but candy panels tru's/supremes and lots of Aqua net. I remember when i went from 3 batteries to SIX, then from delta dumps to Watermans! I can still remember breaking ball joints, popping springs, 3 wheeling corners, taking reflectors off the street with my crossmember and getting pulled over every two blocks. That was a time when your biggest worries were buckling your quarter panel, breaking keys, and frying your armatures. DAMN, I never thought the HAMB would bring back those memories. The pictures are amazing. Seeing all the old Imperial CC pics and the plaque is awesome. I still have both my Street Life and Imperials(NorCal) plaques and will prolly get buried with them. That's true history right there. Now i'm inspired to dig out all the old Lowrider show pics and scan them. I've got tons of Loco '64 as my dad did LOTS of work to it. I still remember the days of hanging out with Al Lopez and Larry Gonzales and my brother's and friends cars being shot for the magazine. ((sigh)) those were the days. Keep the memories going fellas. Fantastic shots by Deadend...first class work. here's a shot of me and my wife(girlfriend at the time) hopping Closter Park in Salinas.
!!!!! Please scan them. People need to see more old shots of Loco 64. For those who don't know...that was Norcal's Gyspy Rose. Much respect.
I was at the Viejito's show in Pomona a couple months ago, some really nice stuff. Definitely want to try and make it to the Majestic's show.
and much respect for jesse valdez and his Gypsy Rose creations. I've never met a more humble guy outside of Cole Foster. Jesse is first class and his ride reflects that. Having been a member of The Imperials, it opened my eyes to a whole other genre of lowriding. As far as Loco 64 is concerned, we haven't seen the last of it. My dad did some truly different "things" to it for the masses to appreciate. George Torrez(the owner) took a bit of a break from her. His brother Louis, the original owner, is now building a very nice chopped merc('50). I'd dig out some pics of the "under construction" work, but i'm at work. Rod Powell's work on that car is beautiful. For now, here are some pics of it at a show, sans show turntable. Enjoy!
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