Lowriders
Lowriders cut deep into American history – the result of two very different traditions, the California car culture and Mexican culture coming together in Southern California. Lowrider cars have always had a distinct Mexican flavor and these cars in the late ’30′s were part of the “zoot suit” fashion and the Pachucos (the gangsters of the day).
Often just the back of the car was lowered, using sandbags hidden in the trunk, or the springs were shortened by cutting the top few coils.
By the late 1950s and early ’60s, these chopped and oh so sexy cars were hitting southern California in great numbers. The cars cruising the barrios were almost always second hand, and Chevys became the car of choice because they were easier to repair and less expensive. The spirit has always been more about looks, class and style than speed. Lowriders are now a worldwide phenomenon (argueably the fastest growing auto trend) with clubs and associations on every continent.
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