A time when the lines between Kustoms and Lowriders were blurred and neither had evolved apart from each other. I wouldn't call it the golden age but a very interesting period for both car customizing disciplines. Great pictures and music, thanks for posting this video.
@ 1:49. Back in 1978, I had me a 1967 Impala SS. candy apple red with 14” Cragers wheels on 520 tires. Had plans on getting it lifted, but never did. Sold it in 82. I was hard up for money raising a family. I always regretted selling that car. Damn good times in those days.
I remember those Days 60's 70's 80's 90's and listening to this song from {junior Walker and Allstars}{ song,, Cleo's mood } & (James Brown the big~ payback,,) It put me😎 in the mood for head Hunting🤐🤫in my 64"ss & 63"impala & a few others Lowrider I had those where the days We went through a lot criticism,, racism,, in creating our own identity"?! Through Bicycle,, cars,,& how we spoke,, and dressed,, tattoos,,"Cholo" brown Raza Stilo"?!! 70" years later what a beautiful legacy we have left for the world to follow in Lowrider,,& are Stilo & Food,,& exc 🇲🇽😎🇺🇸
My dad had a purple 53 Chevy with tuck n roll upholstery in the early 1960s.he said in the 1950s he would put sand bags in the trunk to give it that low profile look. That was before cutting coils , air bags , hydraulics. All took place in the Barrios of central , southern California.
Astro Supremes on 520's 14 's used to break off the lugnuts and a lot of times the wheels flew off in the freeway, we changed to 8" deep Cragars on 14's. It happened to me on the 10 FWY by CSLA, the pucker factor straight up. Imperials was my clica.
Back in the day before all the ugly gangster bullshit really soiled the lowrider image and it was all in good fun. I know there's tons of people who still do it out of real passion but still, something special about these days.
@@brucemcclary3260 What I meant by gangster is original clean look low key its not the attitude these kids have who think they are gangster I meant all about the roots skilled craftsmen latino brown and proud thats what i meant by ganster.
In 1967 I used to drive my 1946 Chevy tudor sedan to the Chevron station and top it off for 29 cents a gallon and cruz Southern California All weekend. Life was good!!!
My first one was a 1961 Ford Fairlane eight. I believe the engine was a 260. I had 14 inch skinny white walls and the old 5 spoke crager mag,s. I did not have hydraulic,s, but however the car did sit low in the back. The reason for this is because my Daddy did not like his cars sitting high in the rear. And he was not into lowriding but he told me that he liked them much better than hot rod cars. ( Way to go Daddy). He did not like hot rod cars at all. I would get a lot of look,s riding around the Neighborhood. But it was well worth it. I am not saying I was. But I may have been the only Lowrider in Washington, D.C. Alot of fine memories. Oh and Ladies too. I do not like hot rod cars at all myself. And never have. But I do not knock them or the People driving them. To each his own. Live and let live. God bless. Lowrider and proud of it. Love you all.
4272mama. Well I'm Italian, well actually of Sicilian descent but of course American the same as yourself. If I can still remember correctly I had the car in the late summer of 1970. Just waiting to turn 16 and get my license. I was working at Two different Gas Stations and saving my money. So my Daddy and my older Brothers helped me to get the car fixed up. T he reason I am familiar with Low Riders is because my Brothers would send me pictures of the Cars from the West Coast from Long Beach, San Diego and of course the best one of all ( and I still love that City). Beautiful Los Angeles. But it did not end there. And far from it. I will be commenting back very soon. In the Meen Time take care and God Bless.
Technically, most of these pictures aren't "lowriders" , at least not, as some today think of them. These were just cars of the time period, which had been mildly customized, by some of the guys who had probably been involved with the car customizing hobby for several years. Trends or tastes of the late 1960's, had changed a bit , since the 1950's and instead of wide white wall tires and flipper caps, a thin white wall and chromed rims were being used. Paint was still important by the late 1960's, but teardrop spotlights, "Ooga horns", and Felix, The Cat license plate frame topper's were on the outs. Wild customs were becoming expensive and so, minor alterations were becoming the thing for guys to do, since they were affordable and could often be done by an inexperienced car "customizer" - owner himself. The "Lowrider" of the 1980's, to me, borrows heavily from the mild customs of the 1960's and sometimes, a bit earlier, but by the 1980's, the ideas were different and what the new generations of car enthusiasts were connecting or associating the car hobby or trend with, had completely changed and had taken a different path. The decades of the 1940's, 1950's, and early 1960's, were simpler, and maybe, more innocent time periods, back then, we had "car clubs" with club jackets, and placards, which swung from the rear bumpers, guys hung out at the local diner or drive-in, drinking milk shakes and shoving down cheeseburgers and fries and the guys who did a lot of the work on the cars, who did the "customizing" , large jobs or small, did it out of love for the hobby. Today, it's "business", the attitude has changed, gang associations have sometimes crept in, and yes, somehow, it seems less fun . It should have never lost the "fun" aspect. Again, most of these pictures are just of mild customs of the the late 1960's - early 1970's time period, these guys didn't know what a "lowrider" was back then. The term really hadn't been coined yet.
Wooooow.... Los lowriders ya existían en los 60's, pero éstos fueron los primero autos modificados de estilos mild custom a diferencia de los actuales lowriders que tiene detalles personalizados combinados con sus partes originales en los emblemas de cada marca entre otros.
Hey Brother and Sister Lowriders. How is everybody today. Well I hope all of you are still with us and doing fine. I will probably be out in L A some time this fall. As soon as I get there I plan to catch me a couple of good Lowrider car shows. (And bikini contests also). Maybe in the City of Los Angeles or Chicano Park, San Diego. I will just have to play it by ear. Until then, God bless us all. Low and slow with pride. I still love you all. Oh and one more. I want to say hello to the Dukes and Group car club,s Los Angeles Chapter,s. I hope you all and everyone else are doing fine. I apologize. Hello to the , Imperials Los Angeles Chapter.
I meant to ask earlier but forgot. Well I have not been back to LA for a good while. I am just wondering if Alan Duke and Joe Reyes are still around? Can some one please let me know? Thanks and God bless. Low and slow we go.
Esos en sus tiempos eran autos último modelo como el impala 1967 y 65 y el buik riviera 64 y 68 autos de la década que ya ahora son chatarras occidadas pero con una pintadita y una tuneada vuelven ala vida como eran antes lowriders
+Memorizatela. Thank you so much Buddy and I really appreciate you answering me. I apologize for not answering sooner, but I have been a little busy. Well Thanks again and God bless.
I meant to ask earlier but forgot. Well I have not been back to LA for a good while. I am just wondering if Alan Duke and Joe Reyes are still around? Can some one please let me know? Thanks and God bless. Low and slow we go.
I love old school cars and trucks. And I love low rider to. Thank you guys for the video 📸📸📸📸❤❤❤😊😊😊
GREAT VIDEO AND EDUCATION. THANKS FOR SHARING!!!1
My first car was a '69 riviera. ...man I miss that boat!!!
My glass house was a sled the hood was so long i couldnt reach it to wash and wax it
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!
A TOTALLY AWSOME VIDEO AND SOUNDTRACK!!!!1
Clean and crisp , not overly done
Fantastic pics, beautiful, and killer tunes
Love this🤙🏼
A MUST WATCH!!!!
I LOVE MY LOWRIDER FAMILY!!!! SO MUCH FUN!!!
A time when the lines between Kustoms and Lowriders were blurred and neither had evolved apart from each other. I wouldn't call it the golden age but a very interesting period for both car customizing disciplines. Great pictures and music, thanks for posting this video.
@ 1:49. Back in 1978, I had me a 1967 Impala SS. candy apple red with 14” Cragers wheels on 520 tires. Had plans on getting it lifted, but never did. Sold it in 82. I was hard up for money raising a family. I always regretted selling that car. Damn good times in those days.
We didnt have gregers we had rockets really 520 took 13s
I remember those Days 60's 70's 80's 90's and listening to this song from {junior Walker and Allstars}{ song,, Cleo's mood } & (James Brown the big~ payback,,) It put me😎 in the mood for head Hunting🤐🤫in my 64"ss & 63"impala & a few others Lowrider I had those where the days We went through a lot criticism,, racism,, in creating our own identity"?! Through Bicycle,, cars,,& how we spoke,, and dressed,, tattoos,,"Cholo" brown Raza Stilo"?!! 70" years later what a beautiful legacy we have left for the world to follow in Lowrider,,& are Stilo & Food,,& exc 🇲🇽😎🇺🇸
My dad had a purple 53 Chevy with tuck n roll upholstery in the early 1960s.he said in the 1950s he would put sand bags in the trunk to give it that low profile look. That was before cutting coils , air bags , hydraulics. All took place in the Barrios of central , southern California.
Astro Supremes on 520's 14 's used to break off the lugnuts and a lot of times the wheels flew off in the freeway, we changed to 8" deep Cragars on 14's. It happened to me on the 10 FWY by CSLA, the pucker factor straight up. Imperials was my clica.
thats the way they should be lowered not slamed and no rubber band tires.
Back in the day before all the ugly gangster bullshit really soiled the lowrider image and it was all in good fun. I know there's tons of people who still do it out of real passion but still, something special about these days.
Lowriders have always been gangster...
@@BigDeeZiy not really,more art and skilled craftsmen not gangsta attitude. I was there
@@brucemcclary3260 What I meant by gangster is original clean look low key its not the attitude these kids have who think they are gangster I meant all about the roots skilled craftsmen latino brown and proud thats what i meant by ganster.
In 1967 I used to drive my 1946 Chevy tudor sedan to the Chevron station and top it off for 29 cents a gallon and cruz Southern California All weekend. Life was good!!!
Cool cars
I kept seeing Clint driving one them low lows when his theme dropped.
My first one was a 1961 Ford Fairlane eight. I believe the engine was a 260. I had 14 inch skinny white walls and the old 5 spoke crager mag,s. I did not have hydraulic,s, but however the car did sit low in the back. The reason for this is because my Daddy did not like his cars sitting high in the rear. And he was not into lowriding but he told me that he liked them much better than hot rod cars. ( Way to go Daddy). He did not like hot rod cars at all. I would get a lot of look,s riding around the Neighborhood. But it was well worth it. I am not saying I was. But I may have been the only Lowrider in Washington, D.C. Alot of fine memories. Oh and Ladies too. I do not like hot rod cars at all myself. And never have. But I do not knock them or the People driving them. To each his own. Live and let live. God bless. Lowrider and proud of it. Love you all.
4272mama. Well I'm Italian, well actually of Sicilian descent but of course American the same as yourself. If I can still remember correctly I had the car in the late summer of 1970. Just waiting to turn 16 and get my license. I was working at Two different Gas Stations and saving my money. So my Daddy and my older Brothers helped me to get the car fixed up. T he reason I am familiar with Low Riders is because my Brothers would send me pictures of the Cars from the West Coast from Long Beach, San Diego and of course the best one of all ( and I still love that City). Beautiful Los Angeles. But it did not end there. And far from it. I will be commenting back very soon. In the Meen Time take care and God Bless.
Amen brother wonderful story I njoy it smile
Me gustan todos estoy contento de estarlos viendo
Technically, most of these pictures aren't "lowriders" , at least not, as some today think of them. These were just cars of the time period, which had been mildly customized, by some of the guys who had probably been involved with the car customizing hobby for several years. Trends or tastes of the late 1960's, had changed a bit , since the 1950's and instead of wide white wall tires and flipper caps, a thin white wall and chromed rims were being used. Paint was still important by the late 1960's, but teardrop spotlights, "Ooga horns", and Felix, The Cat license plate frame topper's were on the outs. Wild customs were becoming expensive and so, minor alterations were becoming the thing for guys to do, since they were affordable and could often be done by an inexperienced car "customizer" - owner himself. The "Lowrider" of the 1980's, to me, borrows heavily from the mild customs of the 1960's and sometimes, a bit earlier, but by the 1980's, the ideas were different and what the new generations of car enthusiasts were connecting or associating the car hobby or trend with, had completely changed and had taken a different path. The decades of the 1940's, 1950's, and early 1960's, were simpler, and maybe, more innocent time periods, back then, we had "car clubs" with club jackets, and placards, which swung from the rear bumpers, guys hung out at the local diner or drive-in, drinking milk shakes and shoving down cheeseburgers and fries and the guys who did a lot of the work on the cars, who did the "customizing" , large jobs or small, did it out of love for the hobby. Today, it's "business", the attitude has changed, gang associations have sometimes crept in, and yes, somehow, it seems less fun . It should have never lost the "fun" aspect. Again, most of these pictures are just of mild customs of the the late 1960's - early 1970's time period, these guys didn't know what a "lowrider" was back then. The term really hadn't been coined yet.
They were called 'street kustoms' during this time period.
Awesome.
Wooooow.... Los lowriders ya existían en los 60's, pero éstos fueron los primero autos modificados de estilos mild custom a diferencia de los actuales lowriders que tiene detalles personalizados combinados con sus partes originales en los emblemas de cada marca entre otros.
I remember en el barrio El paso tx
Huh, I didn't know they were into shaving things way back then... Figured that was more popular as remote entry was becoming a thing...
I'm a Buick man myself but that Ford at 5:35 is slick
Hey Brother and Sister Lowriders. How is everybody today. Well I hope all of you are still with us and doing fine. I will probably be out in L A some time this fall. As soon as I get there I plan to catch me a couple of good Lowrider car shows. (And bikini contests also). Maybe in the City of Los Angeles or Chicano Park, San Diego. I will just have to play it by ear. Until then, God bless us all. Low and slow with pride. I still love you all. Oh and one more. I want to say hello to the Dukes and Group car club,s Los Angeles Chapter,s. I hope you all and everyone else are doing fine. I apologize. Hello to the , Imperials Los Angeles Chapter.
There's plenty of lowrider car clubs on fb...👍
@1tontomato yeh, thats lookin like a 67, love them fastbacks!
Yes....I love the '68 , back when I was a youngster my older friend had a dark green one....car was badass even had a chain steering wheel
I have pictures of my dad cruising East los in 1969
looks like a 67 impala ey
what are the songs?
I meant to ask earlier but forgot. Well I have not been back to LA for a good while. I am just wondering if Alan Duke and Joe Reyes are still around? Can some one please let me know? Thanks and God bless. Low and slow we go.
Joe rey has a CZcams channel
wow back then when there to many of this cars simple :D
a much classier day in lowriding.
Esos en sus tiempos eran autos último modelo como el impala 1967 y 65 y el buik riviera 64 y 68 autos de la década que ya ahora son chatarras occidadas pero con una pintadita y una tuneada vuelven ala vida como eran antes lowriders
i think i am re-incarnated & feel that im from this era.
Anyone else see JD?
Kind of true
DANG !! Some Of ZtHIS COMMENTS are dates from 10 years ago!!!really??😎😱
The last tune. That Jazz piece. Can anyone tell me the name of the tune and the artist. It sure sounds Multa assai.
+david fyre Song is called "Burning Spear" and it's by Jimmy Smith.
+Memorizatela. Thank you so much Buddy and I really appreciate you answering me. I apologize for not answering sooner, but I have been a little busy. Well Thanks again and God bless.
@starchedownon84s There isn't one car in this video with "5.20's"
howards the man!!
howards the!!
Canopaint1, i think what beesdad is trying to say is that its improper english and that it actually doesn't make sense.
I meant to ask earlier but forgot. Well I have not been back to LA for a good while. I am just wondering if Alan Duke and Joe Reyes are still around? Can some one please let me know? Thanks and God bless. Low and slow we go.
david fyre yes they are.