Lowriders' background and their fascinating history will be on display next month at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, celebrating the artistry and craftsmanship of lowrider culture.
Lowriders — and we don't mean low-rise jeans — are custom cars that cruise low to the ground, and so slowly, so that onlookers can get a good view of the paint job, the fantastic suspension, and most importantly the driver showing off his or her good looks.
Lowrider cars were instrumental in fostering the custom-car scene well beyond where it first developed, in L.A. and along the West Coast. Today, lowrider communities can be found well beyond SoCal — in the Southwest, Chicago, Kansas City and New York City. Internationally, there are lowrider communities in Japan, Brazil, Thailand and even France.
Among the models to be showcased in the “Best in Low: Lowrider Icons of the Street and Show” exhibit will be one of the most famous lowriders, the 1964 Chevrolet Impala known as"Gypsy Rose." The stunning ride earned its initial notoriety in the 1970s television sitcom “Chico and the Man,” and In 2017 became the first lowrider to be inducted into the National Historic Vehicle Registry.
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