Lowrider Space

Lowrider Space
Author: Ben Chappell
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2012-07-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0292737866

"This book explores how lowrider car culture allows Mexican Americans to alter the urban landscape and make a place for themselves in an often segregated society"--

Lowrider

Lowrider
Author: Paige R. Penland
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2003
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780760315996

Discusses the history and culture of the movement that began in the neighborhoods of East Los Angeles in the late 1930s, when cars were lowered for the purposes of style, tracing its development through the decades and into the twenty-first century, and includes color photographs.

Lowrider Coloring Book

Lowrider Coloring Book
Author: Oscar Nilsson
Publisher: Dokument Forlag
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-04-14
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9789185639410

Paint your own lowrider just the way you like it! Impalas, Cadillacs and Rivieras. In the Lowrider Coloring Book, you will color the classic and most popular Lowrider models. Lowrider culture reaches back to 1930s Los Angeles, where it became popular for style-conscious Latino-Americans to load their cars with sandbags to bring it closer to the road. Style was everything, and when lowered cars were banned in California in the 1950s, it became necessary to find a way to raise and lower the car simply to avoid fines. The solution was to use hydraulics from old fighter planes left over from World War II. The rapper Kid Frost showcased lowriding in the early 90s hit Lowrider, and since then, the cars are closely associated with hip hop culture. Today, lowriding is bigger than ever with thousands of enthusiasts in most parts of the world. All strive to outdo each other with the most elegant varnish, interior, hydraulics, chrome and rims. The custom cars you'll be coloring in the Lowrider Coloring book were converted by some of the best and most legendary enthusiasts. What color is your Impala?

Kristin Bedford: Cruise Night

Kristin Bedford: Cruise Night
Author:
Publisher: Damiani Limited
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9788862087278

Scenes from the Mexican American lowrider life: a clothbound photobook documenting a vibrant LA car culture Known for her quiet portraits of American cultural movements, Los Angeles-based photographer Kristin Bedford's new work, Cruise Night, is an intimate and unstaged exploration of Los Angeles' Mexican American lowrider car culture. From 2014 to 2019 Bedford attended hundreds of lowrider cruise nights, car shows, quinceañeras, weddings and funerals. Her images offer a new visual narrative around the lowrider tradition and invite outsiders to question prevalent societal stereotypes surrounding this urban Mexican American culture. Bedford's photos explore the nuances of cars as mobile canvases and the legendary community that creates them. With bright color photography and a unique female vantage point, Cruise Nightis an original look at a prolific American movement set against the Los Angeles cityscape.

The Lowrider's Handbook

The Lowrider's Handbook
Author: Lowrider Editorial Staff
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2002
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781557883834

A collection of technical articles from "Lowrider" magazine that provide information on a variety of topics related to lowriders, including engine modifications, detailing, custom interior modifications, and choosing proper tires and wheels.

Lowriders in Space

Lowriders in Space
Author: Cathy Camper
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2014-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1452143145

Lupe Impala, El Chavo Flapjack, and Elirio Malaria love working with cars. You name it, they can fix it. But the team's favorite cars of all are lowriders—cars that hip and hop, dip and drop, go low and slow, bajito y suavecito. The stars align when a contest for the best car around offers a prize of a trunkful of cash—just what the team needs to open their own shop! ¡Ay chihuahua! What will it take to transform a junker into the best car in the universe? Striking, unparalleled art from debut illustrator Raul the Third recalls ballpoint-pen-and-Sharpie desk-drawn doodles, while the story is sketched with Spanish, inked with science facts, and colored with true friendship. With a glossary at the back to provide definitions for Spanish and science terms, this delightful book will educate and entertain in equal measure.

Chicano Folklore

Chicano Folklore
Author: Rafaela Castro
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2001-11-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780195146394

Originally published under title: Dictionary of Chicano folklore. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c2000.

Low Rider

Low Rider
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2006
Genre: Automobiles
ISBN:

How to Build a Low Rider

How to Build a Low Rider
Author: Frank Hamilton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1996
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781884089183

A guide to building a low-riding car that includes information on how to lower a car, how the hydraulics work, how to choose the right paint, how to improve the engine, and other related topics.