Building an LS1 Into a Show Engine
When building a show engine you always want to be different. This was the case for this month’s custom LS build. The LS world has been taking the automotive world by storm as everyone embraces the...
View ArticleVernon “VMax” Maxwell – Ultimately OG
Owner Vernon “Vmax” Maxwell Car Club Ultimate Riders Car Club Location Norco, CA It’s 1978, the once decrepit Hollywood sign just received a million-dollar renovation. The Los Angeles Dodgers just won...
View Article1951 Chevrolet 3100 – Old Pickup New Heart
Victor Carral of Mission Viejo, California, purchased this 1951 Chevy from an old girlfriend’s father. “Her dad Fransesco had a small collection of old cars that included a 1947 Fleetline, 1937...
View Article10 Best New Videos on Motor Trend OnDemand in November
Motor Trend OnDemand added a ton of new amazing motorsport and automotive video content in November! Kick off your viewing binge with this top 10 list and check out the special holiday subscriber...
View Article2015 Dreaming the Cure Car Show
One April morning in 2007, Gino and Victoria Ayala started their day celebrating their first wedding anniversary, a celebration abruptly short-lived after they received a devastating phone call that...
View Article1957 Chevrolet Bel Air – Modern-Day Monarch
It’s been called a lot of things: “Baby Cadillac,” “King of the Short Tracks,” and the two-door 150 model version that came with a fuel-injected 283 even earned the nickname “Black Widow,” as it...
View ArticleHolley LS Accessories – Step Up Your LS Game
Remember when an LS swap with a serpentine kit and a bit of chrome was doing it big? Well, now that these motor swaps have become more common, the only real way to separate yourself from the flock is...
View Article1959 Chevrolet Bel Air – The Perfect Couple
Luis Lemus of House of Pain Customs in Baldwin Park, California, has built some awesome cars that have graced the pages of LOWRIDER Magazine. When he met the woman who’d eventually become his wife,...
View ArticleContinental Tires Premium Passenger Tires
We get it. You want to save money when and where you can, but if you’re trying to save by buying poorly manufactured, cheap tires, then you’d better think twice. Tires support the weight of our...
View ArticleLokar Shifters, Pedals, Dipsticks, and More
Get your classic cruiser into gear with a full line of show-quality accessories such as transmission shifters, stainless steel braided trans and engine dipsticks, LED indicator displays, and even...
View Article1959 Chevrolet Impala – Pinky’s ’59
Jose “Pinky” Serna’s search for a 1959 Impala ended when he got a call from his friend Bigg Slice who had a complete ’59 that needed a full restoration. After negotiating a good price, he was able to...
View Article2000 Aztlan Bike – Two-Wheeled Dragon
The desire to build a lowrider bicycle came after Moses Espinoza attended his first car show. Moses asked his dad to build him one and he complied. “When we started building the bike we were buying all...
View ArticleCoker Tires & Wheel Vintiques Wheels – Old School New School
We can’t stress how important wheels and tires are to your car. Since it’s part of what gets you back and forth, it has to be reliable enough to trust on long hauls. And like a necktie is to a suit,...
View Article1963 Chevrolet Impala – El Six
Jose Reynoso of National City, California, decided to build a lowrider to keep his kid busy and focused on something positive. His search for a project car began in 2011. He was looking for a 1963 or...
View Article1958 Chevrolet Nomad – Nomadness
The Chevy El Camino — it defies classification. With photos surfacing on the Internet of a supposed reincarnation to be released in 2016, no one knows for sure yet if this truck/car hybrid will be...
View Article2015 Carnales Unidos Bakersfield Super Show
Forty years ago back in April 1975, a crowd of lowriders from the Bakersfield area were gathered at the local car wash. When they all got together there they came up with the idea of forming a car club...
View Article2001 Harley-Davidson Road King – Old Habits Die Hard
We all have our bad habits or “malvicios,” as some would call them. No matter how big or small, we all have something that can become a borderline obsession. For some it’s collecting LOWRIDER...
View Article1972 Chevrolet Caprice – Serial Thriller
We’re all aware of how many people think that fixing up an old car and putting more money into it than you’d get out of it is a form of insanity. That may be true, but it’s a diagnosis we’re all OK...
View Article1965 Chevrolet Impala Wagon – Outside the Box
If you were a kid growing up and your parents had one of these station wagons that you got brought back and forth to school and little league games with, you might have felt a little embarrassed. Who...
View ArticleImpact Wrench Reviews – Sudden Impact
So you’ve all bruised and bloodied enough knuckles with wrenches and breaker bars trying to free a stubborn bolt or nut from its place of residence. It’s right about that time that you wondered why you...
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