Danny, I'm bored.

[tkblkcobra]

Can't win em all. Thanks Fern.

[Fern]

this video has the earliest known footage of a lowrider in action... Allen Duke's 'The Duke' '64 Impala...

taken this past weekend by the great Howard Gribble in LA at the GNRS, Allen Duke in front of my brother Eryk's Olds..

[Big Dad]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxeBp6mk45ztuTOcnhBctUZmD9yw?docId=c38e9234155643068bb3ae8f4fe7cd25

LOS ANGELES (AP) — She was a cover girl, had a bit part in a popular '70s TV show and was an icon of car culture. "Gypsy Rose,"
an award-winning Chevy Impala admired for its elaborate floral paint job,
was known in the world of cruising lowriders as one of the most tricked-out muscle cars of a generation.

On Saturday, the pink, rose-covered ride will lead a funeral procession of lowriders through East L.A.,
behind the hearse that carries its owner to his final resting place.

Car clubs from across Southern California are expected to roll out to pay their respects to Jesse Valadez,
a founding member of the Imperial Car Club. Valadez died of colon cancer Jan. 29 at age 64.

"He loved that car. It was known as the legend of the lowriders," said his brother Armando,
63, who co-founded the Imperial Car Club with Jesse in 1964. "It was his pride and joy. It was his baby."

The first "Gypsy Rose," a 1963 Impala, was featured in the NBC sitcom "Chico and the Man,"
which brought customized cars into the national spotlight.

"'Chico and the Man' was the beginning of everything. That car opened the door for everything you see now,"
said Joe Ray, editor of Lowrider magazine. "I don't know how lowriding would be today without him, his car and that club.
He was a pioneer. The name of his car and his car club and East Los Angeles are all synonymous to me."

"We were serious competitors back in the day. But when you grow older and go back 30 years, you become friends," he said.
"You realize things have changed, and you appreciate those memories and sharing them, because some people aren't around anymore

[Fern]

RIP Jessie Valdez of Imperials C.C.

here's both versions of Gypsy Rose

The Original ['63]



Later version ['64], same one Big Dad posted [thanks Pops]

[CexMashean]

The only good looking car in this whole failed thread.

[46Tbird]

Then start a donk thread ya faggot.

[stevo]

The only good looking car in this whole failed thread.

The tire fire is that ---> way, go stand in it.
and yes, we know you are obviously trolling

Stevo

[Fern]

[CJ]

The only good looking car in this whole failed thread.The only good looking car in this whole failed thread.

Would have been killer with some white walls.

[racrguy]

Would have been killer with some white walls.

^^ this. While I don't like a lot of the paint schemes on these cars, I can for sure appreciate the skill and hard work it takes to make some of these machines.

[stevo]

Would have been killer with some white walls.

Yup, some tall white walls.

Stevo

[46Tbird]

Yup, some tall white walls.

Stevo

I'm partial to whitewalls myself. Maybe someday I'll build this f'in thing.

[Darren M]

I'm partial to whitewalls myself. Maybe someday I'll build this f'in thing.

That makes my thingy stand up and do a little dance.... clean, provocative, and fins.....

Damn. I gotta gets a towel.

[46Tbird]

Thanks man. I've already got the hard part - a complete, solid, rust-free car. Now I just need to build it. It's getting an injected 392 and Tremec 5spd.

[Darren M]

Need body work? Need minor welding. Need grinding?!?! PING ME!!!!!!!! Bring beer, good stories, great attitude and let's get it done!