#custom cars

Maroon candy paint Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme lowrider on gold wire wheels on a sunny street
Car Features

The Cutlass in Lowrider Culture

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
Classic Chevrolet Impala lowrider with hydraulics, three-quarter front view
Car Features

The Impala and Lowrider Culture

Hector Morales · · 11 min
Pro Street muscle car with tubbed rear tires and blower hood setup
Car Features

Pro Street vs Street Machine

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
A smooth fendered street rod with a glossy modern finish parked beside a stripped highboy traditional hot rod on a fairgrounds show field, the era and finish contrast clearly visible
Car Features

Street Rod vs Hot Rod: The Real Difference

Jim Vasquez · · 10 min
Purple 1964 Chevrolet Impala lowrider parked before a mural covered wall
Car Features

How the Impala Became the Lowrider Icon

Hector Morales · · 6 min
1963 Chevrolet Impala lowrider with wire wheels on a boulevard at golden hour
Car Features

The 1963 Impala in Lowrider Culture

Hector Morales · · 6 min
A glossy, finished traditional hot rod parked beside a raw patina-and-surface-rust rat rod, showing the hot rod vs rat rod finish contrast
Car Features

Hot Rod vs Rat Rod: The Real Difference

Jim Vasquez · · 6 min
Candy paint Oldsmobile Cutlass lowrider with chrome wire wheels on an urban street
Car Features

The Cutlass in Lowrider Culture, Hip-Hop and the Collector Market

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
A menacing traditional rat rod roadster with bare-metal and clear-coated surface rust, low aggressive stance and exposed hot-rod engine, lit by dramatic moody light in a dark garage.
Car Features

The Rat Rod Story

Jim Vasquez · · 18 min
Close cabin view of a lowrider tuck-and-roll interior with deep burgundy crushed-velvet pleated bench seat and door panels and chrome trim
Car Features

Lowrider Tuck-and-Roll Interiors

Hector Morales · · 8 min
Candy red lowered 1964 Chevrolet Impala lowrider with chrome wire wheels on an LA street at sunset
Car Features

The Impala in Hip-Hop Culture

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
Lowered 1964 Chevrolet Impala lowrider with candy paint at a sunny car show
Car Features

The Car Clubs That Built Lowrider Culture

Hector Morales · · 7 min
Blue 1964 Chevrolet Impala lowrider hopping on hydraulics with front wheels raised
Car Features

Hydraulics: How the Impala Learned to Dance

Hector Morales · · 6 min
Pink 1964 Chevrolet Impala lowrider with gold pinstriping at a sunny car show
Car Features

Gypsy Rose: The Most Famous Lowrider Impala

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
Candy red 1964 Chevrolet Impala lowrider with chrome wire wheels on a boulevard
Car Features

Why the 1964 Impala Is the King of Lowriders

Hector Morales · · 7 min
Clear-coated-rust rat rod with visible patina and welded details parked at an outdoor car show with onlookers on a sunny day
Car Features

What Is a Rat Rod: The Ethos Explained

Jim Vasquez · · 9 min
A fat-fendered pre-1949 street rod parked beside a modern-era restomod muscle car in a clean show hall, the two eras side by side.
Ownership & Lifestyle

Street Rod vs Restomod

Jim Vasquez · · 7 min
Close-up of a pinstriper's hand pulling a crisp freehand stripe with a long-bristle sword brush across a glossy hot-rod fender, paint palette nearby
Car Features

Pinstriping and the Kustom Line Artists

Jim Vasquez · · 7 min