Ram 1500 Crambury Lowrider Is a Showstopper, Rides on 26-Inch Wheels 30 Apr 2021, 11:33 UTC ·
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When you re as eager as we are to see the 2021 SEMA show bringing the custom festivities we missed last year (the 2020 edition was canceled due to the global health crisis), you always find the time to look back at some of the standout machines that graced the event s 2019 edition. Case in point with the 2019 Ram 1500 you see here, which is nicknamed Crambury for obvious reasons. 6 photos
One might raise an eyebrow at the label we used in the title above. After all, this truck is quite a departure from the Chevy Impalas and Caddys one normally associates with the lowrider tag.
2021 Cadillac Escalade Lowrider Is Real, Sits on 30-Inch Wheels 9 Apr 2021, 18:12 UTC ·
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Lowrider car culture started in Los Angeles in the late 1940s. During the post-war boom, Mexican-American young drivers began cutting their springs, notching frames, and messing with the suspension arms to get their cars sitting super-lower.
It was an anti-statement that California legislators didn t like, and a law was passed to essentially ban lowriders. Hydraulic suspension systems were developed as an answer, the community flourished and the rest is history, filled with lots of cool Chevy Impalas and Cadillacs.
You d think there s absolutely no way to connect the old style of customization with modern GM products. But just like they did in the Box Chevy era, lowriders always find an innovation. This is the kind of thing that makes you go