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December 21, 2019 9:11 AM

42 years after beginning as a DIY fanzine created by San Jose State students, Lowrider Magazine will cease printing "One of the most important contributions of Lowrider Magazine is the creation of a medium/tool that not only spread lowrider culture globally, but also created an intimate, cross-generational, and multicultural community for all lowrider lovers. The early issues of the magazine in the late 1970s and 1980s were also an important Chicana/o history book of events, people, and community." - Denise M. Sandoval (note, link has mildly NSFW images) Lowrider culture previously on metafilter: Lowrider influenced music, Japanese Lowriders
posted by vespabelle (5 comments total)

Oh, man. Car Craft, Mopar Muscle, Chevy High Performance...? All the titles that are about wrenching your own car, not just showing off rich guys' unobtanium. Balls.
posted by notsnot at 9:57 AM on December 21, 2019 [5 favorites]

Oh, man. Lowrider Magazine was basically my introduction to bass test music and 80s electrofunk.
posted by loquacious at 10:05 AM on December 21, 2019 [1 favorite]

As an outsider to this stuff, I always enjoyed paging through those magazines and seeing the creative automotive art. Yet I also squirmed at the women-as-auto-accessory swimsuited woman and car photos.
posted by cccorlew at 10:32 AM on December 21, 2019

That is truly the end of an era.
posted by Dip Flash at 11:24 AM on December 21, 2019

Huh, I almost made a FPP a few minutes ago about Kaoru Hattori AKA "Kay from the door" after seeing this video profile from her in Lowrider. She became obsessed with the '59 Impala as a youngster in Japan and now has her own shop (and a sweet '59 Impala).
posted by exogenous at 4:25 PM on December 21, 2019 [5 favorites]