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ART AMONG THE LOW RIDERS
Wet-bar with strobe lights, in trunk of 1952 Pontiac Chieftain owned by Beto Salazar.
"smoother." On the other hand, I have met several
low riders who, after having won numerous trophies
and making seemingly endless improvements on their
rides, have decided to retire the car from competi-
tion in order to start work on a new creation.
The reason for the low riders' preference for older
model automobiles is not entirely clear. Beto Salazar,
former president of "Los Bajitos de Grand Prairie,"
explains that he prefers 1950s models because of his
nostalgia for what he calls the best decade of his life,
his teen-aged years. Others guess that the passion
for 1950s models goes hand-in-hand with today's
1950s music and fashion nostalgia craze. Still others
suggest that such cars are superior in design and con-struction and simply look "classier." It is also sug-
gested that these models are often less expensive to
acquire, but this is true only when the vehicle is in
poor condition. While the non-low rider pays neat
monthly installments to the lien holder of his vehi-
cle, the low rider invests money in his "ride" at the
rate that his budget allows. Making a "class ride"
out of an "old bomb" is often a long-term and quite
expensive proposition, as the following list of the
kinds of modifications commonly made suggests. The
dollar amounts refer to the cost of the work were
it not done by the low rider but by a commercial firm.
It must be remembered that this list does not include
the costs of a paint job or of reupholstering the in-* 73 *
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Abernethy, Francis Edward. Folk Art in Texas, book, 1985; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67647/m1/81/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.