Old School 1960s Lowriding

[WWFstunna13]

Oh alright. Sorry about all the trouble. Nice to see people still care about the good O'l days. Wish I coulda been alive back then.

[kideuce]

I went to North High in the early '60s but the name doesn't ring a bell.

[WWFstunna13]

Did yu go to north high? Did you know anyone by the last name of LoPiccolo?

[kideuce]

My name is Howard Gribble. I had a '67 Impala (in 1967) and a '66 Riviera (1969) and lived in North Torrance. The "Essentials" came along in the late '60s but they were mostly younger than me and I don't think I knew any of them personally.

[WWFstunna13]

Yes it was essentials Torrance my uncle still has the "Essentials Torrance" plaque. He was wondering what your name is? Yu can message me if you'd like.

[b0rderbr0ther22]

thanks for uploading this video vato , this is a jewel in the lowrider history

[SpeedTriple59]

Love this clip,a pick me up on a shite day..Thanks for sharing..

[ipunchedsatan]

when lowriders were actually lowriding and not hopping

[donfran1957]

0:51 Avalon Blvd.. man I love the city Im from... WILMAS!

[TAYLORMADEMUSICify]

along with a natural bend that was factory.

[TAYLORMADEMUSICify]

Ok those are maybe 2inch pipes and not belflowers at all anyway. Hard to tell in pic. Belflowers had couture to them to.

[TAYLORMADEMUSICify]

Also proper placement for the Bellflower pipes are on the very edge of the rear quarter panel against the body level with the bottom of the panel on the outside of the body. . Not under the panel. Ruin the look there. But rest is like perfect.

[TAYLORMADEMUSICify]

WoW Astro supremes and bellflower pipes. Amazing. Old school i was there.

[TAYLORMADEMUSICify]

YESSSSS bout time i find something that even comes close to old school. Was raised in NORWALK crused Whiittier, Bellflower, Tweety, And that ya know. Have no idea where whilmington is. But heard of it. Cheech and Chong talked about it some. Cal worthington Dodge? Is that right?

[kideuce]

Glad you dig it. Always interested in the off beat parts of history that don't usually get recorded, like the vids you have made. How about one on the LB Pike? Not the lame ass mall that's there now but the OG amusment park they tore down in the 1980s. Anyway, keep up the good work!

[WWFstunna13]

@kideuce my uncle got his first tat at the Pike (x he tells me about the good ol times in the sixties with his 61 impala, which hes slowly restoring with me now. He was in a lowriding club i guess.... called Expeditions Torrance or something close to that. plus some of these pictures are in the lowrider book my uncle has...

[kideuce]

@WWFstunna13

Maybe your uncle's club was the "Essentials" from Torrance. I remember them from the late '60s.

[kideuce]

Glad you enjoyed my little video, those were some cool times and I can appreciate them now all the more. Wish I had shot more film but, unfortunatly, this is all there is. You can't go wrong documenting the present. Might seem unimportant now but down the road you find out that no one bothered so there's very little or nothing of the history recorded.

[Beechboy68]

I love seeing old footage...of any kind.. I want to start documenting things I do too....Im glad this was put out for us to see...my brother pointed me to this vid..Im always over in that area because im a casual longshoreman....I like to old pictures and vids/film of people lowriding back in the days when it was just starting out...

[kideuce]

Thanks. Checked out your channel and enjoyed the history lessons. Especially the "hood visit". Good to know I can go take a tour from the saftey of my computer screen! lol.

[TheHoodhistorian]

@kideuce cool man... i like your millitary vids too some times we need to look back to see where we are going... im 562vert ..i started my hood historian channel today...thanks for the good channel again!!

[562vert]

KIDEUCE YOU ARE THA MAN!!!! LOVE YOUR vids soon as i saw your channel i started to tell my brother and my friends they dad to see this and your other vids i love the old vids shot here in so cal..im from long beach and im into cars mainly old vw bugs but none the less im a car lover and i like the history lesson i get by watching vids like these

[pedalpunk57]

Dos anyone know the whereabouts of that beautiful '64? Is it still around today?

[pedalpunk57]

Shuuh hell yeah baby! Layin' frame all over the boulevard Daddy'o...that's what it was all about.

[Bgguy64]

Shot gun pipes

[Bgguy64]

Enjoyed the video! Old school lowridin.. Got a 64 Buick wildcat, doing it back in the day style 60's 70's lowriders. And just got my hot gun pipes today.

[elboulevardcruiser]

this trully is one of my favourite videos on youtube, i just keep going back to watch it. thanx for sharing

[kideuce]

Thanks for watching and the comments.

[oraletony]

Nice Old School Video !!! !

[Nottic210]

cool story man keep on rolling sumthings cant never die and this seis cuatro is a perfect example good job

[atomicdog56]

Heard about how wilmington was a big cruising spot. Never really believed it. Hard to see that looking at the preasnt condition. great video! Wish there was sound with the old 8mm cameras

[Gothamauto]

Enjoyed the video and also the music. What a beautiful Impala SS.

[kideuce]

The owner told me that a couple of black guys from Compton did the front in 1967 and later he bought the pieces for the back and installed them himself. Recently posted more pics of this car to Flickr where I'm known as KID DEUCE.

[stevil1967]

ooow bloody mary! it looked bad ass with the fade patterns on top! is this car lifted by bill hines?

[choppedandchanneled]

That is so fine , I'm going to cry. The 64 and the 54 , damn I love it.

[johneville]

way sick!!

[sprenky72]

absolutely love this!!!

wayy cool, thanks for sharing!

[FCCOOL]

nice footage

[Ratwagon68]

The stance,the paint,the scene...I dig it all....great footage

[kideuce]

Thanks for taking a look!

[SpeedTriple59]

Wow cool video fantastic memories..Enjoyed ..

[Iggy428]

I guess Alan always has had a thing for clean rides. My son will talk about the day he got to drive the Dukeztr for the rest of his life.

[kideuce]

Thanks for your comment. Good to know those times are still thought of by someone other than myself.

[thirdeyeopener83]

So KILLER Howard. Brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for sharing!