Christian Worship Center Bay Area 2015 Easter Classic Car Show
Saturday April 4thMt. Pleasant High School 1750 South White Road, San Jose, CA 95127
Registration 8AM - 11AM SHOW HOURS 11AM - 4PM
FREE ADMISSION TO THE PUBLICCAR REGISTRATION: $20 PRE-REG//
$25 @ DOOR
BIKE REGISTRATION: $10 PRE-REG//
$15 @ DOORINFO: (408) 263-0406
FOR SPACE ASSURANCE PRE-REGISTER ONLINE
EASTERCLASSICSHOW.COMAWARDS
PEOPLE'S CHOICE: CAR, BOMB, BIKE
BEST OF SHOW: CAR, BOMB, BIKE
CAR (1st & 2nd PLACE) 30's - 90's:
ORIGINAL, STREET, FULL CUSTOM
LOWRIDER BIKES (1st & 2nd PLACE):
ORIGINAL, FULL CUSTOM, RADICAL, TRIKE
BIKE:
STOCK, BAGGER, CHOOPERDRUG & GANG FREE ENVIRONMENT  /   NO ATTITUDES, NO COLORS   /  FAMILY EVENT

Christian Worship Center Bay Area 2015 Easter Classic Car Show
Saturday April 4thMt. Pleasant High School 1750 South White Road, San Jose, CA 95127
Registration 8AM - 11AM SHOW HOURS 11AM - 4PM
FREE ADMISSION TO THE PUBLICCAR REGISTRATION: $20 PRE-REG//
$25 @ DOOR
BIKE REGISTRATION: $10 PRE-REG//
$15 @ DOORINFO: (408) 263-0406
FOR SPACE ASSURANCE PRE-REGISTER ONLINE
EASTERCLASSICSHOW.COMAWARDS
PEOPLE'S CHOICE: CAR, BOMB, BIKE
BEST OF SHOW: CAR, BOMB, BIKE
CAR (1st & 2nd PLACE) 30's - 90's:
ORIGINAL, STREET, FULL CUSTOM
LOWRIDER BIKES (1st & 2nd PLACE):
ORIGINAL, FULL CUSTOM, RADICAL, TRIKE
BIKE:
STOCK, BAGGER, CHOOPERDRUG & GANG FREE ENVIRONMENT  /   NO ATTITUDES, NO COLORS   /  FAMILY EVENT

Rock singer and songwriter Alice Cooper's career spans five decades. Cooper experimented with different musical styles, including art rock, pop rock, hard rock, heavy metal, new wave and industrial rock. Cooper is considered to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock." In 2011, Alice Cooper band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Photography by: Gabor Mereg

Throughout our venture in documenting and photographing rare and amazing cars, we've been fortunate to come across Latin Pride Car Club.

The El Paso borderland is where Latin Pride Car Club originated over 20 years ago and is active in keeping the culture of lowriders in El Paso alive. Latin Pride car club sport an impressive fleet of classic cars and trucks and have a taste for oldies music and car shows.

Latin Pride car club is also a major supporter of the arts and host Lincoln Park Day, a culturally rich event that promotes Chicano art and features one of El Paso's most colorful car shows.

Auto body repair shops plagued in fraud

It is said that the finest art is created by those who truly love art. The same may be said for talented auto body paint and repair technicians.  It’s important to differentiate the average body shop who is content with mediocre work and insurance claims and those who take actual pride in Custom Body and Paint. Whether one is customizing a lowrider or restoring an all original classic, one of the hardest things is finding a body shop willing to give your car the paint job it deserves. A  great paint job is one done by professionals who truly understands and enjoy the art of auto paint.  These professionals take pride in their art and their excellent reputations speak for themselves. 

Fraudulent Body Shops - Many who have experienced the struggle of restoring cars know that the art of custom auto paint and repair is being taken over by shady shops simply in for it for the money. Deceitful body shops may appear sincere in advertisement and appearance but one may find that these places prefer taking on insurance claims and avoid others as if they were a cancer. The first thing one may expect to see posted on many fraudulent Body Shops is “Insurance Claims Welcome”.

Ask any random person to name the most iconic classic compact car ever built and chances are he or she may proclaim the Volkswagen Beetle. Indeed the VW Beetle, or "Bug" as many call it is one of the world's most recognized and well-liked classic cars. There's more to the "Love-Bug" than Disney's motion picture Herbie and its notable red, white and blue racing stripes.

Why the decline of the classic styling of the great American luxury coupe? The answer may come as a result of economic inflation and modern America ’s growing need for the 4 door sedan. As the price of living increased, so did the price of automobiles. No longer was it seen as practical to drive a personal luxury coupe. More and more consumers switched to affordable and gas efficient Japanese sedans, a trend that would eventually stunt the growth of the American luxury coupe.

Super Bike Nation of Orange, California has made it their business to assist bike riders in their efforts of breaking the sound barrier, or simply add some extra kick to the accelerator. What a thrilling experience it was for us to find a super bike show in full effect at SBN's  premiere one-stop shop. There we were able to profile dozens of powerful sport bikes and speak to several race bike riders.

Buick Regal, along with its 3 g-body one of those lowriders  many cannot forget. Seeing a well restored Regal lowrider on the streets today brings back memories of the 80's, a time when American auto makers took pride in designing excellent looking luxury coupes.

El Paso received a free spectacle of fine art, fine automobiles , poetry readings, cultural dance and more on Sunday September 19th, 2010 at Lincoln Park.  The event takes place every September in El Paso, TX. David Arredondo co-founder of ConvictedArtist.com belongs to the Lincoln Park Conservation Committee which puts on the annual events. The committee is made up of a group of successful artists, businessmen, and car club directors.

Pachuco Car Club of Los Angeles maintains super high standards when it comes down to its family oriented club. There’s much more to Pachuco Car Club than meets the eye. First and foremost, the vision of the clubs founding fathers was to maintain unity in the club and decided against chaptering out of Los Angeles. Secondly, Pachuco consists of dozens of respectable U.S. military veterans who share an obsession for vintage car uniformity and perfection.

The Sirens of TI, a 900 pound master piece, was constructed with nearly 250 pounds of scrap iron and steel. The metal was then twisted, welded and sculpted into what appears to be a long-haired pirate-banshee on wheels. With its highly realistic and distinguished detail, the Sirens of TI chopper is plated with both nickel and copper. Diverse forms of art go a long way but rarely is art seen as extreme as this. Metal artist Scott Cawood and Chopper builders Rick Hill and Big Dan, of Metropolitan Choppers have taken the art of bike creation to a whole new level.

A common question asked by many in the lowriding community is: "What ever happened to Orlie?"  Well, we figured it be a good idea to shed some light on this big mystery.  We learned that Orlie Coca was indeed alive and living comfortably in Phoenix, Arizona where he currently owns and operates a hydraulics and vintage car parts shop. When seeking facts, there's nothing closer to the truth than a personal encounter so we decided to meet with Orlie face to face.  Upon meeting Orlie at his remarkable looking ORLIES HYDRAULICS & CHEVY ACCESSORIES shop we were quite impressed with all of its fine detail.  The shop consists of an excellent collection of flawlessly restored Chevy Bel Air classics, aswell as a wall full of memorable lowriding photos that reveal a classic timeline of Lowriding history from coast to coast.  We are pleased to present our sites  visitor’s with this never published report and exclusive interview with Orlie Coca himself.

It’s a bit of a phenomena how some classic luxury cars have earned the distinction of being referred to as lowrider icons. Let's take for example, classic American luxury cars made by GM and Ford. While Ford made pleasant looking luxury coupes and sedans, it was GM that genuinely appealed to the lowrider culture as a whole. GM divisions such as Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Chevy and Pontiac succeeded in designing luxury cars that would eventually age to become popular lowriders.