{"id":663,"date":"2019-02-20T02:06:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T03:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/?p=663"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:54:56","slug":"theme-tuesdays-lowriders-the-canadian-international-auto-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/20\/theme-tuesdays-lowriders-the-canadian-international-auto-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme Tuesdays: Lowriders & The Canadian International Auto Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Media Day at The Canadian International Auto Show<\/a> has been my escape from winter for nearly a decade now. If I’m to be completely honest it’s not the new model releases, or concept unveils that keep me returning year after year. It’s the special interest rooms.<\/p>\n

In years previous these rooms have hosted muscle cars, exotics, vintage manufacturer concepts, motorcycles and hot rods<\/a>. This year the show opened it’s doors to an unlikely niche, lowriders.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>To be clear, I love<\/em> lowriders, but they’re not a genre that has a lot of universal appeal. In general the culture is quite a bit misunderstood. That’s why it was awesome to see lowriding promoted on a stage like this.<\/p>\n

Most people in Toronto don’t know there’s a thriving lowrider culture here, so some widespread exposure certainly can’t hurt.<\/p>\n

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Given the record foot traffic the auto show receives I think it’s safe to assume that at least one child leaving the show is no infatuated with the art of building a low rider.<\/p>\n

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One of the cars I was most excited to see back out dippin’ was the Chilango ’64<\/a>. The car was in for a bit of refurbishing these past few years and has returned better than ever.<\/p>\n

Can’t wait to see it back out at shows this summer, and perhaps even out doing a bit of cruising. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The main feature vehicles of the elaborate lowrider display came from Los Angeles care of the Del Alba family and the Petersen Automotive Museum.<\/p>\n

Petersen brought six cars to the show in total, three of which were lowriders.<\/p>\n

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I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying some really well built lowriders while operating this site, but these three were truly next level.<\/p>\n

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The car above, a ’36 Chevrolet Master Deluxe known as El Padrote, was “bomb” of the year in 2011. With bombs being fairly rare in Ontario you’ll have to forgive me for giving this car a little bit of extra camera time.<\/p>\n

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There wasn’t a panel or curve on this car that wasn’t heavily detailed in some way, and it was quite difficult not to get lost in the work.<\/p>\n

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The other two cars on display, The Legacy<\/em>, and El Rey<\/em> proved to be a bit of a challenge to shoot. Their positioning, the surrounding hall, and people didn’t allow for the best overall photos.<\/p>\n

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However the beauty of shooting a lowrider is that it’s totally appropriate to get lost in the details. So I adapted and shot what I could to capture the beauty of El Rey in particular.<\/p>\n

I still may try to return to the show to see if I can do these cars better justice. If any cars are deserving of a revisit, it’s these two.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>El Rey has been lowrider of the year twice. It’s a stunning example of just how detailed an Impala build can be.<\/p>\n

Truly a countless number of hours have gone into painting, striping, engraving and airbrushing every inch of this car.<\/p>\n

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I’m sure, even with these top-teir examples on display, there’s still quite a few show goers who don’t “get it”. But that’s ok if they’ve at least learned to appreciate them for the works of art that they are.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>More general coverage of the Canadian International Auto Show will be up later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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