[Ads-l] lowrider

[Bill Mullins]

The USPS has just issued a new set of stamps featuring Lowrider cars (cars whose suspension has been modified such that the car rides low to the ground).

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a70806083/usps-lowrider-commemorative-stamps/

OED has 1971 for "low rider", referring to such automobiles (3.b.), and 1966 for the subculture (originally Mexican-American from California) associated with them (3.a.).

3.b.


1967 Whittier CA Daily News Sunday Review 5 Nov 15/6 (classified ad)

'55 NOMAD Low Rider, New paint, trans. 2 new tires $400

https://www.newspapers.com/image/684490474/?terms=rider

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