
Fully Customized 1987 Chevy LS Monte Carlo Lowrider Memorial Build
Built to honor a good friend, this lowrider pays tribute to her memory while serving as inspiration to fellow women lowrider enthusiasts.
I grew up in the east valley of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, then moved to the Los Angeles area in 2001 where I called home for over a decade. After recently starting a family, a move to Arizona in 2014 seemed more practical and that is place I now call home.
Since being a small child, I have always had a fondness for photography. Just to look at it and wonder what message the photographer was possibly trying to capture in an artistic image captivated me. My first camera was a free one found as a bonus in a cereal box back in the mid-80s. It was a cheap 110-film camera, but as generic as it might have been, it's what got me started!
In the mid-90s, I started to really get into lowrider cars. At the age of 16, my first vehicle was a Mazda mini-truck. It was a basic work truck with a utility shell and ladder rack. It wasn't long before those got tossed and the stance of the truck was lowered. A set of spoke rims and a hydraulic setup from Richard's Hydraulics in Salinas, California got me going in the right direction. Just about every weekend, you'd find me cruising in the Bay Area, either in San Jose, Oakland, Castro Valley, or San Leandro. "Mr. Boulevard" or the Spanish slang word equivalent, "Mr. Volo" soon became my nickname from my fellow lowriding friends. The name stuck and ever since, many in the lowriding community know me simply as "Volo".
By the late 90s, my love turned to Cadillacs... To date, I have had seven Cadillacs, most of them I bought stock and then customized to my liking -- of course, with the traditional lowrider style! From a '68 Coupe DeVille ragtop to a '96 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, I have had my share of street-custom Cadillac low-lows!
I will always love photography and lowriding. Shooting photography for Lowrider Magazine since 2003 has been a phenomenal experience and I hope to continue to capture the lifestyle for Lowrider 's awesome magazine readers and website visitors for many more years to come.
Built to honor a good friend, this lowrider pays tribute to her memory while serving as inspiration to fellow women lowrider enthusiasts.
Finishing a Camaro in a way that most would consider sacrelgiious.
At 2 years old, Adriel Espinoza may have an affinity for cartoons, but it’s his natural attraction to lowriders and his parents love that really got him started.
Who could not pass up the opportunity to own a show truck that is not only award winning but also freeway driveable?
Daniel Martinez may only be 6 years old, but that hasn’t stopped him from becoming one ace of a pilot!
Chad doesn’t think of himself as that “exciting of a guy,” but he does try to be a good person who builds cool stuff.
Mando Curiel originally just wanted a basic street custom ride, but a trip to a car show left him wanting a driveable lowrider worthy of the boulevard.
Graduating up to the big boys
Since he was a teenager, Joe Guzman always wanted to own a lowrider. He knew it would take time hard-earned money but with some patience and a lot of persistence he finally made that dream a reality
A Fleetwood that definitely stands out on the streets and at the car shows