The lowrider is back: The glorious return of cruising to the streets of L.A. Daniel Hernandez, Allen J. Schaben, Myung Chun Lowrider life: Cruising is back on the streets of L.A. Replay Video WORTH showing off has a story. Consider Mike Molina's powder blue 1972 E-100 Econoline Ford van, which he inherited after his father and then his mother died during the early months of the pandemic. Parked on Van Nuys Boulevard, the in-process remodel looks a bit out of sorts, not quite as polished as the other lowriders and vintage cars drifting by. But it emotes a certain character, in the way a well-loved car often does.