First Hydraulic Car

[@gasparlopez]

Legendary Content........ 👊👍

[@831farmeros2]

You guys are all wrong, it was Pancho Villa who was the first to make his ride go front, back and 3 leg motion! 😎👍🏻 🐎

[@egv1557]

Pancho Villa's nick name was "The Centaur from The North".

[@skywolf2012]

Amazing craftsmanship, Ron's car look like something from the Jetsons. Orale👍🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@ihategoogle152]

I lived in Rialto off of Acacia street and Ron had lived 2 minutes up the street from me. I never met him personally. He is about 20 years older than me and had moved already. I attended ROP through Rialto HS and Bill Brown was the instructor. He made the hub caps the are on the car at 4:02 in the video. I look forward to seeing the Corvette restored.

[@manuelsoto8122]

Stop hating on Mexicans everyone who first started and created the lowrider culture it was Mexicans and the first man to put hydraulics on a car was Mexican and that's the motherfuckin truth like it or not.

[@tonypena2956]

Manuel Soto your wrong was maid veterans who came back from War..

[@tonypena2956]

Manuel Soto we just maid it better..

[@rubenpadilla1878]

White guys started hydros

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

@@tonypena2956 yup chicano ww2 mechanics who earned money from the gi bill and learned basic mechanical skill from the war started lowriding along with white hotroders. They retrofitted the hydraulic landing gear from airplanes into cars........ Lowered cars were illegal so hydraulics were a quick measure to raise the car at real time when a police car was nearby...........

[@pdswrld5200]

@@rubenpadilla1878 hydros But mexican started the lowriders💯✌

[@isabellam1936]

Great piece of history right here! Wow

[@001dannyortiz]

Jay Leno I bet you don't have this one🏃‍♂️🤙

[@josemejia9349]

The first documented custom car with Hydraulics was in 1958 when Jim Logue of Long Beach California installed them in his custom 1954 Ford the “Fab X”.

[@G4GUSTO]

It was the first documented custom car with a Hydraulic Suspension not Hydraulic Lifts.

[@josemejia9349]

@@G4GUSTO they were hydraulic lifts powered by aircraft 24 volt motors, but he ran two 6 volt motors, all he can afford

[@DonDomel]

Keep us update about the car ! GREAT VIDEO ! I was looking for it, so long time :)

[@MobHeataEnt]

That's nice little fact but Aguirre took it to a WHOLE new level. Revolutionized it.

[@ruffcutt14]

the Xsonic only had hydraulics 2 the front only!Ron's Corvette used lifts to lower and raise the front suspension only and btw,this car WAS NOT a lowrider.It was an experimental rod/bellflower car.The very 1st car was a 1954 Ford Convertible owned and restyled by James "Jim" Logue of Long Beach, California. Jim's Ford is one of the first cars, and maybe even the first one, that used hydraulic lifts to alter the ground clearance on all 4 corners in late 1957 or early in 1958.

[@isabellam1936]

The name of the car you’re referring to is the The Fabulous X54. He used aircraft hydraulic parts for the cars hydraulics.

[@guero9093]

It was late 58 since the x sonic was the first with hydraulics in Oct. 58

[@josemejia9349]

The first documented custom car with Hydraulics was in 1958 when Jim Logue of Long Beach California installed them in his custom 1954 Ford the “Fab X”.

[@G4GUSTO]

Jim Logue's custom car was the first with Hydraulic Suspension not Hydraulic Lifts. Plus it was a Ford. Ron's X-Sonic was the first Documented with Hydraulic Lifts. Shortly after Ron, his brother and dad installed Hydraulic Lifts on a 1955 Chevrolet.

[@josemejia9349]

@@G4GUSTO Jim ran aircraft hydraulic motors (lifts) on his hydraulic suspension powered by two 6 volt batteries

[@dfhgdfgcc]

Did Jarritos soda really back this?

[@nelsona779]

What's the story on the x sonic now is it at a museum or still being restored I would love to meet Ron one day

[@cesarpalafox7676]

703 CRUIZ'N ron is dead already he died couple years back

[@jakedelaymustdie6665]

I just saw on insta someone has it looks like it's going to be restored.

[@barehandbandit]

Jim Logue. He lifted a 1954 Ford back in 1956. Aguirre got the idea FROM Jim Logue, even Aguirre has admitted he wasnt the first. Those who know, just know.

[@gxorrge1434]

Hydraulics cars goes way back in the 40s a man from Veracruz Mexico already had hydraulic cars and also in Tijuana

[@guero9093]

Jim’s ford got hydros in late 58. While Ron’s was finished in Oct 58

[@MobHeataEnt]

Jim who?

[@dannycardenas3203]

I'd buy it but got to many projects going ad it is.

[@noahwalsh7881]

*I Wish This Was In Forza Horizon 5*

[@THUSxFAR]

ill give you 80 grand for it

[@christophermoore7944]

Ron Aguirre was Basque Spaniard

[@rogeliocastillo4935]

Christopher Moore he's Mexican American

[@christophermoore7944]

@@rogeliocastillo4935 then you better call the editor in chief of lowrider magazine because that's deformation of character in them printing in the history of lowrider

[@sarahlewis8038]

​@@christophermoore7944 What do you mean? Ron Aguirre said he was of "Latin" origin but he admitted to not having connections to the Chicano culture. Social Historian Anthony Macías describes Ron as "A young Mexican-American from San Bernardino", and his book is a scholarly work that includes interviews. He wouldnt call Ron Mexican-American unless he confirmed it. Lowrider magazine said his family was from the Basque country, that's either a mistake or his family were Mexicans of Basque descent i.e. white Mexicans. There are many Mexicans of Basque descent like Vicente Fox. Mexican-Americans of predom. European descent would also hide their Mexican origin to shield against racism like Ted Williams.

[@quezmanlowrider2112]

That is correct!!! I verified that Ron is/was of Basque descent. WE spoke about that a few months before he passed away. BTW, I was one of the producers of this segment. Ron was a great guy. There is definitely controversy as to Jim Logue's Ford, or Ron Aguirre's Corvette credited with the first hydraulics set up. KNOW THIS. The X Sonic was the first Chevy to have hydraulic front suspension, and it was the X Sonic, NOT Jim Logue's Ford that sparked the hydraulic revolution within the Lowrider community. PERIOD!!!

[@barehandbandit]

whole new level? are you kidding me. HE only did 1 setup in his car, HE never did anything else after that. The only reason the lowriding world wanted to give him credit is because they used to think he was Chicano, but he completely denounced that, he was nowhere near an innovator of custom automotive hydraulics, he simply copied the first and faded away.

[@dannyd5580]

Ron, his Dad and brother had a car customizing shop and did many hydraulic set ups for other people.

[@001dannyortiz]

Restore it!!!!

[@skrrrtbrrrt3116]

Ron aguirre's X sonic wasn't the first to get hydraulics lifts, jim logue done that months before Ron put lifts on his car also lowriding wasn't started by Mexican Americans, the original lowriders were the kustoms and lead sleds of the late 50s and early 60s. And all of those cars were owned by white guys

[@thevoid7179]

So you’re saying 50+ years of lowrider history including countless information, articles, stories and documentaries that point to mexican americans as the creators of lowrider car culture is a lie? Btw lead sleds to chicanos are known as bombas (bombs) not lowriders

[@skrrrtbrrrt3116]

@@thevoid7179 well...yeah actually. the only reason mexican americans were credited with it was because the cholo subculture made it a strong part of their identity Also lead sleds and bombs aren't the same thing bombs are still considered lowrider just a different style

[@dannyd5580]

@@skrrrtbrrrt3116 Many different ethnic groups were customizing cars but it wasn't considered lowridering like the Chicanos were doing it. Hot rod culture is totally different from lowriders. Yes, many ideas may have been taking from the hot rod culture but they were modified and taken more to an extreme such as the interiors, custom paint jobs and patterns, murals and chrome and gold plating, etching, and modifications like suicide doors, trunks and hoods. Aztec patterns and murals were an homage to the Chicanos ancestry. Hot rods stood taller with larger wheels, lowriders sat lower with smaller wheels. There are so many differences it's difficult to put into words.

[@skrrrtbrrrt3116]

@@dannyd5580 Just because chicanos gave it their own style doesn't mean they should take credit. Those customs of the 50s and 60s are the original lowriders even jim said lowriding was originally a white thing, even things like the paint jobs like panel painting, candy paint and pinstriping were created by guys like larry watson

[@dannyd5580]

@@skrrrtbrrrt3116 The following quote is from the National Museum of African American History and Museum..."Even if they’ve never seen one in person, most fans of west coast hip hop are familiar with the distinctive look of specialized cars known as lowriders. The cars and lowriding culture resonated across regional and racial lines. Though lowriders were first crafted in barrios across the Southwest and southern California as unique symbols of personalized creativity and Latino cultural identity, African American car enthusiasts began developing lowriders of their own. The image of lowriders coasting down L.A.’s Crenshaw Boulevard and bouncing in rhythmic unison to the bass-driven music of gangsta rap would become synonymous with the stylized presentation of west coast, urban hip hop culture." Case closed. Mic drop.

[@barehandbandit]

too bad Jim Logues 1954 Ford had hydraulics before Ron Aguirre.

[@guero9093]

No proof of that being true

[@applesnoates]

white guys started hydraulics and lowriders.. hate it or love it. in the 50's its a fact do your homework..

[@applesnoates]

don't forger Bill Hines ! the godfather of hydraulics

[@sarahlewis8038]

No white Americans didnt start the lowrider cokehead. Mexican-Americans started the lowrider dumbass. The Mexican-American greasers were lowriding in the 40s. Mexican-American greasers along with the Italian greasers were the ones that influenced middle class white America in the 1950s dumbass.

[@sarahlewis8038]

Oh and Ron Aguirre himself is a Mexican-American, and he didnt create the low-rider. He was just one of the first to install hydraulic pumps in a car.

[@sarahlewis8038]

​@@applesnoates Bill Hines? Bill Hines didnt put a hydraulic lift system in his car until 1962. By then Mexican-American Ron Aguirre had already put hydraulic pumps in a car cokehead. Hotrodding and lowriding was pioneered by Mexican-American greasers in the 1940s dumbass. The bean bandits were hotrodding cars and racing them in the 1940s. Joaquin Arnett Jr. is considered a pioneer ofhotrodding and he's Mexican-American. Mexican-American lowrider in the early 1950s: cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*_lzGDnKFwJvyMWE0lONhHQ.jpeg

[@justsoyaknow5678]

@@sarahlewis8038 your comments would be more enjoyable for me to read, and i would have actually liked to look up the facts you posted ... however you childish name calling is a huge turnoff for me! why the name calling and insults just to share information? why all the hate for other people? I can't stand when one's arrogance fouls up the point they may or may not have had ... very sad!

[@funky_bottoms8675]

First to use Hydraulics on a car? Fact : Harry Westergard of Sacramento, California is a pioneer in the world of Kustom cars. ... In the late twenties or early thirties he moved from Michigan to Sacramento. ... He did not have a shop, so he did all of his work in his garage at home on Fulton Avenue. Not Hispanics. Who created Zoot suit created? Fact : Zoot suits were first associated with Black Americans in urban communities such as Harlem, Chicago, and Detroit, but were made popular by Black jazz musicians in the 1940s. Not Hispanics. Before posting propaganda, do some fact finding first. It’ll save you some embarrassment 😉🤭😂🤣

[@pdswrld5200]

Who's bitching about the hydraulics 😕 No one dirt bag only you Not mexicans Who's bitching about the zoot suit Not mexican only you dip shit 0h & fun fact: Mexicans made zoot suits stylish n fancy While blks made it look trashy💯

[@Christopher-et7bc]

Bullshit

[@skywolf2012]

Can't deny chicano culture fo.Ever heard of the Zootsuit riots,or as I like to call Sailor hate riots. Ever heard of Pachucos?

[@jackflash588]

False info