08/11/2008 11:41. Fernando Solis was born and raised in the north side of Visalia, California. Since it's mostly a Latino neighborhood, it was normal to see lowriders creeping and riding low all over the streets and 'hoods. Some of them were juiced, had custom paintjobs, and loud sound systems, while others were primer coated and just happy to be on wire wheels. Fernando's cousin was a huge influence to him becoming a lowrider. He had a clean '63 Impala rag that was juiced with a custom-candy paintjob. In high school, Fernando got his first project car-a '63 Impala-that he purchased for a grand. Unfortunately, he had to sell it while he was in the middle of building it, and later replaced his project with an '81 Cutlass, which was custom painted, juiced, and rode on 72-spoke chrome Daytons. Later on, he... // Lowrider Magazine