Building a Chevy Stroller and a Bond That’s Unbreakable

In 2009, Wayne was in Downtown Santa Barbara with his family when he spotted someone pulling their kid in a “bombita” stroller. Once that happened, he was in complete awe and at that moment he knew that he had to have one.

“I pictured my daughter in it and told myself that I needed to get her one,” he tells LR magazine. That very afternoon, Wayne jumped online, found the exact stroller on Craigslist, and picked it up for $300. OK, well maybe the one he bought wasn’t exactly like the one he had seen, because the one he bought was in complete shambles and nowhere near decent.

The following year, the stroller had undergone a complete restoration and the final product was clean enough to show. Soon thereafter they took to the biggest show in Santa Barbara and wound up placing First in their category and also landing an award for “Outstanding Display.” This fueled Wayne’s fire, and six years later what you see here is the final product.

When asked what motivated him to build this stroller, he talks much like any father who loves their child. He talks about the pride he takes in being a father, but also mentions that he wanted his daughter to grow up “in,” and not just “around,” the culture of lowriding. Since then, his daughter continues to enjoy the scene and though she’s outgrown the stroller rumor has it that we might just be seeing her at a showing soon with a lowrider bike of her own.

We’ll keep you posted.