00:00I'll drive down the street and someone will roll down the window and go, is that the Tupac
00:03Live and Die in L.A. car? And the conversation starts from there. What makes this car unique
00:09is he passed right after they used it and nobody ever put it back on the street.
00:19I remember the first time I was ever in a hydraulic car, I was hooked. I would do anything
00:23to get it.
00:24So when Lloyd found the car for sale two years ago, he couldn't wait to buy it and drive
00:28it home. But the current owner suggested he towed it.
00:31I said, man, anything that starts, has wheels on it, you don't even need brakes. I can drive
00:35it, no problem. He's like, no, I wouldn't recommend it. So he towed it to my house.
00:38I paid the guy the money. He dropped it off the trailer. The car started, ran, everything
00:42sounded perfect. As soon as he leaves, I tell my friends, hey, jump in, let's go for a ride.
00:46We make it about a mile. Everything's seized. The engine turns off. I hear all this noise
00:50in my transmission. The planetary gears completely explode.
00:53Ironically, when the 61 Impala was featured in Tupac's video, it wasn't a true low rider.
01:00The production team had just made it look low by loading it with sandbags. But Lloyd
01:05wanted his car to be the ultimate L.A. ride. So he swapped out the engine and transmission
01:11and fitted the car with some top-end hydraulics.
01:14I added all the gold Chevrolet pieces, the gold wings, the purple halo headlights to
01:20give it that Los Angeles Lakers flavor.
01:23I went over to this performance shop. I really wanted to add a new heart to it because it
01:28originally had the 283 V8. And no matter what I did to it, I wasn't getting the power that
01:33I wanted. And I bought this Blueprint 350. I got a 350 turbo transmission, the upgraded
01:39power steering, the Champion's aluminum radiator. We're low riders and we like to go slow and
01:43low. But every once in a while when I need to get over in traffic, I give it some gas
01:47and I can feel the power. It's a lot better than that 283.
01:54Those are my favorite wheels, 13-inch gold Daytons. I had the chips custom made. Usually
01:59Dayton comes with red lettering. I had this one done in yellow to match the car. I had
02:04the custom console made and I had the steering wheel dipped in gold. I added the purple cabin
02:09lights in the trunk, the cabin, and on the tips of the antenna just to kind of continue
02:13that Laker vibe all the way through.
02:16And this is my hydraulic system. These are the motors. These are the tanks. And inside
02:24here is the gear. If you're ever going to do any low riding and want to hop, you want
02:28a Versace gear and an 8X to the front. And these are the slowdowns. Both of these control
02:32the speed at which your car drops. This is where all the power's at, right here.
02:39To be able to say it's a Tupac car, obviously I love Tupac, but to me it being a 1961, bright
02:45yellow, convertible, gold, everything, that's what makes it special to me. It's hard not
02:50to notice. I took it to the next level because that's just how I wanted it. I don't ever
02:55want to just have average. If I'm going to have it, I want to have the best of the best
02:58or at least be up there with the best. When I pull up to a light and there's a bunch of
03:02kids and they're into low riders and they say, hit the switch, I'll bounce it right
03:05there and they're all cheering and laughing. I love that part of it.
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