George from Oldies CC invited me out to a picnic the club was having for a filming of the hit show &#8220;Living The Low Life&#8221; on Speed TV. The turn out was awesome. The club had various chapters on hand and a lot of great cars. Chris Roark had his recently crowned Lowrider of the…

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