When One Isn't Enough

A Love for Classic Cars Has This Lady of Lowriding Starting a Collection of Her Own

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Growing up in a tight-knit family, Chantelle Santistevan has many fond memories from the time she spent at her grandparents’ home. And while her memories run deep, there is one in particular that influenced her taste for car culture. She always remembered how one of her aunts was always dropped off in a classic bomb and how she’d stare at the care endlessly. “I remember how the curves of the body just made me admire it,” Chantelle tells LRM. “Something about those classic Chevys just drew me in.”

Years later her father bought a bomb to build, but a loss of interest in the project led him to sell it to one of their cousins. Disappointed by the sale of that project car, Chantelle and her older brother decided to take action, so her brother purchased a classic Chevy bomb for himself and taught young Chantelle how to drive it. “He would let me and my friends drive around in the classic,” Chantelle says. “We felt like we were the Pink Ladies in Grease.”