By Merrie Monteagudo – SanDiegoUnionTribune.com – Image: September 23, 1979 | The San Diego Union.
Participants at a recent lowrider car show in National City, California, got special permission from the city to cruise their cars down Highland Avenue. Forty years ago , it was common for hundreds of sleek lowriders, along with carloads of teenagers and party-seekers to cruise down Highland Avenue in National City in search of a good time.