Well, let's go to the beginning 30 years ago. At the start of the new school year in 1972 at Schurr High in Montebello, California, Roland Ortiz, Aaron and Alonzo Quintana were thinking about joining a club. They checked out a few but could not find what they were looking for in any of the clubs at that time. They decided to start their own club instead. They thought about a name but it had to be meaningful. They pondered and came up with the name of Techniques. They looked it up in the Webster's Dictionary and the definition is "show you how". Next, they had some jackets made and were known as a jacket club. What happened next? Techniques first members built some really clean cars. The next step was to design a plaque for the club. The OG plaque was a thin, long bar of brass with the name Techniques.

Our OG members went through rough and sometimes violent periods. This period is now known as "The Club Wars". Back in the 70's and 80's, our club was fighting for respect. Today we recieve and give the utmost respect from other car clubs. We are now older and wiser with plenty of experience. We are out to make the lowriding community a safer and better environment for our families and friends to enjoy.

In the 90's Techniques totally reorganized the club with members coming from everywhere. OG members even came from out of state, all for a picnic on a sunny, hot day in the month of May, back in the mid 90's at Penn Park, Whittier, California. As the old and current members got together with families and had a great BBQ, which was organized by some old members, we had games that included: Over the line, volleyball games and an egg toss contest. Lots of fun had by all especially the children.

Afterwards the members came together for a little meeting and our families got to see what it means to be from Techniques. Most of us had not seen one another for a lot of years. After hearing about Daniel "Danny Red" Aguirre passing away and having no stone on his burial site, some of the OG and current members made a donation to make a difference for a fallen member. We got together with Danny Red's family and planned a dedication ceremony at the gravesite located in Monterey Park, California. May "Danny Red" rest in peace, one of our most dedicated members. It's people like him that make us who we are today as a club.

It was after the dedication ceremony that some of the OG members got their second wind and had to have a car again. We had gone back to our homes, were we had been living with our families and raising children in several different states and local communities in Southern California. Some of the OG members thought they got the lowriding out of their system years ago. Boy, some of them were wrong! They still had it in their hearts.

We have some members that travel the country for business and wear their colors and even members who go to war" in the Military (club jackets, shirts, anything with Techniques) with pride. In and out of cities around the country, Afghan, Iraq someone is always coming up to one of us and says "My dad, my brother, my cousin, or even and uncle or friend were in Techniques".

We have attended small and large car shows in the last 32 years around the world. One of many most recent trips was to Las Vegas, 2001. We had the second most entries by any club with a total of 31. We came home with trophies in almost every category we had entered. Our cars range from old bombs to Impalas, newer Caddies and Town Cars but no Euros. We travel by car carriers for shows that are out of state the most recent trip Odessa TX. Three dedicated chapters, Palmdale and S.F.V., drove their cars on 13' wires to Las Vegas and the Dallas chapter to Odessa, TX and back with no problem. One stated "we do drive our cars to most of the shows we attend throughout the year". Our mother chapter, Los Angeles, has their monthly meetings and Friday night outings at the lot in Baldwin Park, California for the past 20 something years, LA Chapter III's old lot, with the support of the cities of Baldwin Park and Irwindale, Councilman Mr. Bill Van Cleave and the police department. We hold our annual car show in the city of Irwindale, California benefiting "Scholarship for Students", which will help for school tuitions and college expenses. A big thanks to the Mayor, Police Department and Recreation Departments Dan Grijalva of Irwindale for all their support.

After the car show in November 2001, we had a caravan with OG car clubs back to a members house in West Covina. We saw something some of us never thought we would ever see. Techniques, Imperials, Klique and Together Car Clubs having a great time. We were up till 2:00 a.m., with most of us working the next morning. There was storytelling about the old days. Time has changed things for the best and this get together proved it.

Techniques have a total of 9 chapters. 8 here in the states and 1 in Japan. Our Palmdale chapter has dedicated members traveling one hour to attend meetings. Our Inland Empire chapter, which is in San Bernardino/Riverside County, has become a dedicated chapter. They kick back on Saturday nights at a 50's style Denny's located on the corner of Cedar Ave. and Foothill Blvd. in Fontana.

The Phoenix, Arizona chapter was totally shut down temporarily. It was started back up with the true Techniques plaque design and rules. With new members, they have been on a roll for the last couple of years with quality cars that represent what Techniques is all about.

Our most honored chapters our Fort Bragg, North Carolina & Dallas chapters, with all or most of the members being in the military service. They have a dedicated member who travels from Virginia to North Carolina for meetings and in Dallas some travel as far as fifty miles. We want to thank our members for representing the TECHNIQUES car club as well as our country.

Our newest chapter, Dallas is located in varies parts of the Dallas/Ft Worth TX area. The cars that have come out of Dallas are definitely clean and have made a great impact with loco car club in there area flying the Techniques plaque. San Fernando Valley is also north of Los Angeles. The caliber of the cars that come out of the S.F.V. are definitely clean. They had joined out Palmdale chapter originally but ended up with their own chapter.
We went International with our Japan chapter, where lowriding is at an all time high. Cruising every weeknight and weekends. They are located outside of Osaka, in the city of Tokushima. You see turntable cars cruising around Japan flying Techniques plaque.

And last but not least, our oldest chapter, the bike club. This chapter shows at so many car and bike shows all year long, sweeping every category they enter. Benny Miranda, Bike club President, has been in the bike club since he was 5 years old.

Now twenty something years later, the bike club is one of the most competitive Bike clubs around.
Now you know allot more about Techniques and what it means to be a part of our family. We will stay the way we are for now. Last after hearing of Richard "Fat Rat" Albaran passing away this year again we came together supporting a fallen member and his family. Flying colors and plaque we caravan giving him our last respect to his resting place we won't forget you rest in peace, one of our most dedicated members. It's people like him and Danny "Red" Aguirre that make us who we are today as a club.

Let's change the way others think about lowriding. We are fathers, husbands, loyal hard working Americans that want a better place for their children. We are committed to helping the less fortunate. This artwork we have created with our cars is like artwork that an artist paints on a canvas.

We want to show the children and teenagers they too can have cars like ours one day with hard work and dedication. Stay in school and get and education. Don't stop the learning process after graduating high school. Continue to grow and prosper. And together we can change the way others see the lowriding community Internationally.

We are the fastest growing motor sport in the world and everybody is watching the OG car clubs.
The change starts with us. We are ready for a change. After the attack on our country September 11, 2001, car shows and cruising should become safer for everybody because it's time. We all need to make a change for the better. We cannot change the past but we can learn from it.
Look for Techniques plaques and colors on the streets, around the country and in Japan, Afghan, Iraq. It would have never happened without out dedicated members, current and OG, and their families who have supported us for the last 32 years. Thank You from the whole Techniques Car Club Family.