Tia Lucy - Lucy Durant Valenzuela, of the Lucy’s Fashion Jewelry fame sharing her stories of the early days of El Pachuco Zoot Suits.

Not to be left out, Tia Gloria joins us as well with her infectious laughter.

And we had a guest drop in who was shopping in the showroom: Romulo Chavez joins us to share stories of his father’s fight with other Pachuco’s for social justice as well as his own remarkable recovery from some health issues.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel with Vanessa Estrella dropping in when she can.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

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And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Episode 8 is a customer drop in episode. We invite customers who happen to be perusing the El Pachuco showroom to join us on the podcast to share their stories. From a family of young Pachucos who wear zoot suits as their daily attire to a relative of Jose Diaz, whose death in Sleepy Lagoon precipitated the Zoot Suit Riots.

In order:

Eric and Cecilia from Las Vegas, representing the Simple Dreams Car Club.

David from Cerritos, getting a suit for his upcoming wedding.

Bobby whose grandmother's brother was Jose Diaz.

Victor, Carlos and Rosa, a family with Texas roots who live the zoot suit life every day, cruising town on their lowrider bikes.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel with Vanessa Estrella dropping in when she can.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

elpachuco@gmail.com

And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Episode 7 features Oscar Ruelas and his good friend Eddie Soler to share more stories of the early days of the car clubs. From the Dukes CC to the Old Memories CC. And then shares how they managed to fix up cars without almost no money.

Louie Carranza, President of the Brown Pride CC also stopped in to join the conversation.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

elpachuco@gmail.com

And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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An old friend, Larry stopped into the showroom and share some time on the podcast. He was part of the initial dance and model zoot suit troup from the early days and shares some of his stories with us.

Pachuca Maria and Adrian Rodriguez, on their weekly visit, share their stories of how they got involved with zoot suits and modelling.

Phyllis Estrella joins us with Larry and her sister Gloria jumps on to say hello and share her iconic laughter.

And finally Vanessa is able to take a break and jump on the podcast.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

elpachuco@gmail.com

And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Jose Barrios is visiting from Chicago. Ray and Jose go way back to the early 1990s and we're happy to have him as a guest on the podcast.

Also appearing on this episode: Phyllis, Vanessa, Oscar, Ramon Chingon and Michelle, a recent UC Irvine graduate, who had no idea she was going to be on the podcast as she was shopping for a new pair of pants.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

elpachuco@gmail.com

And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Oscar Ruelas and Ramon return to share more car stories with El Pachuco Chronicles. And we have a few drop in guests as well.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

elpachuco@gmail.com

And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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This week we invited customers at the El Pachuco showroom to grab a seat and share their stories with us - what brought them into the store, was Zoot Suits mean to them. And on this day we had customers the Bay Area, Arizona, and Texas. We appreciate their willingness to come and share and hope you enjoy what they have to say as much as we did.

In addition we were able to grab some time Vanessa who was busy fulfilling orders to share details for the the zoot suit dance contest at the upcoming Lowrider Supershow in Las Vegas on October 5th, 2024. So stay until the end of the episode so you don't missout.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel. We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Car culture and the car club scene has always played a major role in El Pachuco. Guests Oscar Ruelas, Ramon, and J. R Estrella share their stories of the car culture and famed car clubs such as the Dukes going back to the 1970s.

Once again, Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel host this episode of the El Pachuco Chronicles podcast. This episode was recorded in the El Pachuco showroom in Fullerton, CA.

Thanks to Pachuco Jose Y Los Diamantes for the intro and outtro music, recorded live at the El Pachuco Zoot Suits 45th Anniversary Gala in 2023.

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