which adopted the ’64 Impala as an icon. The Impala continued to feature prominently among lowrider fans until the body-on-frame version of the car was taken out of production in the mid-1980s.

On the House floor on Tuesday, state Rep. Art De La Cruz of Albuquerque reminisced about his first car — a 1964 Chevrolet Impala and makeshift lowrider. “We couldn’t afford these fancy ...