Fernando Ruelas' 1937 Buick

Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, courtesy of Alexander Ruelas.

Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, courtesy of Alexander Ruelas.

Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, courtesy of Alexander Ruelas.

Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, courtesy of Alexander Ruelas.

Fernando posing with the Buick at Elysian Park around 1970-1971. Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, courtesy of Alexander Ruelas.

Fernando with the Buick in South Los Angeles around 1970-1971. Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, courtesy of Alexander Ruelas.

Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, courtesy of Alexander Ruelas.

Oscar Ruelas' 1939 Chevrolet Four Door Master Deluxe and Fernando's Buick at an indoor car show. Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, courtesy of Alexander Ruelas.

Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, courtesy of Alexander Ruelas.

Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, courtesy of Alexander Ruelas.

Joe and Fernando color sanding and buffing the Black Crow. Jason is the little kid in the photo. The photo was taken in 1980, and he was arund 5 years old. Photo curtesy of Jason Ruelas.

The Buick in the early 1980s, a promotion shot in Lowrider Magazine for Truespoke Wheels.

Fernando's Buick and a lineup of Duke's cars in the 1980s during a wedding. Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, courtesy of Alexander Ruelas.

Photo from the Fernando Ruelas collection, provided by Alex Ruelas.

Fernando with the Black Crow before it was repainted to go to France.

The Black Crow getting loaded up to go to Louvre, France in 2011. Photo courtesy of Jason Ruelas.

The Black Crow at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Photo courtesy of Jason Ruelas.

Photo courtesy of Jason Ruelas.

Photo courtesy of Jason Ruelas.

Photo courtesy of Jason Ruelas.

Photo courtesy of Jason Ruelas.

Photo courtesy of Jason Ruelas.

The Black Crow at Eylisan Park, Los Angeles. The first show Jason attended with it after it returned from France. Photo courtesy of Gilbert Fragoso Photography.

Fernando's writing on the inside of the horn cap button on the Black Crow. Notice the year. Photo courtesy of Jason Ruelas.

1937 Buick owned and restyled by Duke's member and President Fernando Ruelas of South Los Angeles, California. Fernando bought the car at age 14. When he bought it, the Buick became the oldest car in the neighborhood of 38th street. Fernando called the Buick the Black Crow. He never parted with the car, and when he died on 2010, it was passed on to his first born son Jason Ruelas. Jason actually got the car when he was born, but it was officially given to him in 2003. At the time, the car was the oldest Duke's-car in the club.