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California customizer Gene Winfield, who chopped the tops of something like 800 1949 to 1951 Mercury coupes and made them all ...
If you've spent a portion of your life watching Top Gear, Overhaulin’, and browsing the internet in search of cool-looking cars for desktop wallpaper, then you probably stumbled upon the name ...
By Richard Sandomir Gene Winfield, a hot rodder and prominent car customizer who built fanciful vehicles for “Star Trek,” “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” and other television series and for ...
Gene Winfield, a pioneering legend in the hot-rod world who created custom cars for numerous films and TV shows including Blade Runner, the original Star Trek series, RoboCop, Get Smart!
Gene Winfield opened his first hot rod shop in a west Modesto chicken coop in 1946. He later advised Detroit automakers and Hollywood producers and helped inspire Graffiti Summer in his old hometown.
Gene Winfield, the last surviving titan of the golden age of custom cars, broke his hip last week while attending a car show in Finland. Due to his age–a sprightly 91–and several medical ...
Gene Winfield is an absolute legend in the car customization business and at 87 years old he's still going. You might not be familiar with him by name, but you're definitely familiar with his ...
See All 6 Photos After his second stint in the military, Gene returned to Modesto, changed the name of his business to Winfield’s Custom Shop, and got the Thing out. It appeared in the May ’51 ...
That's not a misprint; two full decades past what ordinary mortals consider retirement age, Gene Winfield is as active and busy as ever. Although he's achieved worldwide notoriety as a customizer ...
A Hammond man faces 16 years after admitting he repeatedly kicked a relative on the ground in a fight in a Winfield driveway, leaving the man blind in one eye. Kevin J. Smith, 42, admitted to ...
WINFIELD, Kan. (KSNW) — Police in Winfield say they had to use Tasers to stop an attack Friday morning. Officers went to a home in the 2700 block of East 12th Avenue just before noon for the ...
California customizer Gene Winfield, who chopped the tops of something like 800 1949 to 1951 Mercury coupes and made them all look way cooler, has passed away at the age of 94. Winfield was a true ...