Gene Winfield, a custom car designer for films such as “Blade Runner” and “Robocop,” died on March 4. He was 97. The news was confirmed via his obituary on Legacy.com. Winfield became known as the ...

As the girls basketball coach, Winfield led Adair to 15 consecutive Class 3A state berths from 2006-20, including two state ...

Gene Winfield, a movie and TV car designer many revere for pioneering hotrod and lowrider methods used by many builders today, died recently at the age of 97. Among the productions Winfield worked on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Well-known car customizer Gene Winfield, who was 97 years old, unexpectedly passed away on March 4, 2025. Gene reportedly died of cancer and his Custom Shop even announced the diagnosis last month ...

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.

If you’ve spent a portion of your life watching Top Gear, Overhaulin’, and browsing the internet in search of cool-looking ...

Gene Winfield will not be giving Hollywood the best sci-fi cars they have seen.The legendary hot-rod builder and custom car designer behind some of Hollywood’s most futuristic vehicles, ...

Gene Winfield died March 4, 2025, at 97, He was a pioneering hot-rod legend who created custom cars for films and TV ...