Gene Winfield's Legendary Customs

[@daddybuddy]

At 2020 GNRS I had the great honor to meet this fine Gentleman and was lucky enough to collect an autograph on the extra on purpose unbolted garnish molding of my 29 Todor Sedan Hot Rod to take it back home to Germany. I allways wanted his autograph for my car so badly and he was the very first person I stumbled over on friday morning outside of the Fairplex fairground while still waiting in line for the ticket counter to open. What a great guy, what a legend!

[@MyClassicCarTV]

A great guy and a legend indeed!

[@casedoumasr656]

Dennis Gage you are a wonder in your own right .How lucky you are to show us all this super NEAT vehicles. 😇

[@michaelmartinez1345]

This man is just amazing.. . Since 1947, he's been doing this!!! Holy cow, Those TV show and movie vehicles are really something else... He just keeps going....Talent beyond belief.... He is now (Sept 2022) 95 years young, and he's still active in this.... Just an amazing person who really found his calling in his early years , and stayed with it....

[@Solo5010.]

This Legend has taught legends that have taught Legends. Mr. Winfield you one of the car gods in my book sir.

[@weapondragon]

I agree! Movies and real life autos, The man isnt a legend but a GOD in the car world.

[@moyadapne968]

Gene is 90 years old. Incredible. Looks 65.

[@ronspradlin5084]

moyadapne koo

[@joenels4356]

Must be the restoring property of lead fillers

[@zhadom001]

wow. i would love to go see them...

[@diamondmidnightgardener]

I thought your comment was bullshit, but I went and searched him out... as of October 2018 he's 91... well holy fuck.

[@UncleBeefRecords]

When is this episode from though? Probably not this year

[@inkno701]

This guy is a living legend and an artist, and has inspired many with his original creations.

[@pneumatic00]

It's impossible to think about the amount of skill, creativity, and the thousands of hours that go into these things all at the same time.

[@sonnylatchstring]

Are you talking about the ridiculous moustache?

[@mikaelgideryd]

I did meet Gene in Graz ,Austria 2018, A 40 years old dream come true. An amazing man.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

Gene is the REAL DEAL..!! He built so many custom cars and rods. I met him in 1986 at the Turlock Show. He purchased some used auto parts from me and invited me to see his shop and collection

[@fourbyfourblazer]

I worked for Gene many years ago when his shop was in Canoga Park. Money was tight. Work was plentiful. We started work early and worked late into the night. He didn't smoke or drink. I wish I could have worked with him longer.

[@mrkoldkanuck]

met Gene and George Barris at world of wheels Winnipeg!

[@fourbyfourblazer]

That must have been a real treat.

[@fiddlerpin]

I met Gene at the Syracuse Nationals 2019. All I can say is wow! He's a living legend and such a nice guy. He even signed my Rat Fink T Shirt!

[@Schpoople]

You’re so lucky to be able to meet people like this legend

[@NavinJohnson_thethird]

I worked for Gene when his shop was in Canoga Park. Good boss.

[@binyon7]

Gene is now 92... What a guy! what a life! Happy B'day Gene on the 16th!

[@darronvon]

20 years ago I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with MR Winfield at the Portland roadster. show. most people of his notoriety would have been a bit arrogant. but not Gene. He was a gentleman and always excited about cars and always open to questions. what a true humble man.

[@telequacker-9529]

I'm thinking "Dudes been chopping these cars since they were new... Legend" and THEN he starts talking about all the movies he's done? Double Legend.

[@retiredguy7273]

What a mind Gene Winfield has, true Renaissance man.

[@1ChilledDude]

Sci-Fi vehicles like the Star Car from The Last Starfighter and the police spinners from Blade Runner, and hot rods! Is there anything Gene can't do? All that coachwork is incredible!

[@billwallis8433]

I used to hang out at Gene's Custom Shop across the street from Modesto Junior College In the 50s-60s. My mother would ask "Where have you been all day?" He had cars coming and going so fast every visit was seeing something different. What a legend this guy is and will always be.

[@normbissonnette8866]

This guy just keeps moving forward . He truly sets a strong example .

[@hoodagooboy5981]

A few years back I got to share a vendor's table with Gene at a Star Trek Convention in Vegas. He was selling various photos of the Galileo Seven Shuttle Craft and the Reactor. I got to look through his scrap book and talk cars with him all day.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

he is far more then just a hot rodder,, a true craftsman and artist,,

[@TheAmazingMrMcFlyy]

Man, I used to love watching this show during the weekends on SPEED , what a throwback

[@travistassey9126]

I took a 2 week class at Genes shop around 16 years ago and learned what being a master was all about....

[@citibear57]

Amazing vehicles. Videos like this are what make your channel so popular. Thanks Dennis!

[@minimanadam]

Wow, he looks n moves great for his age . The love of cars kept him youthful

[@jeffcraven7376]

Can't tell what Gene's saying half the time because of the music. Trust me, music interferes with so many videos during videos on You Tube.

[@jamesh1369]

I'll never understand the logic of putting loud, crappy music in car videos, or videos were someone does a lot of talking. It's very distracting. If I want to hear music, I'll turn on my stereo.

[@carmineredd1198]

scary movies same duh duh duh duh scream

[@AirCrash1]

The only interference is your ignorance. Music conveys emotion 99% of professional media uses it, trust me you are the ignorant 1%

[@pcat1000]

Jeff , I agree, where did this notion come from that you have to play crappy loud music during videos????

[@BeenThereOverItNow]

@Michael Aldredge-Greenwell Try Rabbits used cars intro... lord I can't be the only one that mutes till he starts talking!

[@karlslidingdoorguru1785]

I worked with my dad when he was building prototype cars for the Blade Runner Movie when i was in hi school. I can remember seeing the Back to the future Delorian in the corner there. It was pretty cool working with all of the Great Customizers of the 60s 70s 80s.

[@jrnamida5470]

Worked for Gene in Modesto, California. Tully road shop, while attending Modesto Junior College...

[@sacooper802]

this was filmed in 2007 so gene was 80 yrs old in this video, born in 1927, just amazing

[@donaldwolpert6356]

Gene Winfield wrote one of the first documentary books of television production in "The Making of Star Trek" in 1967. I still have my copy from the early 1970s.

[@jquest43]

I had that book too-gene wrote it??? Damm

[@olliefoxx7165]

What a cool guy. He's a true craftsman with a good eye for color and lines. Very innovative.

[@tomrobards7753]

Gene is the absolute car guru ,, it's amazing how young he looks , looks like he's 55 maybe ...

[@USCG.Brennan]

Gene also built the "Jade Idol" and it belongs to a friend of mine up in Portland Oregon. This same friend (Tim) also owns a George Barris Custom that I used to own.....Ron Seaton's '55 Chevy Hardtop which was customized in 1959.

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

Gene and Darryl Starbird...owned the 60's. On the cover of HOT ROD, CUSTOM CARS..a jillion times.

[@JonBlondell]

What a genius! I wasn't familiar with him till now! And a gentleman!

[@Hygirl2000]

good guys rod and custom is one of the best car shows ive been to, glad to see the sticker on the thing

[@terrygarvin1980]

This Guy is unreal!!! What a Life well lived! Wonder what the neighbors think?!? Wish I was one..

[@fleetwoodray]

My 2 favorites as a kid were Gene Winfield and Ed Roth aka "Rat Fink."

[@USCG.Brennan]

Don't forget George Barris....

[@hotrodray6802]

the good barris stuff anyway

[@USCG.Brennan]

@@hotrodray6802 Just like "beauty"...it's in the eyes of the beholder. "Good" to one person is not necessarily good to some others. Barris and the others like him were artists in their own right.

[@danconlan64]

@@USCG.Brennan they got their calling from Harry Westergard the granddaddy of the Lead Sled

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you. Flowers in the desert.

[@craigmonteforte1478]

excellent episode Dennis Gene is a total Guru of the car world ! i was hoping you were going to put the old bus in as well

[@workingclassperson2124]

Man oh man I love what this guy creates

[@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674]

I first met Gene Winfield in 2013 he is the salt of the earth it's fitting you found a big chunk of salt in his hot rod God bless new Gene

[@PerfectPetProductions]

Artist, engineer, kind man, legend!

[@vanillagorilla8236]

When I grow up I wanna be like Gene I'm 53.

[@ROCKINWHEELERS]

**GENE WINFIELD** = THE MAN | THE LEGEND !!!

[@dogbounty6399]

Its like seeing my old hotwheels full sized.

[@JuanFernandez-zv2oz]

A legend. Still trick af.

[@markfrance9924]

Full blown documentary is needed for posterity

[@jackkelly9022]

Wow. Part of the special group.

[@robcbs1547]

Gene Winfield, what an innovator!

[@rodneysmart9774]

He's a legend for good reason

[@haraldpettersen3649]

A great car builder and his historic cars

[@billgroel4463]

Great video thank you for sharing

[@Kiwionwing]

The sleeper car is in a museum near Wellington New Zealand now Southward museum

[@wmadamzzz]

When I was about 14 years old, a few decades back, my older sister and her family lived in Modesto, CA. Her husband was going to college to be a phys-ed teacher (and cheating on my sister at the same, as I would learn later). He took me after his classes one day to see Gene Winfield’s shop in Modesto, which I think is where he got started. I think the building had a custom Mercury in the front window and he just walked in to the shop area, and started looking at the stuff. Turns out, he hadn’t asked anyone if he could visit with a teenage relative but he did know the brother of a guy in school. We stayed maybe 20 minutes and there really wasn’t lots to see. Winfield wasn’t there and no one seemed to care that we were. I didn’t see much that I remember except for the Mercury and I remember that the next month or so, I saw a new issue of Rod & Custom Magazine at the store and it had that car on the cover. I talked my mom into buying it for me, maybe 25Cents at that time. I’ve always been interested in his work although the stuff in this video is kind of marginally interesting !

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

I was at that old shop in Modesto. Was it right off of Rt 99?

[@greatdaneacdc]

I was waiting for the part on how his cheating had something to do with the Video! ....Maybe next time !

[@karvind]

Such a Legend!!!!!

[@danconlan64]

3:39 his poor fingers even more busted up than mine Ernie Adams & Gene are legends

[@villagelightsmith4375]

Those old Merc's made such a nice chop!

[@Ripplin]

Wow, thanks for a nice special video!

[@paulsharp6559]

These are great ideals. Nice job.

[@SaberToothLawnTigers]

Gene is the man!

[@maliiiwa]

Before cyberpunk there was Gene Winfield

[@z06doc86]

Gene Winfield is absolutely amazing for any age person, but I sure would like to know where his fountain of youth is located.

[@davidcordes9283]

Gene is a national treasure

[@ronaldjoseph4425]

I wish I looked that good at 90!!

[@jamessawyer8889]

If I had the money I would love to have the Reactor because of it's TV history, Batman, Star Trek, and of course Bewitched!! If anything, I'd be repeating some of the script from Bewitched, "better take off your shoes you're high heels will ruin the carpet, I'm not wearing high heels.Larry will flip when he sees this car. It was a gift from my mother-in- law and I had to keep peace in the family!!"

[@luisestebanr6311]

what a practical designer! nice vid!

[@raymondj8768]

Gene is a freakin legend !!!!!!!!

[@biggusdickus6548]

Mr Winfields is an artist for sure, I do not like American stuff but his work is fantastic!

[@thoof2001]

Biggus Dickus should remember, We Americans don't need you around anyhow

[@howardnielsen6220]

Gene will treat you like long friend the first time you meet him

[@tertessa]

met him at Syracuse very nice guy..

[@shanek6582]

This is so weird, I randomly watched this video last night and when I turned on the tv this morning it was on the Logo channel (from daughter watching last night), the episode of bewitched was on with the car Gene built. I haven't seen bewitched in 25 years.

[@MyClassicCarTV]

Wow, that's pretty amazing. If it was followed by an episode of "The Twilight Zone", that would just be too weird!

[@hoodagooboy5981]

And if that was followed by the episode of Batman that had the Reactor in it ( the Reactor appeared as the "Catmobile", and it was driven by Eartha Kitt ) that would be mind blowing.

[@hwb-zalpach]

LEGEND.

[@thegun1649]

All I can say is WOW!

[@smilingskull7827]

Love the reactor!

[@guysmalley]

1949 dragster, a real pioneer

[@ToyKingWonder]

Funny, I know guys my age and younger complaining how they are "getting older" and it's harder to work on cars. I work on cars more now than in my 20s and 30s. I haven't slowed down one bit in my 50s and hope to be like Gene. I have not lost one bit of interest in cars or restorations, while some guys my age look like they could be my dad!

[@fanghicheck]

that 427 sounds AWESOME

[@ericlang5791]

What about two of his ‘60s customs, the Jade Idol and the Solar Scene? Are they still extant?

[@stanirelandbig]

Wow, what a real designer, superb imagination and process. Far better than boy D, no wonder movie money goes to the best.

[@tednugent8501]

Elmo speed runs are a blast to wake up to man.

[@filthbomb]

Really nice guy, gave me a tour of the entire shop when I visited him with a friend of his ...these cars you see on this presentation are FAR better looking on the screen than when you see them in person and actually how they are slapped together is damn near criminal..... but hey, he's not foose, boyd, or Richard Rawlings, and he was putting some of these together when all you had was what you could find in the junkyard so ya gotta give him some slack for that .....would I buy a car from him ? Probably not..

[@email4664]

Do take note at how the fitment of the caddy hood was excluded from camera view, but a peek as it shuts shows a massive seam gap- On a finished car

[@sweethands4328]

What a cool dude

[@dirkwinchester1576]

Dear Dennis , I want your job.

[@nosferatu5]

Wow, absolute legend.

[@raymondherbert3960]

WOW! WHAT A GENUS.

[@jerrytee2688]

What exactly is a GENUS?

[@yourallbrainwashed]

Gas cap bezel is from a 58 dodge taillight

[@OldSkoolF]

Gene is a freakin Hot rod god.

[@JayBee-se8ou]

He also made the 6000SUX from RoboCop. Bummed we did see pics of it.

[@tyrssen1]

(Stupid disco-muzak at 13:20 is totally not needed. A 427 makes all the music ya need. ) Great, great cars from one of the all-time great builders.

[@G_de_Coligny]

Gotta be impressed by the suspension layout design... The epitome of 0 frack given... The rollers under my fridge look more roadworthy...

[@Dd13200]

Awesome

[@robertklein9190]

The cars age, Gene doesn't

[@JonBlondell]

He looks the same now as in 1948!!!

[@jquest43]

You should have done a 2 hour video on Gene and split into 20 10 min vids

[@stephenbirks6458]

Wow bladerunner - Shuttle for Startrek - BTTF - 6.06 love the Maybaline ?

[@kevinc9006]

Gene is 91 now

[@oldschool8432]

It's incredible how he gets around at this age

[@xcx23cwea65]

NO ROBOT CAN REPLACE THE HUMAN TOUCH

[@ianbarber311]

How long is that Caddy? about 36 feet? Great video!

[@BulletSpoung]

A priceless car and he lens on it, classy.