Chopit Kustom shop tour with Gene Winfield in February of 2014.
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@joevald32 жыл бұрын
Jean Winfield a legend .. A national treasure
@nzsaltflatsracer80542 жыл бұрын
Gene Winfield
@billgroel44633 жыл бұрын
Beautiful cars thank you for sharing
@jeffryblackmon48467 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Noticed how intently Gene took interest in the details of the body work. Thanks.
@AMStationEngineer7 жыл бұрын
+John Wylie My family was in the auto body business from 1926 thru 2006, my cousin's retirement. It was a shop which despised using fillers of any kind. The terms "plastic merchant" and "lead merchant" were bandied about whenever a vehicle which was victimized by substandard work arrived at the shop. By the late '80s, when body alloys changed, making "working metal" a thing of the past, the family shop begrudgingly joined the crowd. With that said, it did the heart good to see real craftsmanship for a change!
@JohnWylieMedia7 жыл бұрын
Lost Art, But Not Lost On The Chopit Family. I ran into Nick at The Grand Nat'l in Pomona and he told me they are busier than ever, doing what they always have done, beautiful hand crafted metalwork. Here's an earlier interview I ran across kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn2qkoiXmMeke80
@AMStationEngineer7 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@unclecowboy20037 жыл бұрын
AMStationEngineer very well said I love the work and hope that it's passed on to our younger generation
@TheNextGoogification Жыл бұрын
Wow I'm envious how these guys managed to live their dream! Makes me want to put a second effort into achieving My dreams - gets involved, takes money to get started, and then it's easy to lose your freedom when you take money
@ryanheisey77193 жыл бұрын
I could definately work in that shop jamming the oldies I'm 29 bodyman/mechanic and custom fab and paintwork love the projects in there ❤
@timothyschultz18947 жыл бұрын
Interesting video of a real creative talented crews shop. A little BIO on these individuals, their history, and location would be great. Background music was so loud, difficult to hear their conversation. Tripod could help focus on their awesome custom results and more still photos of their exciting projects like the couple finished ones at the end would be great. Hope they let you do more videos since this is a dying skilled trade. Hope he starts a school apprenticeship for opportunities to pass on these talents.
@JohnWylieMedia7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment. This was a once in a lifetime happening. I happen to be good friends with a man that runs a land speed car. Gene Winfield wanted to get the 200mph record at El Mirage in my friend's '68 Mustang, and offered a NASCAR engine and a paint job to drive it. We were in the neighborhood of Chopit getting a seat mold made for Gene when we stopped in to visit. I had a camera and kept it low profile so as to not interfere with Gene and Gary's tour. Gary is no longer with us and I decided to post this private video as a tribute to Gary and his family.
@timothyschultz18947 жыл бұрын
Great story that just proves we need to document more history on these interesting individuals and their fascinating projects before their all gone. What happens now to all those unfinished projects and custom made tooling? Did he have an apprenticeship that can continue this art? Maybe they will allow you to put together a scrapbook video of him and his projects.
@unclecowboy20037 жыл бұрын
Gene Winfield is an icon
@shawnfoxfirth96847 жыл бұрын
Gene deserves to be hailed The King George Barris takes credit for the work of others
@dyallbydesign18526 жыл бұрын
love the chopped shirt gene!!!
@snoopu26016 жыл бұрын
What can I say that hasn't been said I've been following all the great customizer a lot of the great one's are passing on I hope the younger generation build and create there own custom the car's are starting to be all sipped up and now you have to do something with a modern car to set off from all the other cars that come off the lot, me and my friend did it to this guys brand new T-bird 1998? We shaved the doors handles put air ride system with candy gold orang with flake it came out different from all the stock one's from that time so if you can't find an 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s you have to make due of what you got
@punkinsgarageandpaint82995 жыл бұрын
It's kinda funny, my name is Gene and it's a dream of mine to meet "THE LEGENDARY GENE WINFIELD"
@JohnWylieMedia5 жыл бұрын
Nicest man you'll ever meet.
@JohnWylieMedia5 жыл бұрын
check this out Gene kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmmTqp9ors2qqcU
@thelastwildone61624 жыл бұрын
IT'S ART YOU CAN DRIVE!!!
@projectjunkies84634 жыл бұрын
I wish i had someone to teach me too me that a art
@filibertobarrera38395 жыл бұрын
I really don't get it Gene made thousands of cars many for the movie industry,but still has a run down body shop he pulls miracles out from.Did Gene just throw away his money ,just find it bizzare something is missing from his life story.
@jeffleblanc88504 жыл бұрын
I think most body shop guys blow ther money most like to drink ther heath usually sucks I believe he has breathing problems he is not young I imagine he is late 70s his place is awesome it’s in the middle of no we’re he prob loves it nyounimagine the shit in his lungs and body from doing this all his life I’m sure he has stuff to breath with at home and that’s not cheap in the USA
@jeffleblanc88504 жыл бұрын
I had a friend that did body work died in his 50 s from all the toxins in his body
@patbrown29834 жыл бұрын
Wow i was so impressed to see Nick and Fabian follow in Gray's footsteps. My name is Patrick and i use to work with Gary when Chopit Kustoms was in Lindenhurst New York. Nick and Fabian were really young I knew Nick was going to be in the business i didnt think Fabian would. he was really young and into being an Entertainer. I forgot their sister's name i also thought she would entertain also. Im so proud of Nick and Fabian and i would really like to talk to them. If anyone can get this to Nick or Fabian and let them know Patrick the black guy that work with Gary when they were in Lindenhurst New York would like to say hello to them. They can reach me at Patb309@gmail.com. thank you.
@mrdanforth37443 жыл бұрын
That is what a body shop looked like in the fifties, sixties, and seventies. He's been there a long time and doesn't see any reason to change.You don't know what he has in the bank, what kind of house he has or anything else.