Christy St John is an artful Los Angeles based Actress…
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Gene Winfield is an American automotive customizer and fabricator who began crafting customized cars in 1942…
https://www.winfieldscustomshop.com/
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Winfield’s famous “Strip Star” was built in 1963 for car show Promoter Bob Larivee, of “World of Wheels,” and was billed as the world’s fastest show car…
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The “Strip Star” is built on a 1948 Ford frame with a 1963 Ford dual quad bluepainted Les Ritchey Engine…
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The interior was crafted in black Naugahyde with foam-padded fiberglass bucket seats and black carpeting…
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The “Strip Star’s” body is a handmade aluminum body with an asymmetrical design, and the exterior was painted with 40 coats of candy tangerine over a pearl underbase…
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The “Strip Star” has been featured in various media projects over the years ranging from “Back to the Future II,” to a classic 1968 AMC Javelin commercial…
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Quote Christy - “A tremendous sense of freedom in this shot” on Winfield’s Lot in Mojave California…
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Classic Americana with Christy on Winfield’s Lot…
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The “Reactor” was built in 1964 for the Hartford Autorama Special…
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The space aged “Reactor” was built on a D19 Citroen chassis with hydraulic suspension. It has a 1963 Corvair Spider engine that is turbo charged, with opposing 6 cylinders and is front mounted…
And…that’s William Shatner’s autograph on the center interior pad by the way!
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It has a handmade aluminum body and the hood, doors, hidden headlights and roof can all be operated by remote control…
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The “Reactor” won the Grand National Roadster Show Tournament of Fame in 1965, and then was showcased throug-out Hollywood…
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The “Reactor” was featured on classic 60’s episodes of the original “Star Trek,” “Bewitched,” “Batman,” and Mission Impossible.” It was also showcased on the lawn at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in 2017…
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Winfield Customs has an exclusive clientele who frequently return for custom renovations. Currently he is working on this 1949 Mercury…
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This Mercury has an Edelbrock Equipped Ford Flathead V8 engine with Air-ride suspension…
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Winfield along with such contemporaries George Barris, Karl and Veda Orr, and Bill Hines created the modern Hot Rod and Lowrider Culture. Along with Ford Model T’s, Ford enthusiasts remember Mercury as Ford’s mean little brother which still has an influence on hot rodding today…
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Classic Americana, Christy posing in Gene’s functional 1950’s Diner…
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Winfield incorporated a 1953 DeSoto Grill and frenched 1953 Buick headlights into this 1949 Mercury…
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“The Thing” is Winfield’s famous multipurpose racecar, originall built in 1950 with a top speed (then) of 136 mph that competed in SCTA Events at El Mirage and Bonneville drylakes. This is a 2001 recreation built for Gene’s induction into the NHRA Hall of Fame in 2001…
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Fully “chopped and shaved,” this 1949 features Gene’s iconic “Winfield fade,” which is “carefully fading two candy colors together”…
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Winfield was assigned as the Builder for Blade Runner’s ”Future Noir” concept cars designed by Syd Mead…
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He crafted the famous “ Deckard Sedan,” “The Black & White Police Sedan,” “MGM Spinner,” and…
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…the “Everyman Car.”
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“While heading the Speed and Custom Division Shop, a subsidiary of model kit company Aluminum Metal Toys (AMT), (Winfield) and his company were tasked in 1966 with the construction of the full scale exterior as well as the full scale interior mock-up of the (Original Star Trek) Class F shuttlecraft, what was to become the Galileo 7…”
Courtesy of: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Gene_Winfield
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Winfield has built other classic vehicles for Film including “Robocop’s” “6000 SUX,” and “Back to the Future II’s” Police Car…
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And off to the Winfield “Bone Yard” we go with Christy getting into “Mad Max” Character…
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Here she poses with a 1950’s Sprinter…
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Winfield’s “Bone Yard…”
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Winfield’s “Bone Yard…”
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Christy posing with a 1966 Ford Mustang…
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Christy with a 1938 Buick Hearse…
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Behind the scenes with Christy recreating Sean Young’s “Racheal” in Winfield’s “Star Trek” - “Blade Runner’ room…
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Behind the scenes with Christy in Winfield’s “Star Trek” - “Blade Runner’ room…
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