Code No: 20578

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Author: Grant, David

Published: 2008

Binding: Hardcover

No. Pages: 176

Dimensions: 23 x 27

Illustrations: Colour and black & white photographs from Gene Winfield`s archive

Description: One of the most prolific of the pioneering custom-car builders in California's hopping postwar hot rod scene was Gene Winfield. For the first time, Winfield's career is examined in this book by Winfield protégé David Grant. The Custom Cars and Hot Rods of Gene Winfield is culled from hours of interviews with Winfield and recounts everything from his early days in Modesto and his immersion in California car culture, to his role in forming the Century Toppers car club, his involvement in dry lakes racing, the formation of Winfield's Custom Shop in 1955, and the impressive string of vehicles that followed. Cars featured include the 1946 Ford convertible that graced the second issue of Rod & Custom, the 1950 Solar Scene Mercury, and the Ford King T that won the 1963 AMBR award, among dozens of others. Grant also delves into Winfield's involvement with AMT, movie and TV vehicles for such projects as The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Get Smart.