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Rest in Peace, Gene Winfield, Custom Car Icon Master metal fabricator and custom car designer Gene Winfield passes away at 97
hotrod.com ^ | Mar 05, 2025 | Tony Thacker

Posted on 03/06/2025 1:29:10 PM PST by V_TWIN

It’s always a shock when the hobby loses one of its founding fathers. You know it’s coming, but not today, right? Some of heroes fade away with little fanfare, but not Gene Winfield, who passed on the morning of March 4, 2025, just a few months before what would have been his 98th birthday. Gene could never be described as a recluse; he was out and about and doing stuff until the very end. I had just chatted with him and 103-year-old Ed Iskenderian at the Grand National Roadster Show. Gene looked a little frail, but he and Isky connected like two live wires bringing light to a party as they regaled each other with stories and inspired everybody within earshot. Gene may have faded from our lives, and his passing leaves a big hole in the custom car world, but his legacy lives on in an amazing body of work.

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KEYWORDS: automotive; genewinfield
Some of Gene Winfields work can be viewed here:

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/a-look-back-at-gene-winfields-most-legendary-custom-cars/

RIP sir....what talent you had 🙏

1 posted on 03/06/2025 1:29:10 PM PST by V_TWIN
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Rest In Peace, Gene.


2 posted on 03/06/2025 1:32:58 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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People who see Isky regularly say that he is sharper than ever & shows NO sign of his age.


3 posted on 03/06/2025 1:37:25 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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4 posted on 03/06/2025 1:44:31 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!ly)
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Gotta keep working after retirement, or you DIE!


5 posted on 03/06/2025 1:45:48 PM PST by wetgundog
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Gotta keep working after retirement, or you DIE!


Finally, a path to immortality!


6 posted on 03/06/2025 1:49:05 PM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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Saw Gene on an episode of Bitchin Rides. He appeared to be a wealth of information and happy to pass it on to a new generation.


7 posted on 03/06/2025 2:10:30 PM PST by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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8 posted on 03/06/2025 3:19:01 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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True master


9 posted on 03/06/2025 5:22:19 PM PST by thinden (Buckle up …..)
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True master


10 posted on 03/06/2025 5:22:22 PM PST by thinden (Buckle up …..)
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