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Gene Winfield is a renowned American designer and custom car builder. He is best known for his work on the iconic Batmobile from the 1960s television series, as well as for his custom car designs for Hollywood films such as Blade Runner and Star Trek.
Winfield was born on June 16, 1927 in Springfield, Missouri. He began his career as a car painter in the 1940s, and eventually opened his own shop in California in the 1950s. He quickly gained a reputation for his custom car designs, and his work was featured in magazines such as Hot Rod and Car Craft.
In the 1960s, Winfield was hired to design the Batmobile for the television series Batman. He also designed custom cars for films such as Blade Runner, Star Trek, and The Munsters.
In addition to his work in the automotive industry, Winfield has also been involved in the music industry. He has designed album covers for bands such as The Beach Boys and The Doors.
Winfield is now 96 years old and has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
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Robert Eugene Winfield |
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Automotive designer |
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97 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
16 June, 1927 |
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16 June |
| Birthplace |
Springfield, Missouri, US |
| Nationality |
United States |
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He is a member of famous designer with the age 97 years old group.
Gene Winfield Height, Weight & Measurements
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Gene Winfield Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Winfeld was honored as the Detroit Autorama "Builder of the Year" in 2008, and since 2013, has been on the International Show Car Series (ISCA) circuit, chopping tops and shaping sheet metal for the crowds in a special section of each show called "The Summit Racing Equipment Chop Shop".
After AMT closed this division in 1971, Winfield continued work in the custom auto body field in Southern California and appears as an honored guest at auto related events in the US.
A January 1967 episode of Bewitched was written around The Reactor and its unique abilities. In 2017, The Reactor was shown at Pebble Beach.
Winfield also used the Corvair Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 engine in a more conventional Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, The Piranha, a car originally meant to show the usability of ABS plastic in automotive materials. Winfield began producing this car as a kit, and made it a television star as well, first appearing in March 1967 on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
AMT hired him in 1966 to manage the new Phoenix, Arizona based Speed and Custom Division Shop, which built full scale cars as promotional vehicles, including for Star Trek: The Original Series.
The Reactor (1964) was Winfield's next aluminum-bodied project, and was even more ambitious. It was a mid-engined front wheel drive two seater, with a very low profile due to the Corvair Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 engine flat six. It showcased a light aluminum body, like the Strip Star, but the technology went far beyond its novel bodywork. Winfield took the 180 hp (130 kW) turbocharged engine from a Corvair Corsa and mated it to the drivetrain from a Citroën DS, and retained the height adjustable Hydropneumatic suspension of the DS.
In 1962, building on his experience, Winfield joined Aluminum Model Toys (AMT) as a consultant style designer for their model kits.
In 1951, Winfield became interested in auto racing, driving 135 mph in a Ford Model T ("The Thing") at Bonneville Speedway. He soon opened Winfield's Custom Shop in Modesto, with an early innovation in custom painting, carefully fading two candy colors together, called "The Winfield Fade".
His second car was a 1930 Ford, powered by a 1937 flathead.
Gene Winfield (born June 16, 1927) is an American automotive customizer and fabricator. In the mid-1960s, his designs caught the attention of the film community, resulting in a large body of his work appearing on screen, including in the iconic 1982 film Blade Runner.
Winfield was born in Springfield, Missouri, in 1927. His family moved to Modesto, California, in 1929, where he grew up. He was first exposed to cars when his older brother, Glenn, opened a wrecking yard. In 1942, he bought his first car for $75, a 1928 Ford coupé, and promptly added a radio antenna with foxtail, despite it having no radio. Later that year, the brothers opened Winfield Used Cars in Modesto.
