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nvrdone · 03-04-2025, 03:50 PM

For those of you who havent heard, Gene Winfield passed this morning.

MARTINSR · 03-04-2025, 05:44 PM

Sad, what a legend! Spoke with him a few times at shows, what a nice guy. I went out to my garage and said a prayer for him looking at a photo taken in 1957 of his shop that he signed for me in 2005. He was "only" 77, isn't that wild!

RIP Mr. Winfield and thank you for all the amazing art you gave us.

Brian

**mr48chev** · 03-05-2025, 03:13 AM

Sad to find that out this morning. I first "officially" met him at Pleasanton in 1989 when I was on my road trip in the 48 to Bonneville and Pleasanton and back home up I 5 and 97.

I got to visit with him at Pleasanton for maybe 20 minutes before anyone else came along that day. I might actually have met him in 1962 when we stopped at a little shop out in the desert and they put my dad's 57 Olds J-2 on the hoist to check out a noise They tried to trade my dad out of the Tri power setup on his Olds but I wasn't having any of that. I never asked him about it though and up to the past four or five years his memory for anything car was sharp.

This shot was taken at a metal working class that he did in Post Falls Idaho in 2013. Two well spent days that I learned a lot at.

03-04-2025, 03:50 PM	#1
nvrdone Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Moxee WA Posts: 1,700	gene winfield For those of you who havent heard, Gene Winfield passed this morning. __________________ 49 chevy 3100 3 window. 327 / m21 4 spd, 12 bolt w/ 3:55's Bought in 1973 for $235.00. Had it longer than my wife & Kids!!

03-04-2025, 05:44 PM	#2
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,097	Re: gene winfield Sad, what a legend! Spoke with him a few times at shows, what a nice guy. I went out to my garage and said a prayer for him looking at a photo taken in 1957 of his shop that he signed for me in 2005. He was "only" 77, isn't that wild! RIP Mr. Winfield and thank you for all the amazing art you gave us. Brian __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

03-05-2025, 03:13 AM	#3
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 16,395	Re: gene winfield Sad to find that out this morning. I first "officially" met him at Pleasanton in 1989 when I was on my road trip in the 48 to Bonneville and Pleasanton and back home up I 5 and 97. I got to visit with him at Pleasanton for maybe 20 minutes before anyone else came along that day. I might actually have met him in 1962 when we stopped at a little shop out in the desert and they put my dad's 57 Olds J-2 on the hoist to check out a noise They tried to trade my dad out of the Tri power setup on his Olds but I wasn't having any of that. I never asked him about it though and up to the past four or five years his memory for anything car was sharp. This shot was taken at a metal working class that he did in Post Falls Idaho in 2013. Two well spent days that I learned a lot at. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.



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