If you’ve spent a portion of your life watching Top Gear, Overhaulin’, and browsing the internet in search of cool-looking ...

faded paintjob that would come to be known as the "Winfield Fade." 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 ...

By Richard Sandomir Gene Winfield, a hot rodder and prominent ... It was the centerpiece of an episode called “Super Car.” The Reactor was then used on three more series: “Star Trek ...

The future arrived early in 1964 when Gene Winfield introduced The Reactor—a car so ahead of its time, it felt like something out of science fiction. Unlike anything seen in that era, it pushed the ...

Later cars included the Strip Star and the Reactor, both of which ... the country’s drag strips. The car’s Cycolac bodywork was painted by Gene Winfield. He did cars for Ironside, Bewitched ...

Gene Winfield, a custom car designer for films such as “Blade Runner” and “Robocop,” died on March 4. He was 97. The news was confirmed via his obituary on Legacy.com. Winfield became ...