When you hear about Gene Winfield chopping a car most of us immediately think of a low, sleek Mercury or some sort of 50’s American vehicle. This time around at the Milwaukee World of Wheels he was presented with a classic VW Bug. Now this isn’t the first time someone has chopped a bug, but most times they look very WRONG when their done.
Gene Winfield Chop Shop
Kansas City World Of Wheels- Live Winfield Chop Shop On A 1940 Ford Convertible
This time around Gene’s Live Chop stopped in Kansas City, MO World of Wheels. The host club for the show was the The Rodtiques of Kansas City and they found a 1940 Ford Convertible they wanted to chop. This is one of the more difficult chop jobs for the “average joe” but that didn’t phase Gene.
Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs- Live Winfield Chop Shop on a 1949 Ford Shoebox
This time the traveling Winfield Chop Shop stopped in Cincinnati for the 2013 Cavalcade of Customs. This time around the car under the knife was a stock 1949 Shoebox Ford with the original flathead V8 owned by Tim Jones. Tim has owned the car for 3 years and he’s been into cars since he was a kid.
Winfield Chop Shop Tour Houston, TX – Part 2
After the seam was welded, Gene and the crew went ahead and made a new panel for the one rear corner to make it all fit seamlessly. He used Eastwood Plastic Metal Shaping Hammers and Sandbag to form the panel and get the rough shape that was needed to fit the roof.
Eastwood tools to be used in Gene Winfield Chop Shop Tour- Stop 1 Houston, TX Autorama
This year at SEMA 2012 we were running around shooting some of our favorite show vehicles of the week. I happened to run into Gene Winfield as he was debuting his 2nd rendition of his custom Ford he calls the “Pacifica”. We did a nice interview with Gene (check it out below!) to find out about the truck and also hear about what he’s up to in the future. He told us about an exciting tour he was starting shortly after SEMA with Championship Auto Shows called the “Gene Winfield Chop Shop”.