There's no doubt about it when it comes to customizing a classic truck one of the most enjoyable experiences can be tracking down a suitable starting point. If you have the ability to recognize a diamond in the rough it will help make the search that much easier. In past issues our Farm Truck Fever series has run the gamut from showing abandoned farm trucks in fields to revealing private stashes amassed by collectors with a concern to preserve the supply of project trucks available. As any loyal CCT reader can attest to every day introduces new challenges to make the process more difficult. We'll skip past discussing what scrap metal prices, clunker laws, and natural disasters have done to make the situation worse and get right to the meat of depicting Gene Winfield's private stash of buildable trucks. Oh, the best part of all is if anyone would like to buy one of these diamonds in the rough all they have to do is call Gene at (661) 824-4728.
Gene Winfield's radical custom...
Gene Winfield's radical custom GMC ramp truck:...
...Customizing cars and then...
...Customizing cars and then hitting every major show on the national circuit is a life on the road...
...It's easy to tell which...
...It's easy to tell which customizers have their act together because they always roll into town driving a fully customized car hauler.
This '67-72 Ford F-100 cab...
This '67-72 Ford F-100 cab is a little fried from spending a lifetime in the desert sun, but the upside is it appears to be rust free.
Gene's stash out back was...
Gene's stash out back was crawling with '60-66 C10 Chevys. This '64-66 cab exhibited the advance stages of surface rust, but also thanks to the desert sun appeared to be free from structural rust. Notice the '68 Chevy C10 panel in the background.
That's Truckin' magazine's...
That's Truckin' magazine's Bob Ryder taking a few snap-shots of this pre-war Ford with minimal rust. Notice the '63 Chevy C10 shortbed stepside behind it. We wonder if Gene keeps the Mustang II duo around for donor frontends?
Famous for rusting out inside...
Famous for rusting out inside the bed floor this pair of Falcon Rancheros also owe their relatively rust-free bodies to the California desert sun.
This '56 Chevy 3800 took a...
This '56 Chevy 3800 took a good pop to the nose, but still looks good.
This '65 Chevy 1-ton panel...
This '65 Chevy 1-ton panel is pretty banged-up, but like most of Gene's collection it doesn't have a ton of rust.
Gene has a pretty good mix...
Gene has a pretty good mix of neat old trucks. This is just one of a few COEs stashed out back. Notice the '59 Chevy behind it.
This '64 Falcon Club Wagon...
This '64 Falcon Club Wagon with a 90-inch wheelbase is one of 2,687 built that year.
This specially built U.S....
This specially built U.S. Air Force truck kind of looks like it was designed by the Russians doesn't it?