Crappy work from Winfields Rod and Custom

Definitely makes me feel good about my work, of course I don't think I do too bad of a job. Most of the time.
Sucks for both of you guys, poor car, poor Gene.
For that kind of money, the work needs to be up to par with every one out there.

 

I did some work on the car. I built the differential, driveshaft, two different rear suspensions, c-notched the frame, installed the mustang II, shortend the stock column, set-up the shifter, re-mounted the rack on the TCI crossmember, installed the firwall, modified the tunnel, did some tin work in the trunk, modified and installed the fuel tank, did the brake line and fuel plumbing, started on the rust repair, installed some A/C vents in the dash, we sold him the engine and installed the accessories and dress-up parts. There has to be something I forgot. I can post some pics but I believe that Cuomo is a happy customer as far as the parts,work and advise I've provided through his build up. I did take quite a bit of time to get the work done that I did. We used his car as a fill in project as our general work is primarally driveshafts and differentials.

 

If the OP posted those pics of him having done the work himself, it would have been called a rat rod.

 

Hey guys, without getting too serious, I would like to offer the following observation:

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It is very difficult for many to even entertain the possibility that their chosen hero or role model may have feet of clay. The denial and defense responses posted here, are a reaction to questioning the validity of their placing such strong emphasis on the person or persons in question.
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Just saying many are treading on what many others consider sacred ground. Try to understand what it looks like from their side.

I look forward to a resolution of the OP's situation and I too must prepare myself for the possibility of disappointment in one of my heroes.
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We definitely have to take care of our priorities, then we play with our toys.

 

are goin to fix the chop?

 

That's some pretty sad looking work. I want to hear Gene Winfield's side, but I suspect someone at the shop was trying to cut corners in his absence to get the car out the door.
I had a man under my supervision pull a stunt like this ( not body work, but a work assignment) when I was off island. He got caught, but I caught the grief because he worked directly for me. Needless to say, he was ultimately shown the door. The worst part was, I'd had good rapport with this customer, but because of this incident he chose not to do any more work with me. That still burns my ass! You don't keep customers by sticking it to them!

 

The pic's do the speaking , I don't see how Gene could possibly be pissed that the OP showed of the work that rolled out of his shop. He should be to embarrassed to be pissed. He should drop what he is doing and fix it proper and then paint it for all the trouble he has put the OP through and to save face. He needs to bend over backwards to make this right.

 

Meatballs why ya bitchin me, i dont like other people working on my car and i cant afford it anyway, if somethings not right i have no one to blame but me.

 

I am more than satisfied with your work, I could not have asked for more. I definitely feel I got what I paid for from you guys. It just sucks the rest of the car can not live up to what you did.

 

Not slammin you at all but like someone else said,some cant for many reasons or have special shops do it because of their name and rep....and expect what they pay for.if you can do it all good for you---Meatball

 

I'm sure that I could but I couldn't do it in the time/money Cuomo has to work with. I would be glad to help the guy that will for free if he is interested. It just takes our shop too long to do projects that large in the reasonable time frame, to many interruptions.

 

Meatball thanks cant always do it all myself but got to anyway, times are tuff.

 

I think too many of you guys are seeing the kind of stuff that Bass or Cole do and accepting that as a bare minimum. Customizers of today can walk circles around the old guys. There is nothing wrong with how they did it and they shouldn't be ashamed of it either...their methods are just not up to current levels of expectation. I doubt very seriously that they tried to hide any of this work from you or anyone. We have all seen the work done on the live demonstration and workshop cars....it's not exactly what I would call metal finished.

 

it's a picture of him fitting the trunk lid. Doesn't mean he was there for the chop.

 

dont you people have anything better to do today like work on your cars, instead of gossiping on the HAMB?

oh wait....its the hamb...of course you dont...


all this thread has become is a bunch of people going BLA BLA BLA BLA.

 

Nothing to do with politics, has to do with people jumping to conclusions, like you just did.

 

You really do want to give Gene the benefit of the doubt, thats noble.

 

it looks like you did some nice work. i bet this chop mess has destroyed his budget. looks like it may need a new roof?

 

First off, whether the OP could do the work himself or not is irrelevant. I'm sure a lot of people would like to say their car was chopped by "Gene Winfield" (or at least the shop with his name on the sign), but not with these results. I'm sure GW didn't actually do the chop, but his shop did, by people that "he" hired, so basically, he is ultimately responsible. He should never let a car leave his shop that he hasn't inspected at different parts of the process, ie:before filler is applied. I would think that if I hire somebody to work in my shop & perform work that will have the name of my shop on it, it better be top notch. It looks like it was done at Earl Scheib's. If the OP spent 12-15K(((post #181))) on this, as stated earlier, he should've had that quality, not a 2-3K job.

 

Here is the "smoothed" firewall when it came back from Mojave. The plan was to then attach some polished stainless over what is pictured.

 

Back off? Maybe he didn't get my point which was wait untill all the facts come out before jumping to conclusions. Sorry it wasn't more clear, nothing to do with respect. Lighten up.

 

they ran out of bondo on the roof

 

Probably- but that cow dung and hay made great bondo

 

39 All Ford - nailed what is actually going on. His signature line of -


Times have changed, old cars are even more rusty, and HAMB standards are high.....

 

How about a little humor to let everyone catch there breath or slow there fingers down on the key board.

A little guy about five foot four goes into a bar orders a shot of tequila, and then another shot and says i will the kick the ass of the baddest son of a bitch in here just point him out, the bartender says that would be bubba our bouncer over there. The little dude goes over and beats bubbas ass bad, orders another shot of tequila. Next week same thing, bartender says that would be leroy he is a professional wrestler he is over there in the corner, little dude beats the shit out of leroy. Well everyone inthe bar is sick and tired of the little dude. So one night they go down to the zoo and pickup this 600 pound gorrila and bring him back to the bar and put him in the bathroom and take the light bulb out. Sure enough the little dude comes in says give me a shot of tequila, and i will whip the baddest sob in here just point him out, bartender says that would be george he is over there in the bathroom, little dude goes in the toilet you hear the the loudest noises you have ever heard, little dude comes out sits down at the bar says give me a shot of tequila oh yea when that black guy comes out of the bathroom here give him his fur coat back.

Ok you guys can start again, just thought a little humor might ez things a bit
barefoot

 

At what price point is such work welcomed?

 

Beware when others do work on your car! This is the work we did i auto shop in '75(16 yrs. old).Never had a person complain......but then we worked on peoples cars for donations and so we could practice.

 

Definately beginners work.wouldn't you guys agree?

 

He should have posted the pictures first and let everyone bash them then told you who did it later on. For that kind of money any good shop would have done it right.