Master metal fabricator and custom car designer Gene Winfield passes away at 97. Master metal fabricator and custom car ...

These tiny metal capsules with wheels are called belly tanks, or lakesters, and they're a major part of hot rod culture. So where does that strange-looking "bodywork" come from? The short answer?

As a teen, he added to his first car antennas decorated with fox tails — even though the vehicle had no radio.