He also built the cars for Back to the Future and Blade Runner.
Winfield has been land speed racing at the Bonneville since 1952 and still competes today.
He's coming to Repco Beach Hop 17 thanks to Custom Auto Glass, Day Haulage and Hauraki Tyre & Battery. If you would like to meet Winfield, he will be at the Custom Auto Glass stand during the festival.
The other well known US hot rodder to visit Repco Beach Hop 17 is Chuck Miller.
He built the Little Red Fire Truck hot rod which made its debut at the 1968 Detroit Autorama car show and won the prestigious Ridler Award.
Miller founded Styleline Custom in Detroit in 1963 and built several show-winning cars that toured the 60s show circuit including the iconic Red Baron, The Zingers, Bugs Buggy and the Sonic Cuda.
After retiring he created the Bunker Baron (a golf cart version of the Red Baron), a Detroit Red Wings golf cart, a customised 1957 BMW Isetta Taxi Cab named SLO-CAB - an acronym for Small Limo Orphan-Customer and Baggage.
Another of his personal projects was to construct a Miller's Mobile Gas Station and three false store fronts - a bar, a bicycle shop and a movie theatre - to resemble a town from the 60s on the grounds of his home.
He has been inducted into the Detroit Autorama Circle of Champions, Hall of Fame North at the St Ignace Straits Area Antique Auto Show, Kustom Kemps of America Hall of Fame and Darryl Starbird's Hall of Fame.
He was named Builder of the Year at the Detroit Autorama 2010 and Guest of Honour at the June, 2010 St Ignace Area Antique Auto Show.
His life story is featured in an automotive biography of his life in custom cars and hot rods.