Manfred Winkelhock (* 06th October 1951 in Waiblingen; † 12th August 1985 in Toronto) – one of the biggest actors in Formula 1 racing. He was one of the most likable and talented German racers at that time. On the Nuerburgring – Nordschleife he survived uninjured a spectacular accident in a Formula 2 race. His car took off on the crest right before the airport route section due to a defective front wing and rolled over backwards (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WarahOS2GJ0). Winkelhock was lucky on that day and thus, was able to participate in a lot of further races. In the season 1982 / 1983, he started for the German Formula 1 team ATS and drew attention to himself with excellent training performances, among others in Monaco.
A powerful name matching perfectly to our sunglasses‘ model. The distinctive carréeshape of the lenses is made of cellulosic acetate. The straight topling underlines the strong character. The technical highlight of this frame is the integrated spring hinge. Invisible from the top it guarantees highest wearing comfort.
On the temples of this GULF-eyewear sunglasses, the original GULF colours are to be found as a full material intarsia. To make this, small unicolour acetate material plates are laid into the basic material of the temple tip. These original colours are exclusivley produced for our frames. They are homogeneously joint – no abrasion, no bleaching.
