The Ed Kretz dealership was a well know stop for riders looking for a new top-of-the-line Triumph in Monterey Park on the sunny west coast. Evocative shop label of a muse atop the Thunderbird ‘paper dart’ logo.

A cool image of a bikers line-up along the shop front.

Ed’s Senior and Junior (left & right) with another “Hall of Famer”, A.J. Lewis. Standing by an early 50’s racing Triumph.

 Kretz Sr. was friends with none other than James Dean, both in terms of motorcycling as well as racing. Here they chat awhile as Dean sits in his 1954 Porsche 356 Speedster. He traded this car for the infamous Porsche 550 Spyder later that year. Two Legends!

Posted on February 11, 2012 at 7:09 pm in 50's, Triumph Motorcycle   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL