I have a tendency to associate James Dean with a sure Porsche 550 Spyder, and Steve McQueen with Triumph bikes. However James Dean changed into reputedly a Triumph rider too, and the motorbike he rode turned into a 1955 Trophy. The pictures have been sent in through Andy Enness, an Australian now dwelling in new york.
Enness works with the legendary Hollywood photographer Phil Stern: “in the future i was over at his house in la and stumbled upon an antique pile of pics of this Triumph scrambler. I quizzed Phil on them and turned into instructed how James Dean’s brother had asked Phil if he could use a number of Phil’s images as connection with repair James’ motorbike.
Once he’d completed the recuperation, he sent Phil these images. In regular Phil fashion, he thought not anything of them. And of course I freaked out.” Andy scanned the photographs, and here they're. Does each person realize something greater approximately the history of this motorbike?
Replace 1: according to reader Dan Hunter, the original bike is inside the James Dean Museum in Fairmount, Indiana.
Replace 2: It appears that the motorbike in the images is considered one of 3 replicas constructed with the aid of Justin Glory: the very last shot turned into taken in Justin’s front backyard in L.A.
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