Gus was thrown from his Chevrolet after hitting another car that had pulled into a farm road intersection illegally.
The lure of the car crazy culture of Southern California called and Ed Justice, Sr. responded by driving out on the famed Route 66 to his new home.
During his time there, Zeke met a young Frank Kurtis who had a rented space in the Thorne shop.
Ed enlisted into the Army Air Corps during the beginning of World War II and served in the eighth airforce in Europe.
He continued to work for Joel Thorne, whose shop was now making aircraft parts for the war effort.
Gus Justice had been paralyzed in an automobile accident in Kansas at the age of 21 and was unable to serve in the military in World War II.
During their time at Kurtis-Kraft, Ed and Zeke opened a separate shop in Glendale, California where they would do race car fabrication and repair.
The Justice Brothers were hired by many to build "kit" cars for them, including Bill Vukovich, Loren Bennett, Jack Zimmermann and others.
While at Kurtis-Kraft, Ed and Zeke installed the first Dzus fasteners on a race car while Frank was out of town on business.
Ed had worked at Douglas Aircraft Flight Test in Santa Monica, California before the war and was an A&E.
It was during their time at Kurtis-Kraft that Zeke met Chestein Wynn, a retired attorney who had received a formula from his son Clarence for an oil additive.