In 1946, when after four years flying for the U.S. Air Force, Jerry Boyle, then 24 years old, opened a run-down corner gas station in Englewood, NJ. "Captain" Jerry Boyle, quickly realized that "one of the most important reasons for dealing both wholesale and retail is that the customer benefits from our vast variety of inventory at the lowest prices." Word spread quickly, and by 1958 Englewood Tire Distributors (ETD) was one of the top volume wholesale/retailers in the Northeast