Yes! The Rumor is True! Jim Carter Truck Parts is beginning our 46th Year!
Few if any have reached this milestone.
Jim Carter here, we are just as active in GM trucks as ever!
Click on a year below. See what a near 1/2 century can do for you!
THIS IS US! JIM CARTER TRUCK PARTS AT 45 YEARS
Thank you, thank you, for so many great customers like you that have helped our company reach
our 45th Anniversary. We are so proud to have reached this milestone. This is Jim Carter, I am
still very active as when I started restoring my first pickup, a 1950 Chevy 1/2 ton and needed parts! It now
sits in our Lobby!
Just a Few Extras:
- 17 employees with 130 combined year's expertice.
- Over one million parts in two buildings plus our very own nearby wood shop.
- Partisipated in numerous Swap Meets accross the country over the years.
- House so many more "USED" GM parts than any of our competitors.
- We supply parts to over 20 active nationwide Dealers and 2 in Canada.
- Helped with founding of All American Truck Club of New Zealand.
Before 1954 on 1/2 tons, the frame rails were given a large arch as they passed over the rear axle housing. With a broken leaf spring or overloading the bed with too much weight, the frame rails will lower many inches before contacting an axle bumper. It was a system that worked for over 20 years on 1/2 tons when the frame rails were forced down toward the rear axle. A hard rubber axle bumper was placed under the hump in the frame to prevent metal to metal contact when this occurred.
For 1954 a totally redesigned pickup bed resulted in a three inch increased depth of the bed for more load volume. Some of this increase required a lower arch in the frame rail over the axle. There would be less space here so the rubber axle bumper was changed in length and was moved to the side of the frame. See photo!
Therefore, this prevents a correct interchange between the 1949-53 1/2 ton frame and the 1954 and newer frame. If this is done the beds will not have the correct relationship to the height of the cab.
