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.
The enclosed page from the Chevrolet Factory Assembly Manual is dated July 23, 1955. It appears to be announcing the new full flow oil filter that attaches to the lower left rear side of the 265 V-8 engine block.
For the early 1955 year- after the introduction of their first small block V-8 – the oil filter had been a dealer installed by-pass unit attached to the front of the intake manifold. See tech article under 1955-66, then click on accessories.
As per the attached drawing, this new mid 1955 filter was not a spin-on design. The cartridge was inside a round housing that Chevrolet calls an “oil filter assembly”. One long center bolt was removed to replace the inner throw-away cartridge. This system was used on Chevrolet small block V-8 s for about 10 years while some other vehicle manufacturers used the spin-on filter as used today.
