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!
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.
A war will always cause changes on the home front. Here is an example.
Copper is an important layer in chrome plating. Because of the increase of ammunition production during the war, the price of this material (supply and demand world-wide) could only raise!
During those years, the pickup truck was usually for work only. Thus, GM decided it would be much better to eliminate higher price chrome plating with the copper base (it was for appearance) and keep the pickup’s retail price about the same as pre-war.
The attached photos show a perfectly restored 1953 Chevy ½ ton. Not a “major” appearance change with this Gray painted hub cap. NOTE: In these early years, this would never have been accepted on passenger cars!
