May 2012 Classic Trucks Parts - Parts Department

The New Vintage packages for ’67-72 Chevy/ GMC trucks offer unmatched style, performance and quality, with features no one else can match. Features include their exclusive floating dial design with LED backlit mint green graphics and lit pointers. The stepper motor gauges can trigger the functions incorporated into the NVU exclusive Info Center with warnings for just about any function. Kits are available in basic gauges and brackets to install in your dash or fully assembled and wired. Kits include all senders and detailed instructions. As always, MADE IN DETROIT with a five-year warranty. For complete info contact New Vintage at 248-850-5482 or on the web at www.newvintageusa.com .

Jim Meyer Racing’s custom, jig-built, mandrel-bent or fabricated direct-replacement ’60-72 GM/GMC pickup chassis’ offers you all the street-performance options you’ll ever want. They build ’em your way with any step over the front-or-rear suspension, any tread width front-or-rear, or any wheelbase. It features stock cab mounts, core support mounts, and front bed mounts all in their stock locations, and moves the fuel tank out of the cab to the rear of the frame! The only front-and-rear adjustable stance 2x4x0.120-inch wall chassis in the industry features beefy 2x5-inch main framerails, a new 9-inch rearend (28, 31or 35-spline and any width) with adjustable urethane-bushed four-link, adjustable urethane-bushed Panhard rod, aluminum adjustable coilover shocks (front-and-rear) or optional remote ShockWave air spring system and an adjustable trans-crossmember that comes pre-drilled for all GM and aftermarket transmissions. The identical IFS shown in the chassis is available as a separate bolt-in unit for ’60-87 pickups. See it on their website. All parts are available separately.

Since they build ’em your way, it’s available with any industry option you’d like from Jim Meyer Racing Products, Inc. Call ’em or download any of their catalog pages or any of their installation instructions (to see if you can install it at home) from www.jimmeyerracing.com or call ’em at 541-994-7717.

The Tilt-A-Hitch allows you to use your jack to safely and easily tilt your trailer to any desired angle, while safely secured. It makes loading, unloading and hauling faster, easier, and safer—it turns your existing trailer into a tilting trailer. Tilt-A-Hitch inventor Lane Smith announced recently “An optional 4-inch drop-arm is now available for the SEMA award winning Tilt-A-Hitch. The original Tilt-A-Hitch perfectly tilts about 95% of all truck-trailer combinations, but this lets you handle those extreme situations.” The Tilt-A-Hitch tilts your trailer using your trailer jack. For more info call 618-616-1790 or go to www.tiltahitch.com.

O’Brien Truckers now offers these ultra-cool valve cover breathers patterned after the ones released by G-T Equipment back in 1964, featuring a distinctive four-fin design. Add your own color between the fins for extra detail, as shown, and they really “pop.” The improved version is updated with a removable cover and open cell foam insert to keep the oil inside the valve covers. The mounting surface area is 7½x1¼ inches, and the removable top cover measures 8¼x1¾ inches. The breather assembly adds only 2¼-inch to the side of the valve cover, and the height is 31⁄8-inch. Each breather comes fully polished with stainless steel mounting hardware and a custom die-cut gasket to properly seal it to the valve cover surface. The price of these little beauties is $100 each. You’ll find them featured on O’Brien Truckers’ new website, along with a truckload of other period-correct nostalgic products, for the full scoop contact ’em at 508-248-1555 or on the web atwww.obrientruckers.com

OTB Gear has just introduced its Route 66 Series of four-barrel air cleaners. These nostalgic looking air cleaners are a combination of spun and cast aluminum components. The cast tops are polished to a show quality shine, while the spun filter housing can be left natural, clear coated or painted. Available in three designs (Mohawk, Full Finned, and Orbit) each feature a concealed, washable oiled filter and polished stainless steel fasteners. Part of the growing collection of old-school hot rod parts available from OTB Gear, these carburetor accessories are made in the USA and built to the quality standards that OTB Gear has become famous for. For more information and ordering, contact OTB Gear at 909-595-4995 or at www.otbgear.com.