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1953-62 CORVETTE CHASSIS UP-DATE KIT

Now you can revitalize any First Generation Corvette chassis or bring one back from the dead, with this Jim Meyer Racing Products all-in-one kit that features everything you’ll need to bring any 1953-62 Corvette chassis into the Twenty First Century. It includes his popular bolt-in IFS, bolt-in/weld-in rear suspension kit, steering column and linkage kit, master cylinder and power brake booster, front-and-rear antisway bars, Wilwood 4-wheel disc brakes with rear parking brake, side-mount engine kit (with LS-1 engine adapter plates), power steering pump kit with pulleys and Strange thirdmember and much more. This kit will bring any ’53-62 into the Twenty First Century with sports car handling, stopping and steering. The IFS (the same one that comes with all his new ’53-62 chassis) bolts to the same original factory holes that held the original ’49 Chevy IFS. It features tubular A-arms (7/8-inch diameter X .156-inch wall upper A-arms and 1-inch diameter X .156-inch wall lower A-arms), GM spindles and balljoints, drilled and ball-milled disc brakes and rack-and-pinion steering.

The narrowed First Gen rear end kit installs in the stock location under the chassis for an original look in the fender well openings. The kit (with minimal welding required) features aluminum adjustable coilover shocks, with a three-position lower bracket on the housing, adjustable 4-link urethane-bushed control arms (1-inch diameter X .156-inch wall seamless tube), and an adjustable urethane-bushed Panhard bar. The forward mounting point for the frame-mounted 4-link brackets, weld into the rear of the old forward spring-hanger brackets. The stock driveshaft is retained.The rear end housing comes with new Dutchman alloy axles (5-on-4 ¾ bolt pattern) and all the brackets Tig-welded into position so installation is made easy after minimal welding. All items are available separately. Complete instructions (now on line) walk you through both front-and-rear installations, master cylinder installation and column and steering linkage installation.

For a good look at what it takes to install the starter kit and all the options, go to www.jimmeyerracing.com and view or download the instructions free and see if you can do this at home. Or, E-mail them at jim@jimmeyerracing.com or call them in Lincoln City, Oregon at (800) 824-1752 or call the tech line at (541) 994-7717.

1953-62 CORVETTE REAR END UP-DATE KIT

Unlike the basic Jim Meyer ‘53-62 Corvette rearend kit (shown here), this new Up-Date Kit includes the basic kit plus everything you’ll need, in one order, to drive your ride right out of the garage. This kit includes Dutchman alloy axles with bearings and seals, Strange 9-inch nodular iron or aluminum thirdmember case with any gears, any size pinion flange, any Detroit Tru Trac, Wilwood 12.19-inch rotors and 4-piston calipers (with parking brake), stainless braided brake hoses, a coilover spanner wrench, 7/8-inch diameter formed antisway bar, all Grade-8 fasteners and instructions.

The Up-Date Kit places the new housing (available any width) in the original location for a stock appearance under the fender. The kit (with some welding required) features aluminum adjustable coilover shocks, with a three-position lower mounting point on the housing, adjustable urethane-bushed 4-link control arms (1-inch od X .156-inch wall seamless tube), an adjustable urethane-bushed Panhard bar that bolts to the housing and needs the frame bracket welded into position. The forward mounting point for the 4-link brackets locate into the stock frame-mounted forward spring hangers. This is where more welding will need to be done, along with a couple of upper coilover-mount supports that also need to be added/welded for additional strength. The stock driveshaft is retained.

For a good look at what it takes to install the Rear End Up-Date Kit and other options, go to www.jimmeyerracing.com and view or down load the installation instructions free and see if you can do this at home. Or, E-mail them at jim@jimmeyerracing.com or call them in Lincoln City, OR at (800) 824-1752 or call the tech line at (541) 994-7717.