Rare Parts Blog

This week’s Manufacturing Monday's featured product is our control arm bumper -- Part #RP18301. Order one today for your Checker Marathon and feel the difference!

Checker Motors, the Manufacturer of Checker Marathons, produced Marathons for over two decades. The popular 4-door and 5-door sedans were originally marketed as passenger cars for consumers, but due to the model's lack of yearly changes to the styling, it is best known as the iconic New York City taxicab during the 1960s-1970s. Marathons are also frequently used on movie sets to depict the Soviet-made Chaika 13 (GAZ 13) vehicles. Films such as Gorky Park and the original Mission: Impossible television series use the vehicle to depict the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries.

This week’s Manufacturing Monday's featured product is our coil spring seat bushings - Part#: RP15151. Order a set today and feel the difference!

American Motors is now only a blast-from-the-past make, but many of its unique models are still lovingly maintained by devotees who also love to drive them, including the lithe Javelin pony car, the Matador muscle car and more sedate models.

This week’s Manufacturing Monday's featured product is our tie rod assembly - Part#: RP29493. Order one today for your van and feel the difference!

Ford had an immediate hit on its hands with the first-generation of the E100 series vans and trucks, responding to similar offerings from GM and Volkswagen. The versatile and economical Falcon-based first generation, however, was soon succeeded by the bigger, beefed-up second generation of more conventional vans beginning in 1968. 

This week’s Manufacturing Monday's featured product is our rack and pinion mount bushings - Part#: RP15896. Order a set today and feel the difference!

The Chevette, manufactured from 1976 to 1987, marked a needed advance for Chevrolet in the oil-crisis years after the maker's initial foray into the subcompact market with the problematic Vega.

This week’s Manufacturing Monday's featured product is our control arm shaft kit - Part#: RP15347. Order a set today and feel the difference!

When people think of 1960s-era Fords the original "1964 1/2" Mustang may come to mind. But the company turned out a variety of memorable and collectible models under all three of its nameplates in those years and through the early '70s, including the Galaxie 500 - Torino and Ranch Wagon, and the Lincoln Mark III and  IV.

From big to small to off the wall! Our Vice President, Marshall Giorgi, put together a few holiday gift recommendations. If you're still struggling with what to get the gearhead in your life, look no further!

Steering and suspension systems are the mechanisms responsible for helping your vehicle handle whatever situation is presented on the trail, as well as keeping you both safe and comfortable. It can be the difference between bottoming out or having the ride of your life.