OPGI attends SEMA 2022

Original Parts Group attended the 2022 SEMA show this past week, exhibiting in our well-known double-decker booth in Central Hall. While we celebrate our return to the premier tradeshow showcasing our new products, two fully restored classics, and two very special guest appearances, OPGI also celebrates 40 years in the restoration business this year.

Since 1982, OPGI has been producing exceptional quality restoration parts. Offering the widest selection of everything from interior parts to engine parts, sheet metal, moldings and trim, and everything in between, our manufactured line numbers are in the thousands. Impossible to display all, check out the RESTOPARTS^® that we could fit plus more from the show.

PRODUCT DISPLAY

NEW PRODUCT

The demand for precise quality reproductions continues to grow, and the RESTOPARTS^® brand proudly answers the demand with newly manufactured products. Here are just a few of the latest products added to the RESTOPARTS^® line.

OPGI parts have been featured on numerous award-winning vehicles and TV shows, such as Detroit Muscle and Car Fix, and have become the first choice for many of the nation’s top automotive builders, including master automobile designer, Chip Foose. With 170 completed cars under his belt and a legacy of designs, partnering with Chip on his 1970 Chevelle was never a question and we were honored to display it in our booth.

DISPLAY VEHICLES

The Chevelle remained covered in the booth while a line of fans formed for a meet and greet and Power Automedia prepared to film the unveiling for those who missed it including those who were wrapped around the booth. Check out the unveiling in the video below.

Chevelle Specs

• LSA 6.2 LTR 600HP Engine
• 6L80E Transmission
• Ridetech Coilover Suspension
• Magnaflow Exhaust System
• Baer Brakes
• PSI Wiring Harness
• Body Paint: Glasurit Foose Orange

The Chevelle features several RESTOPARTS^® products, including the turbo hydraulic console kit, complete horseshoe shifter, and front bumper seen in the images above. Other RESTOPARTS^® featured on the Chevelle include a foam vinyl wrap dash pad, inner fenderwells, inner trunk filler panel, rear bumper brackets, ss cowl hood molding, headlight retaining rings, and roof drip molding kit, as well as several other restoration parts and accessories needed to get the Chevelle SEMA ready!

It was not a tough choice when it came to choosing our second vehicle. OPGI was thrilled to display the Ride of Your Life 1974 El Camino. With help from OPGI this past year, Courtney Hansen and the rest of the ROYL Garage team came together to transform the El Camino into one lucky recipient’s dream car.

El Camino Specs

• Blueprint 496 BB
• Monster 4L80E
• Wilwood Brakes
• Kicker Audio
• Dakota Digital Gauges
• Concept One Pulley System
• QA1 Drag Race Ste 2.0

In addition to other restoration parts and accessories from OPGI, the El Camino features our RESTOPARTS^® quarter panels, body by fisher sill plates, complete dome light assembly, and our identical factory original, ferrule door lock knobs. You can catch more of the El Camino and OPGI products on an upcoming episode of Ride of Your Life airing in January on the Motortrend Network.

SPECIAL APPEARANCES

OPGI, Chip Foose, and Courtney Hansen go way back to a special pilot episode of the hit show Overhaulin’ that featured OPGI employee Jeff Miller’s ’71 Chevelle. So when working on new projects with the duo separately we invited them to catch up at our booth, talk about their builds, and more importantly hang with their fans.

THE SHOW

OPGI was not the only one with a special unveiling. Magnaflow killed it with comedic legend and car enthusiast Kevin Hart’s emotional first-time unveil of his latest build, an ’87 Grand National aka “The Dark Knight” designed by Dave Salvaggio.

This jaw-dropping Detroit Speed-built 1965 Buick Riviera was displayed in the Holley Performance booth. A head turner for sure, check out the other cars that grabbed our attention at the show in the gallery below.

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