More of and interesting headline than an interesting story. Japanese parts are a necessary piece in building American trucks;
General Motors has suspended production at a facility in Louisiana due to a shortage of parts stemming from the natural disaster in Japan, the automaker said Thursday.
The Shreveport Assembly plant, where GM makes the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, will be closed for the week of March 21, according to a statement.
we’re expecting a supply shortage on the collision side with japanese produced parts in the coming months as well. Just had a phone call about it today.
When Saturn / Pontiac shut down the pain was felt… it takes a while for the aftermarket to back-fill
How are we going to get ready for Race Wars without overnight parts from Japan?!
flood car SR20’s will pull a premium before race wars
lol… first time i watch that i was like… stupid ricers, sr20’s are for real RWD cars. Than i heard bout the fwd version
And was like, Stupid ricers, Honda civics are for chicks
so will it be hard to get sr parts now as well as skyline parts? i know that cali has lots stocked up tho
nah, a lot of cars will end up over here for scrap… same as all the new orleans flood cars got shopped around out of state or over seas.
Maverick, how close are you to the Ingram Mississaga office? Any of you Canadian guys work there?
OT… shitty, everyone seems to be feeling the pinch.
Ingram mississauga? thats on the 401… real close. Hell my girlfriends mom even worked there…
:bigtup:
i lol’d
you could get as many katrina cars as you wanted in vermont (dont ask me how they got there) for like 300 - 500$, in vermont you dont need a title to register a car.
they make great parts cars 
had a flood car S-Class Mercedes show up at a CARSTAR couple months ago and the air bags went off in the shop… $8k in damage… thank goodness for carfax
Far out.
Good thing the CARSTAR guy wasn’t working on the steering column at the time.
Reverse imports?
The carmaker (Nissan) is considering shipping engines from Tennessee to Japan, spokesman Mitsuru Yonekawa said by phone today.
It is odd for them to mention that but not give a reason why they would do that?
Uh, maybe since they had an earthquake and are currently unable to build motors at their own plants?
lmao
And now temp layoffs at the GM plant in Buffalo: http://online.wsj.com/article/AP451d917c95d14661bb26436044f0dd6c.html
General Motors Co. on Monday is halting some production and temporarily laying off workers at a Buffalo, N.Y., engine plant, another sign that Japan’s disaster is affecting automakers around the globe.
And now Chrysler and Ford are having problems sourcing paint:
Automakers may run out of some paint colors because of a shortage of supplies of a pigment made at a factory near a damaged Japanese nuclear power plant.
Chrysler Group LLC told dealers that it was temporarily restricting orders of vehicles in 10 colors. Ford Motor Co. also alerted dealers to stop ordering vehicles in tuxedo black and three shades of red.
No Mustangs in black? :tdown: