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Auto Parts Prices Going Up...and FAST
I purchase a lot of auto parts, just a heads up that prices have shot up ~since September, and expect much bigger jumps after the first of the year.
...China trade tariff induced I'm told. STOCK UP, bad weather coming. |
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My old college room mate took over ARA auto air conditioning years ago. Many parts he was even a sub for some of the OEM folks worldwide. He had several parts made in China. The new tariffs have made them price prohibitive to continue and is looking at plants again in Mexico.
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Skip Fix 1978 Trans Am original owner 10.99 @ 124 pump gas 455 E heads, NO Bird ever! 1981 Black SE Trans Am stockish 6X 400ci, turbo 301 on a stand 1965 GTO 4 barrel 3 speed project 2004 GTO Pulse Red stock motor computer tune 13.43@103.4 1964 Impala SS 409/470ci 600 HP stroker project 1979 Camaro IAII Edelbrock head 500" 695 HP 10.33@132 3595lbs |
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I will pay more if quality improves
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468/TKO600 Ford thru bolt equipped 64 Tempest Custom. Custom Nocturne Blue with black interior. |
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This. I've learned never to buy the cheapest part - it's always junk.
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1965 Pontiac LeMans. M21, 3.73 in a 12 bolt, Kauffman 461. |
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I guess this means Harbor Freight prices will also skyrocket
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Will Rivera '69 Firebird 400/461, 290+ E D-Ports, HR 230/236, 4l80E, 8.5 Rear, 3.55 gears ‘66 Lemans, 455, KRE D-Ports, TH350, 12 bolt 3.90 gears '69 LeMans Vert, 350, #47 heads: work in progress |
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I will pay more to not have to deal with the damned Communists.
BRING ON THE TRADE TARIFFS! More is better. |
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What is the tariff %?
Tariffs are applied to the import price. So, a $20 item at import is now $24 with a 20% tariff. The retail prices increases from $55 to $59 or something like that?
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1965 Pontiac GTO 455/469 w/ #48 Heads, '65 Tri-Power 9.25:1 CR Stump Puller Cam Muncie M22W 1st-2.56 2nd-1.75 3rd-1.37 4th-1.00 3.55 Rear Differential Front: 225/60R15 Height: 25.6" Rear: 275/60R15 Height: 28" |
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"I will pay more to not have to deal with the damned Communists."
THIS. The Chinese have killed a great number of American boys in Korea & Vietnam. They will likely kill more in the future. We have helped create that monster.
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"At no time did we exceed 175 mph.” Dan Gurney's truthful response to his and Brock Yate's winning of the first ever Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining Sea... Still have my 1st Firebird 7th Firebird 57 Starchief |
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The computer or phone you used to make these posts were most likely made in China. I know mine was.
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My Pontiac is a '57 GMC with its original 347" Pontiac V8 and dual-range Hydra-Matic. |
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The fukkin' Communists and the Communist Collaborators have essentially killed off domestic electronics production except for some higher-end audio equipment. Because those criminals destroyed large swaths of American industry, there's no choice but to buy Communist Crap. Why do I have to post this? Isn't it blazingly obvious? |
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Fixed it for you
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I could explain all this to the girl at the parts store, but she'd probably call the asylum. White '67 LeMans 407/TH350/Ford 3.89... RIP Red '67 LeMans. 407/TH400/Ford 3.25 |
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Based on a brake rotor I bought in August, for $78.xx went to $89.xx., same vendor, top line product.
Other factors may involved, metal prices? Just a heads up, no politics! 🇺🇸 |
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I looked at two front pre bent brake lines at Inline Tube last week for $35. This week they're $45.
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... and shipping has gone way up over the last half dozen years. Crazy prices on oversize shipping is the reason I invested in a nice tubing straightener and am now buying hoops of tubing & bending my own. Have several flaring tools & original example lines for 70-72 A-body's & 2nd Gen T/A's, which makes it even easier.
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Buzzards gotta eat... same as worms. |
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I had owned this kit for about 3-4 years, had not even used it yet. A friend was working on his Hot Rod project. He had bough a set of trans cooler lines, already flared and bent. One end on each line had to be cut off and re-flared. I re-flared one end of each line. He looked at both tubes...my flares were better than the ones that came on the lines..... Parts prices going up???? Crap since 2005 (remember hurricane Katrina???) everything has been going up, and has not slowed down...
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1977 Black Trans Am 180 HP Auto, essentially base model T/A. I'm the original owner, purchased May 7, 1977. Shut it off Shut it off Buddy, I just shut your Prius down... |
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This will be a great excuse for Edelbrock to double the price of their heads before I get around to buying them
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468/TKO600 Ford thru bolt equipped 64 Tempest Custom. Custom Nocturne Blue with black interior. |
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You have been talking about them since the Bush administration.. The first one. I think you will be OK.
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77 Trans Am, 469 w/ported E-Heads via Kauffman, matched HSD intake, Butler Performance forged rotating assembly, Comp custom hyd roller, Q-jet, Art Carr 200 4R, 3.42s, 3 inch exhaust w/Doug's cutouts, D.U.I. Ignition. 7.40 in the 8th, 11.61@116.07 in the quarter...still tuning. |
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Interesting.
I build my own computers. I have used ACER Motherboards for over 20 years, built at least 15 computers for people including my family and have never had an issue with a motherboard or hard drive. Same deal with Computer Chips and Memory. But I am really sorry your POS, made in Japan, was problematic since new. https://www.techradar.com/news/mobil...aptops-1318014 Their Laptops have been a POS for several years now. Tom V.
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"Engineers do stuff for reasons" Tom Vaught Despite small distractions, there are those who will go Forward, Learning, Sharing Knowledge, Doing what they can to help others move forward. Last edited by Tom Vaught; 11-27-2018 at 11:16 PM. |
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Japanese company, product made in Communist China.
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That seems to be a generic statement vs an answer. Got any real proof to that statement.
By the way, Taiwan, is Nationalist China and not a Communist Country. One of the most Democratic Countries out there. That happened on December 8, 1949 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...ital-to-taiwan TV
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"Engineers do stuff for reasons" Tom Vaught Despite small distractions, there are those who will go Forward, Learning, Sharing Knowledge, Doing what they can to help others move forward. |
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