[77 TRASHCAN]

I’ve read that Pontiac Edelbrock heads are scarce right now.
What else?

[burd]

Cheap SD parts, rare SD alum parts.

[694.1]

Camshafts!

[b-man]

Cam cores, seems for just about every brand of car.

Tried buying a cam for an air cooled VW last week, cores won’t available until August we were told. Have been out for the last 6 months.

[73LeMans]

Wilwood WIL-140-11400-Ds a are a rolling 2 months out......been like that for 4-5 months now, at least from Summit and Jegs. TCI Flex Plate shields seems to be backordered too....if you want them black...

[roy381]

I had to go different route because every thing was in back order for months. Rare manifolds (ramairrestoration) ,Dui distributors ,roller camshafts

[glhs#116]

Been having a hell of a time finding a throttle cable that isn't a safety hazard (sticky throttle linkage is no joke on a car like this, especially if it's wet)...

Sam

[Formulajones]

Pretty much damn near everything, and what I have been able to get has tripled in price.

Sheetmetal has been a real problem. Waited 3 months for quarters and 4 months for outer wheel houses. 6 months for a transmission. Paint material costs have nearly doubled. Same gallon of color I priced a month ago for $345 is now $620 a gallon.

I've gotten to the point now that if something isn't in stock and ready to ship, I don't order it. I'm tired of my money sitting in limbo for stuff on backorder. The project can just sit and wait, I'll move on to something else.

[Steve C.]

Speed parts electronics in general.

Also as oil prices continue to climb expect a major sky rocket in the prices of tires.

According to the Rubber Manufacturers Association in 2012, it takes approximately seven gallons” of oil to produce a single tire. “Five gallons are used as feedstock (from which the substances that combine to form synthetic rubber are derived), while two gallons supply the energy necessary for the manufacturing process.

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[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by Steve C.

Speed parts electronics in general.

Also as oil prices continue to climb expect a major sky rocket in the prices of tires.



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Yep that's another one. I was in Napa the other day and noticed their oil shelves bare. Amsoil, Valvoline, etc.... GONE I was just in there days before and they had plenty.
At first I thought they were reorganizing. Jim looked at me and said "nope, the past week it was just flying off the shelves, people buying it up." They were still waiting for a big restock order to show up. I kiddingly said "with the mess going on we'll probably have an oil shortage in the near future" LOL He said "oh don't say that, last year when someone came in here joking about the toilet paper and it actually happened." I guess I jinxed it now

I went home and promptly put in a big order of my own for oil and I noticed that the prices had went up.

[carbking]

Originally Posted by Formulajones

Pretty much damn near everything, and what I have been able to get has tripled in price.

American-made carburetor rebuilding kits for EVERY original carburetor used by Pontiac from 1933 to 1974 will be shipped the day following order. So not everything!

The 1932 and earlier take awhile as I have to machine the individual parts.

Jon,

[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by carbking

American-made carburetor rebuilding kits for EVERY original carburetor used by Pontiac from 1933 to 1974 will be shipped the day following order. So not everything!

The 1932 and earlier take awhile as I have to machine the individual parts.

Jon,

Well I did say "damn near"

[XLR8STEVE]

Both good body fiberglass manufacturers are 4 months out. VFN and Glasstek.

[taff2]

[QUOTE=carbking;6265707]American-made carburetor rebuilding kits
And here's the real reason for most of the delays- everything is manufactured overseas or manufactured from materials that come from overseas. When countries do not have their own manufacturing bases you become at the mercy of the overseas companies.
Same deal over here,we don't even have our own coal,natural gas and steel industries, everything bought in from abroad. Essentially we buy our car parts from a country (US) that buys it's parts and the materials to make them -from another overseas country!

[formula kid]

You know it seems as if this problem has hit the fan in the last 7 months. I wonder what has changed that made this happen?

[1968GTO421]

Originally Posted by Formulajones

Pretty much damn near everything, and what I have been able to get has tripled in price.

Sheetmetal has been a real problem. Waited 3 months for quarters and 4 months for outer wheel houses. 6 months for a transmission. Paint material costs have nearly doubled. Same gallon of color I priced a month ago for $345 is now $620 a gallon.

I've gotten to the point now that if something isn't in stock and ready to ship, I don't order it. I'm tired of my money sitting in limbo for stuff on backorder. The project can just sit and wait, I'll move on to something else.

I've gotten to postpone backodering like you for same reasons. On one part I did backorder, when it arrived 6 months later, a friend had alresdy sold me the part when cleaning out his garage. When the backodered part arrived later on, it dumbfounded me until I remembered ordering it so many, many moons before. Good advice above^.

[Vid]

I have absolutely ZERO problems getting bills in my mailbox.


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[padgett]

+1 particularly for 80s and 90s electronics. Am OK for Reattae but the Allante center stack (three LCDs) is a nightmare.

Caddy made a big thing about Pinin-Farina and the Airbridge but never mentioned that the center stack (three LCDs, three button panels, big circuit board in the back and hundreds of little white wires in a single unservicable two foot 15 lb box was available only as a $3,000.00 (in 1993) assembly. From Japan. Oh you could get the light bulbs.

ps Japanese supplier, Yazaki, has not responded to inquiries. Anyone have a connection there ?

[tjs72lemans]

I finally finished my 72 Lemans sport convertible frame off restoration with the exception of replacing the top. Top is good, but back window is plastic and foggy. Ordered a new top and glass back panel from The Convertible Top Guys. Was told on 6/28 it would be 4-8 weeks (I was thinking initially several months). Got an email yesterday (7/20) saying it's being delivered (3 weeks wait). Surprised me.

[rallye bob]

I think the "High Performance" supply chain, is going to get worse before it gets better... Hold on to your dreams, hot rodders.....