10-30-2020, 10:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 7,496
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Re: Supply chain woes
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Originally Posted by SteveB31
As a supplier, I can tell you many items not available, but not for the reasons some of you think. Mostly- too much demand. The pandemic sent so many people home working on their cars rather then doing other things .Secondly, many of the machine shops both in the USA and abroad were closed for weeks due to pandemic, but we were still buying parts, so now they are way behind making parts. Thirdly, several manufacturers of Model A parts either died, got sick, or closed up and retired. Demand is there for the parts, but Making them is the hard part.
Steve Becker
Bert’s Model A Center
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Would that be because the skills required are not being taught these days?
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