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Nissan US distributes their replacement parts through a network of regional depots. From those depots and thence to our local dealers flows the manna that keeps our Z cars alive. At least that’s the way it’s supposed to work. There are always pesky problems like backorders and cancellations fouling-up the works, but that’s meat for another article.
Let’s say your local dealer orders a windshield gasket for your 1975 260 2+ 2. If that dealer is in the mid-Atlantic area your order will be sent to our regional depot in Somerset, NJ. If they don’t have it in stock the order automatically goes to the next closest depot which is in Aurora, IL and so forth until it reaches Compton, CA and what Nissan calls the master depot. No, the master depot is not the secret repository for all those rear parts that everyone knows are stashed somewhere. Rather, the master depot is simply the largest of the depots, is close to US headquarters and receives the lion’s share of the containers from the homeland. And Nissan will open their new Glen Burnie, that’s right, Glen Burnie, Maryland parts depot. No, this doesn’t mean that you can pop in on a Saturday morning and buy an oil filter for your Sentra, they’re not open for retail trade. However, it does mean that your windshield gasket can reach your local dealer a day of more sooner than if the order went through the Somerset depot.
Nissan’s French relationship has been so successful that there is now a need for a second East Coast depot (for about 15 years we had one in Portsmouth, VA but it closed in the 80’s). So, on Monday February 2nd Nissan will open their new Glen Burnie, that’s right, Glen Burnie, Maryland parts depot. No, this doesn’t mean that you can pop in on a Saturday morning and buy an oil filter for your Sentra, they’re not open for retail trade. However, it does mean that your windshield gasket can reach your local dealer a day of more sooner than if the order went through the Somerset depot.
Mike McGinnis
Banzai Motorworks
Let’s say your local dealer orders a windshield gasket for your 1975 260 2+ 2. If that dealer is in the mid-Atlantic area your order will be sent to our regional depot in Somerset, NJ. If they don’t have it in stock the order automatically goes to the next closest depot which is in Aurora, IL and so forth until it reaches Compton, CA and what Nissan calls the master depot. No, the master depot is not the secret repository for all those rear parts that everyone knows are stashed somewhere. Rather, the master depot is simply the largest of the depots, is close to US headquarters and receives the lion’s share of the containers from the homeland. And Nissan will open their new Glen Burnie, that’s right, Glen Burnie, Maryland parts depot. No, this doesn’t mean that you can pop in on a Saturday morning and buy an oil filter for your Sentra, they’re not open for retail trade. However, it does mean that your windshield gasket can reach your local dealer a day of more sooner than if the order went through the Somerset depot.
Nissan’s French relationship has been so successful that there is now a need for a second East Coast depot (for about 15 years we had one in Portsmouth, VA but it closed in the 80’s). So, on Monday February 2nd Nissan will open their new Glen Burnie, that’s right, Glen Burnie, Maryland parts depot. No, this doesn’t mean that you can pop in on a Saturday morning and buy an oil filter for your Sentra, they’re not open for retail trade. However, it does mean that your windshield gasket can reach your local dealer a day of more sooner than if the order went through the Somerset depot.
Mike McGinnis
Banzai Motorworks