In this file photo taken Dec. 18, 2009, Willie Ray, ...

Don Heupel | published: March 21, 2011

In this file photo taken Dec. 18, 2009, Willie Ray, an employee of GM, hoists the last big block V8 engine from the assembly line at the General Motors Powertrain plant in Tonawanda, N.Y. General Motors Co. is halting some production at its Buffalo, N.Y., engine plant because of a slowdown in parts from Japan.