pschlosser
Well-Known Member
The term N.O.S. has special meaning, to me. And I think I see people throwing it around to refer to any clean part they seek to sell under the guise of N.O.S.
New Original Stock implies a never before used/installed, dealer-ordered part, that includes the original packaging. Once you bolt it to your car, it is no longer NOS.
Some of these valued parts are in reproduction, and some of those reproductions are so nice, it is difficult to distinguish them from actual NOS parts. But the original Chrysler packaging is missing.
Hood emblems, in particular, are among those falsely claimed. The repros are pretty darn nice, and not easily distinguish from NOS.
An aged and yellowed box or packaging envelope with dealer routing numbers, etc, can be a good indicator it may be NOS. But even then, there is no promise the part in question is an actual NOS part.
On more than one occasion, I've have witnessed those restoring their vehicle(s) (nice, respectable concourse restorations) taking their nearly perfectly appearing on-hand part (but non-functioning part, for one reason or another) and swapping it with an actual NOS part with its packaging. They then flip the defunct part at a swap meat, where the original box has more value than the NOS-looking-non-functional part they are selling.
Every time I see a listing for an NOS part, a part that has always been in high demand, I am dubious. 50+ years later, those NOS parts have long dried up. So how the blankity-blank could this be an NOS part, resent day?
And if you pay attention, some forum users are making this claim, again and again, on very nicely cleaned up and/or restored parts as NOS without dealer packaging. They also sell other very nice looking parts. So one can surmise their restoration skilled are honed.
As for myself, the days of concourse restorations have passed. But for the newer generation on these boards, I caution you about NOS parts claims. A nicely restored part warrants a higher price. But NOS parts generally warrant the highest selling price. And I don't care to see those exploiting this, without any accountability.
I would support a ruling that states, unless the part is accompanied by appropriate vintage dealer packaging, the NOS claim isn't warranted.
I need some perspective. Do I need to take a chill pill, and just allow things to be? Allow newer generation users to be duped, and work their lessons out for themselves?
At a minimum, I hope my post holds and helps future would-be restorers to evade misrepresentation.
New Original Stock implies a never before used/installed, dealer-ordered part, that includes the original packaging. Once you bolt it to your car, it is no longer NOS.
Some of these valued parts are in reproduction, and some of those reproductions are so nice, it is difficult to distinguish them from actual NOS parts. But the original Chrysler packaging is missing.
Hood emblems, in particular, are among those falsely claimed. The repros are pretty darn nice, and not easily distinguish from NOS.
An aged and yellowed box or packaging envelope with dealer routing numbers, etc, can be a good indicator it may be NOS. But even then, there is no promise the part in question is an actual NOS part.
On more than one occasion, I've have witnessed those restoring their vehicle(s) (nice, respectable concourse restorations) taking their nearly perfectly appearing on-hand part (but non-functioning part, for one reason or another) and swapping it with an actual NOS part with its packaging. They then flip the defunct part at a swap meat, where the original box has more value than the NOS-looking-non-functional part they are selling.
Every time I see a listing for an NOS part, a part that has always been in high demand, I am dubious. 50+ years later, those NOS parts have long dried up. So how the blankity-blank could this be an NOS part, resent day?
And if you pay attention, some forum users are making this claim, again and again, on very nicely cleaned up and/or restored parts as NOS without dealer packaging. They also sell other very nice looking parts. So one can surmise their restoration skilled are honed.
As for myself, the days of concourse restorations have passed. But for the newer generation on these boards, I caution you about NOS parts claims. A nicely restored part warrants a higher price. But NOS parts generally warrant the highest selling price. And I don't care to see those exploiting this, without any accountability.
I would support a ruling that states, unless the part is accompanied by appropriate vintage dealer packaging, the NOS claim isn't warranted.
I need some perspective. Do I need to take a chill pill, and just allow things to be? Allow newer generation users to be duped, and work their lessons out for themselves?
At a minimum, I hope my post holds and helps future would-be restorers to evade misrepresentation.
