In a message dated 9/29/05 10:01:36 AM, owner-healeys-digest@autox.team.net
writes:
> Beginner question. What does NOS mean.
>
Most correct form, I believe, is "New Original Stock" though folks often say
"New Old Stock." The term is generally applied to parts and components
manufactured and sold while the car in question was still being manufactured,
that
have not been used or installed. NOS stuff is getting harder and harder to
find,
since the sources usually were the inventories of dealers and repair services
that had bought the parts when the cars were new, and then went out of
business before using the part.
Not to be confused with modern-manufactured parts, even if they have the same
brands as original, come in boxes with the original brand names on them, and
are presented as being to the original specs, since rights to most of the
original brand names, such as Lucas electrical parts and Dunlop wire wheels
have
been sold and resold several times and are now being manufactured by companies
with absolutely no connection to the original company.
Cheers
Gary
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