Why NOS isn't always NEW

[SGT FURY]

I haul about 6-10,000 lbs of scrap a week. Some of my pick ups are at some dealerships.
When the mechanic gets the part from the parts department,installs it,puts the old part back in the new box and returns it to the parts dept for what is usually warranty paperwork.
I then stop by and haul away the boxes and remove the parts and scrap the metal.
So let's say some boxes get missplaced or whatever? Then years later the boxes are found with the parts inside. What you have is nice boxes with failed parts! Not NOS.
Example are these items I'm scraping here.

 

[73Coupe]

NOS is one of the most overused and misused terms in the old car hobby.

"All Original", "Barn Find", and "Ran when parked" are also popular among the ignorant...

 

[bluefury361]

NOS is one of the most overused and misused terms in the old car hobby.

"All Original", "Barn Find", and "Ran when parked" are also popular among the ignorant...

Overused.... yes. Misused, not so much. More likely misunderstood. Some folks believe what they want to believe and think "new" means just that. A brand new 67 Sport Fury, if somehow was teletransported to a show today, probably wouldn't even place in the top three.

Original and barn find mean just that, no drama there. I'd add "survivor" also. All very legitimate terms in the car world.
The "ignorant", as you call it, are those who misinterpret these terms. MHO.

 

[Big_John]

NOS is one of the most overused and misused terms in the old car hobby.

"All Original", "Barn Find", and "Ran when parked" are also popular among the ignorant...

You forgot "frame off restoration" and "numbers matching"

 

[bluefury361]

You forgot "frame off restoration" and "numbers matching"

Also legitimate terms, that sometimes are taken out of context.
It seems to me the issue isn't the terms, but how some folks interpret them.
Example, the term "restore" means to return to the original state. Yet we see so many restorations with after market wheels, incorrect tires, chrome niffy maffys under the hood, incorrect interiors... etc, etc.

 

[stubs300]

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So let's say some boxes get missplaced or whatever? Then years later the boxes are found with the parts inside. What you have is nice boxes with failed parts! Not NOS.
Example are these items I'm scraping here.

This may be true now days! But 50+ years ago, this wasn't a problem. This here is just a bunch of old **** that gets recycled as a new part by some stupid people that can't keep track of their own dick, let alone a old broken part!!

 

[twostick]

Overused.... yes. Misused, not so much. More likely misunderstood. Some folks believe what they want to believe and think "new" means just that. A brand new 67 Sport Fury, if somehow was teletransported to a show today, probably wouldn't even place in the top three.

Original and barn find mean just that, no drama there. I'd add "survivor" also. All very legitimate terms in the car world.
The "ignorant", as you call it, are those who misinterpret these terms. MHO.

Yes "survivor" is an often misused term. There are a large number of people, Bowtie Bozo Flippers usually that confuse that particular label with the fact that their freshly lipsticked and perfumed pig still exists.

It's a little more specific than that.

Then there's the Bloomington crowd...

Kevin

 

[Lefty71]

"All Original", "Barn Find", and "Ran when parked" are also popular among the ignorant...

As soon as I hear, good shape, or not too rusty, considering it's age..... I'm done listening.