These are important distinctions to know. In a lot of circles, NOS is often used by people selling original used parts. This happens all the time in Mustang, Camaro and Firebird circles. You will see a photo of a claimed NOS fender that has been painted! -- Mike > New Old Stock. Implies new, stock OEM parts that are original > vintage, i.e. old parts that have never been on a car and are the > parts intended for the car. But are old. Other related terms are: > > New New Stock - exact OEM replacement parts that are still being > manufactured (spark plugs, Fuel pumps for example) > > Reproduction - parts that are being manufacture as close to original > as possible, but not by the original manufacuturer and may have been > reverse-engineered rather than from original prints. (Fuel system > rubber parts, angle drives etc). > > OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer. The company that built the > parts for the car company in the first place. The Aftermarket version > is usually but not always indentical, in some cases the specs are not > quite as tight on OEM aftermarket as on OEM via the Manufacturer (at > least this is what the manufacturers tell you). > > Dave S > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/