Is it just me or has anybody else noticed ads for parts that read something like "NOS "thing" only been on my car for six months/just restored/not been used much". NOS means never used/fitted surely?

I would assume NOS means more than un-fitted or used. It should also be a factory original part manufacured in the correct era.

As an example you can buy a brand new fuel pump for a type 4 motor build by the original manufaturer! I would not consider this NOS!!!

Unless they are talking about Nitro!!!!

There have been huge debats about this on thesamba, and I agree, NOS is never used, Never Bolted on then taken off, And should have the Packaging! And there is also no such thing as NOS reprodutions, As SOME people advertise there stuff!

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So bring on the NOS parts!!
Gimy, gimy, gimy

NEW = never used
OLD = original 25 - 50yrs old
STOCK = in stock

Anything else just ain't right
(Except Nitros):P

i think people may be referring to the part being purchased originally as NOS (as opposed to reconditioned / reproduction), but has now been used 6 months etc... i don't think they are referring to the current condition as being NOS

Well that would Include a Shiat load of Parts On a shiat load of cars! Brand New, Never Used, From the Day!!!!

NEVER USED!!!! If it has been used, Doesnt matter whether it WAS NOS, Its not anymore! Simple as that!

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The title says it all.Yeh chris i know what you mean,It becomes fustrating when the term is thrown around when talking about used parts..

Nectars got it exactly right. Used, even if only for 10 minutes is still used. Imagine walking into a bar for a beer and being served one that somebody had a bit of, decided they didn't want it anymore and sold on. The other thing that gets me is people selling supposed NOS stuff but they want to keep the boxes. Makes me very suspicious that they are simply cleaning up good s/hand stuff advertising it next to an original box and ripping off a lot of people.
Chris

How a bout if a vehicle has been rebuilt using NOS parts, surley that would be the ultimate,
There it would make a differance

Unity-28,
Yes it might be used now , but a least it wasnt repro, or pattern parts.

A car with NOS parts would be a "better" car in that regard, but you can not call the car a NOS car can you? If the part is used, even for 1 minute, its no longer NOS. It might be In very good Nic, But at the end of the day, Its not NOS. It was, but not any more! Me personally Would rather have Good repros, Than Parts that need lots of repairs, Even if they were NOS at one time or another! Everyone Wants NOS, but at the end of the day, IT not that easy to get, so when someone claims they have NOS, and then tell you they have used it for X amount of time, Well its wasted your time!

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What about people selling items on ebay as NOS (new old style).
As an example, have a look at the number of visors sold as NOS, but read the desciption!

Now thats even worse!!!!



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NOS the most overused and abused 3 letters in the classic car alphabet if you ask me.
Bit of a worry with poeple keeping the old parts boxes. Didnt even consider that one. Lots of times you just accept its NOS because its still in the box. Dodgy Dodgy.

Good repros are fine for me. And there are some good ones around. The only down side with some repro stuff is the quality of the chrome.

Maybe I'm wrong but,basically new old stock comes from an old vw repair shop or dealership or someone who bought two of everything back in the 50's and 60's 70's,so you would think by now most of this stuff has been found and used.
Where do you draw the line......is stuff from the 80's and 90's nos?
Is a part from 2001 not used new old stock?when is the cutoff.

I would still be wary of NOS parts. Imagine a 40 year old NOS part like a fuel pump still in it's box. Great, it was sitting somewhere for 40 years. Who knows how good the diaphagm is?
But then there are parts like trims, mouldings etc. that would be in new condition, and you would like them to look that way.

To me NOS means nitros oxide like in the Fast and the Furious.
Now if it was only legal here in Qld.

You would never buy N.O.S window rubbers would you but for instance I purchased alot of real N.O.S stuff nice and shiny never used with very kool dusty V.W boxes now thats N.O.S,I am finding it hard to justify using this N.O.S stuff because 1;They are rare and the chances off ever finding em again is slim2;Very good quality repros have been made:3;The minute I put it on my ride its no longer N.O.S;Its second hand old stock...Necter is purely right...Oh yeh Necter im going first thing on monday to buy a Bosche blue coil....Thanks for the source...DEEEEE:bounce