Mentioned to a customer I had purchased an NOS A body 73-76 AC Heater Box a few years back. I used it to create my gasket set for that box. Told him after I was done with it I had a hard time selling it. He said that because NOS means "Not Of Standard". He said it was a defective unit that was put back on the shelf cause it didn't meet the specs/standards.
He was pretty confident so I didn't want to go down the rabbit hole with him. Guess that means there will be one less person not buying crappy "Not Of Standard" parts
And for the most part he is correct
Often parts for what ever reason did not meet the specks set so was not able to go on the line when the vehicles were built
They however were to good to be threw away. So they become service part
I have a pair of nos fenders on my 70 barracuda. Both were made missing the mounting for the header panel to bolt to on bottom
