NOS = new old stock. I'm still finding NOS stuff for my 65 mustang... When does this old stock run out!?!
Hard to say. We have some NOS two cylinder John Deere parts in inventory where I work. My boss dug them out of the dumpster when he worked at Deere lol.
Pure speculation here... NOS stuff for RBV's is harder to come by than it is for most things. I don't know if dealers were that much better at managing their inventory by then what. It is also more obscure, like my light covers I was checking out earlier today, not sure if anyone knows anything about them really as most fell off 20 years ago and somebody who probably didn't even know those weird lights were going to be rare replaced them with cheapies from wally world. How well documented is factory optioned lights on your Mustang? You have NOS and tons of aftermarket reproductions to pick from, some stupid sod restoring an older Ranger has NOS if you can find it or period aftermarket for options if you want to kinda keep it looking originalish.
1QAZ's work is fascinating, I am not near to his level. It is fun when I can sneak up on something NOS though. Like my fuel cap strap was only $10, I doubt there is an aftermarket one out there any cheaper and it has been a thorn in my side for almost two years. My door cylinders were $25, brand X from Rockauto are $13+freight... so about a wash plus I get Ford keys.
I am still trying to figure out how to make it better but just poking around on ebay I have kind of been collecting part numbers for neat first and second gen RBV parts and stashing them plus pictures of the interesting stuff in post three of my build thread,
I should have started one of these a long time ago, so there is some catching up to do. In late August 2000 for my high school vehicle, I don't remember what day it was but I got insurance for it on 9-11-00 (I remember being shocked right after 9/11 when I went to put the new card in it) Just...
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