Which would you use?

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by pgerhardt

No. I said NORS New Old Replacement Stock. It is photographed on the box of the company who produced it back in the day.

Yes YOU did but read below,

Originally Posted by bikejunk

I run a brown NOS as well, for the last 2,500 miles so far, really nice quality ,

[bikejunk]

So to you guys NOS means from Ford ? isn't that OEM ? I got 2 of these out of a Pep boys basement that was closed since I was a kid marked 89 cents

[Fred]

Originally Posted by bikejunk

So to you guys NOS means from Ford ? isn't that OEM ? I got 2 of these out of a Pep boys basement that was closed since I was a kid marked 89 cents

Yes, You have what is called "NORS" "New Old Replacement Stock"..

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by bikejunk

So to you guys NOS means from Ford ? isn't that OEM ? I got 2 of these out of a Pep boys basement that was closed since I was a kid marked 89 cents

Yes.

NOS is New old stock from Ford.
An OEM part can be NOS, but a rusty, dented, cracked part is also OEM but not NOS.

What you got was a NORS part.

After a while the terms get to be easy to use.