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As an addendum, I find it interesting that the only thing anyone found fit to comment on was the 'snob' comment.
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...the parts that didn't fit on the original assembly lines got boxed up and sold as service parts. NOS is just that.
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Who told you that all NOS parts started out as production line parts that had defects???
Many NOS parts differ in construction from assembly line parts and are made after production of the actual car has ceased. I agree its better to base repro parts off of assembly line pieces than NOS pieces, but to say that NOS stuff is all second rate and reproduction stuff fits better is really a stretch...