Ford authorized sale of "imperfect" model a engines.

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Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C

More to the point that much of the NOS items you find is actually items manufactured by other companies and sold thru markets such as Western Auto, Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Wards, etc. This includes fenders, running boards, radiator, cylinder heads and all kinds of items.

I was using NOS to denote parts that were sourced directly from Ford Motor Co. For all the other non-Ford aftermarket stuff produced in North America I prefer to use NORS. A lot of the NORS stuff is actually of high quality as it was produced back when we had a quality manufacturing base.