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Originally Posted by BPDRacing
NOS stands for New Old Stock. If the panels are legit NOS parts that means they are brand new never used replacement parts from 1969. The term NOS gets used far too much in the old car hobby and most of the time not used properly.
You really need to find out if they are true NOS parts or reproductions of original parts before you can determine their quality.
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Originally Posted by 67rstbkt
You missed the point in the last reply (I think?) If they were bought in 1993 and manufactured in 1969, they would be NOS and therefore, as correct as can be. If not, they are reproductions, and your question would now be how correct are reproductions manufactured in the 1990's.
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Guys they could have been stamped in 1993 and are still NOS sheet metal! As long as GM made them and they had a GM part number they are GM panel!
To the OP, if they are I stalled on the car already and the fit is good then I wouldn't worry about. Most of the builds you see on the web today are built with aftermarket sheetmetal. When a shop like RS or Iron Works is going to modify the panels anyway it really doesn't make sense to spend the extra money on NOS sheetmetal. Not saying that some don't buy nos and modify it but most don't.
And yes in 1993 you could still go to a GM dealer and buy GM sheetmetal for some of the older cars. In 87 I bought a 1967 Nova and it needed fenders, I went over to Z Frank Chevy in Chicago and asked if I could still get fenders? They parts guy said let me look, sure enough he came back and said he could get them in a few days? I said how much? If I remember it was like $150 a fender so I bought them!