Pet Peaves in Mechanic's Lingo

i always cringe when i see "NOS emblems NOS parts" which are double triple quadruple what you can pay for them down at NAPA.

then i see "numbers matching blah blah blah"

heck if you lived in the 70's you would know people didnt want "factory original"

everyone wanted cragars and 50's on the back and headers. as far as trucks they wanted mud bogger tires. nobody gave a flip that gramma's slant /6 demon had checkered seats and trunk liner. (like MINE DID lol, she loved that car and i enjoyed riding in it)

but we USED the cars we didnt try to make sure the number on the fan belt didnt rub off for some museum head nerd in the future.

we drove them enjoyed them used them.

"numbers matching" pfft