Errrrr......why do you say that? I just said it bugs me to see incorrect screws used. I get most all my screws from my own private "stash" because I rarely have thrown the factory screws away on all my old parts cars.
Precisely. I have drawers and coffee cans full of fasteners from various parts of various cars. The cans are marked, for example, "Dart 70-73 read bumper" or"Dart inner windshield trim 67-76".
Even when it came to to scrap a car, I've always taken the time to completely gut the car of everything that can be unscrewed, or unbolted, and in some cases even cut out the floor and trunk pans. I kept a lot of it, but also sold a bunch of it at a local flea market.
...also, friends and neighbors call me all the time for minor goodies. lol
My latest project is to restore a 70-72 (preferably a 71) Swinger to factory stock, according to the car's build sheet. Numbers matching isn't the idea, but bone stock, is. I'm not building it for resale, or to impress any one, I simple want a bone stock 71 Swinger.
When I'm through with the project, I will probably sell or give away the bulk of my stash, that I can't use in maintaining the completed Swinger.
