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Well,all the rejects off the line I`ve bought for over 30 years have not been flawed and no one picked through any parts to get mine.I doubt GM paid someone to organized parts from better quality to worse and stack them so the worst stuff would be used last.I`ve ordered parts from the same dealership over the years and they look as hard as anyone can for parts.Last year I was looking for console parts and they found me the last ashtray in Louisianna.I don`t except a part is depleted until they check all databases.Years ago they couldn`t locate any grilles.GM started the GM Restoration Parts program when stock was depleted and they had begun selling licensing to reproduction jobbers to reproduce parts.GM decided to market these parts,too,and call them GM Restoration Parts.But,these are not parts that were made on the same machinery or before 1973.How can a part with a bar code be from 1972 when they weren`t used yet?Packaging design changes over the years.A true telltale of when the part was made.
I can only speak from my experience.Maybe what I consider n.o.s. or factory-made to be different than others.