<VV> Origin of "Bone-Stock"?

[rbuckridge at comcast.net]

JR, 

Maybe this is a regional or a time period thing. 

When I was a kid, a loooooong time ago, a "stock" or "bone-stock" car means that the car is "as delivered". No after market parts. 

A "stripper" or "plain Jane" car was the base model, without any added options. But in the case of the Corvair, you could have a "stripper / plain Jane" 500 or Monza or Corsa. A "bone-stock" Corsa could have been a turbo and 4 speed, but a "stripper / plain Jane" Corsa would have been a 140 with 3 speed. 

Now you can also add to this, "What if the dealer installs an after market part?" Is the car still stock? Yes & no. Yes, if you consider it "as delivered" from the dealer, but no, if you try and go racing, unless of course, as in the case with Yenko Stingers, you make enough of them available to fit into the rules. 

Roy - Bayshore 
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From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net> 
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Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:58:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
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Wouldn't that just be STOCK?  Bone Stock makes me think of a "stripper" - no 
options.  Maybe, in the Corvair world a plain 500 with NOTHING added - 
either at the factory or at the dealer. 
Later, JR 

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> 
> 
> To my way of thinking, "bone-stock" would mean "as delivered" from the 
> dealer to you, the buyer. 
> 
> Roy - Bayshore 
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