<VV> Origin of "Bone-Stock"?

[Jay Pitchford]

You say po-TAY-toe, I say po-TAH-toe.


On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:29 PM, <rbuckridge at comcast.net> wrote:

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>
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> To: rbuckridge at comcast.net, "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:58:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: <VV> Origin of "Bone-Stock"?
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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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <rbuckridge at comcast.net>
> To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:53 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Origin of "Bone-Stock"?
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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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