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Original Equipment Manufacturer.

Its used to describe a company that designs a subsystem, that is used in manufacturing a new product. Think AC Delco radios, used in GM cars. 

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Thank you Dwayne I have been racking my brain trying to figure that one out :P 

You could have just googled it and had the answer in 5 seconds.

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My mother has always said. "There are no stupid questions. Only stupid answers".  Since she is a PhD Psychologist and Author I've stuck to it.

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I dont know. I have heard some stupid questions before. Not saying that one was, but I have 4 kids, so....

So you probably hear a lot of "Why?", "Why?", "Why?", "Why?", "Why?". :D

 

As far as the original question goes, a humorous (and educational) way to answer it is this: http://bfy.tw/4g1u  (and don't worry about the strange URL - it is not a spam, malware or a virus).

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So you probably hear a lot of "Why?", "Why?", "Why?", "Why?", "Why?". :D

 

I have as eleven year old that still does that.....

 

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You could have just googled it and had the answer in 5 seconds.

I'm glad he asked it here Harry. I knew the answer to this one, but I'm sure there others out who didn't. There are times where questions are asked here that I too have wondered about. Questions not important enough for me put a lot of time into and wanting to do a real research for the answer. Or questions I too have had, but I've forgotten. The somebody else will then will ask that question, and I'll be thinking, "Oh yea I've been wondering that too." Again, as others have noted, there are no stupid questions. And sometimes it's easier to ask a knowing friend than looking it up though another source. Sometimes it leads into interesting discuions about related things.

So Dave and others, keep asking those "stupid questions" here. Sometimes I learn something new by you asking them. And I'm always looking to learn new things. That's why I come to websites like this.

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I´m not very family with all special terms that I read in this forum, so now I dare to ask what is:

MOPAR

Gasser

And when you talk about a “curbside” model, what is that?

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Curbside model is little or no under car detail just wheels and an interior. No engine required. Like you are looking at a car sitting on a curb. 

Gasser is a car that ran in a class in drag racing back in the 60's mostly. Just Google Stone, Cook and Woods or Ohio George's Cars

 http://www.mopar.com/

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You could have just googled it and had the answer in 5 seconds.

You are probably right Harry :P But as I have never heard the term OEM apart from on this site I thought it best to ask on this site :)

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I´m not very family with all special terms that I read in this forum, so now I dare to ask what is:

MOPAR

Gasser

And when you talk about a “curbside” model, what is that?

MOPAR- My Old Pig Ain't Running

Gasser- the uncle who farts after every family meal but keeps getting invited back

Curbside- those are models we build when we are in a slump and don't want to detail the chassis and engine.

 

 

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MOPAR- My Old Pig Ain't Running

Gasser- the uncle who farts after every family meal but keeps getting invited back

Curbside- those are models we build when we are in a slump and don't want to detail the chassis and engine.

 

 

MOPAR

I prefer

Massively Over Powered And Respected

thank you very much

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Original Equipment Manufacturer.

Its used to describe a company that designs a subsystem, that is used in manufacturing a new product. Think AC Delco radios, used in GM cars. 

OEM: It's also used to denote who built the whole car sometimes. For example, Ford, Chrysler and GM corporations were routinely known as America's "big three OEMs"  for a long time. The term has spread into other industries, and still means, broadly, what any manufactured product came with from the factory, before modifications, upgrades, or repairs.

MOPAR: This term refers generally to any car built by Chrysler Corporation over the years...Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, DeSoto, Ram trucks, etc. It's not used to refer to anything in the Fiat group other than brands that originated under the Chrysler Corporate banner. The term derives from a contraction of "motor" and "parts" that Chrysler's parts operation started using in the late 1920s.   http://www.stormcomm.net/dodgegirl/moparmeaning.html

GASSER: Best definition, click here...           http://www.gassermadness.us/        A Brief History of the Gasser Classes

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Thank you Lance, for that link, now I know what it is :)

And thank you Andy for your answers.

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You could have just googled it and had the answer in 5 seconds

Then we wouldn't be here, would we ?

I think this topic should be pinned for other "Stupid Questions";)

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