Imagine this---I bought a NEW Ford truck in 1999 that was nothing but trouble from day one. At about 2 years old I pulled the instrument cluster out to replace some bulbs and stamped all over it was "remanufactured". And this was on a NEW truck-----Now was it new or not? I paid cash and the paper work was done at the dealer and I got a NEW title from the DMV----But was the truck NEW????
Also my NEW DP I bought in 1998 that was really a 97 became a 96 when I registered it because the Freightliner chassis was manufactured in Dec of 96-----try that for getting OLD quick.