speaker grills

I want to keep a period look to the interior of my IM. NLA has beautiful mesh grills and speakers that while pricey, fit the bill for esthetics, if not sound. I dont want those crappy speakers, but the grills are right. NLA wont sell the grills only. Any suggestions?

http://koenigs-classic.de.dd12414.kasserver.com/shop/show_product.php?cPath=59&products_id=141

Sprecken sie Deutch?

Also thinking of the period look for the speakers, but $200.00 for just the freakin' covers!!? Must be a better way.

Howard - they are crazy expensive!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-356-B-C-series-new-speaker-chrome-covers-1960s_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34206QQitemZ4611402223QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

How about fabricating one from a chrome trim ring and ss mesh grill material? Someone on this site has a link for a supplier. Search for headlight grill guard - something like that!

Good luck - Mel

Spent some time surfin' and found that there are speaker grilles out there, princiaplly for the homemade Bazooka sub-woofer crowd, that you can find really cheap - $20. They tend to be a bit larger than needed for a 5-1/4 round. Might be plastic or cloth, had a hard time figuring out which. There was neat UK site, w/ elegant suff, also inexpensive vs. > $200, but no international trade -?- So was led to the same spot: Get some SS mesh and some tin snips, and Giterdone!

Hey, all, the grilles at Koenig are 25 Euros (approx 30 bucks US) each. A far cry from the $200 someone implied. Also, did you all see the Becker Europa radio on the same page? Not 356 stock, but so cool I might just get one for my build.

Tomm

if someone on this site can make headlight covers better than the ones you can buy, surely you can fab some speakers grills too?

Looks like a piece of cake to make these up...

Howard....Do you like this style?

Michael, thats very cose to what Im looking for. Where did you get it, what size speaker will it fit?

Those are reproduction 356 B/C speaker grills.

I bought the NLA units and took there junky speakers off, and installed some 4X6 speakers behind them....not cheap, but easy.

Stoddards did have them a few years ago. Im not sure about now . But even then they were pricy. I'd be afraid to say what they would cost now. but it worth a looksee!

Folks,

I have seen several references to "NLA" and Koenig, as sources for equipment/accessories. Being a Newbie, I'd like to have bona fide web links to these spots for perusal. Can do?

NLA really ticks me off. Thery REFUSE to sell the oval speaker grills separately from the speakers. They told me that the "manufacturer" only sells them that way. Why?

These are still going for a decent price:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PORSCHE-356-SPEAKER-GRILLS-ORIGINAL-356A-VERY-NICE_W0QQitemZ110104294667QQcategoryZ34206QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Might wanna check them out.

TC Thanks for the heads up. I bid on those up to 210.00, but got outbid at the end. The concurs "people" really want the original stuff for the shows. Maybe I'll go with NLA and bite my tongue.

That's a shame; would have been nice if they were yours, but that price is to high.

Too bad. Something will turn up, it always seems to.

Luck!

Another pair of 356A front speaker grills came up for auction, in very good to excellent condition. I bid 250 and didn't reach the reserve. I e-mailed the seller who informed me that 400 would buy it. I realize that real , 356 stuff is pricey, but ..... that in my mind WAS crazy. Do people really pay that much for original trim pieces?

That and more, Howard. There's a real, palpable enjoyment in spending that kind of money, I guess. I'll never know.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-356-A-speaker-grills-oval_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ140720QQihZ011QQitemZ320102440246QQrdZ1

Eight hours left and still not a terrible price . . . but there's a reserve.

I finally came across a set of generic metal (not plastic) speaker covers that satisfied my need. I just installed them today, spent all of 5 minutes. I think it looks much better than the modern after-market grills offered today, and at $16 a pair you can paint them chrome/silver or color match the interior.

http://www.simplyspeakers.com/11speakergrills.htm?src=overture