Where to Get a Grill For Our 71?
 

The grill in our '71 is pretty haggard, and will need to be replaced (inner & outer). We have a lot of work to do in the coming months so it's no huge hurry, but I figured it was a good question to ask now. I've seen some NOS inner and outer combos go for up to $1000 on here, but no one wanted to ship them. I can certainly understand that. So, if there aren't any NOS pieces in my area, what are the alternatives? Aftermarket? And if so, who has the best reproduction? I get many of my parts from gmcpaul as he seems to weed out the crap, so that is a possibility. Does anyone have experience/advice to offer? Thanks in advance for any help.

Re: Where to Get a Grill For Our 71?
 

Anyone have a preference for 71-72 grill surrounds and inserts?

Re: Where to Get a Grill For Our 71?
 

I bought mine from Classic Parts of America and it is very good quality.

Re: Where to Get a Grill For Our 71?
 

X's 2 on "Classic Parts" if your lookin for new...The Parts Board if your lookin for a good used one...;) I'll add this...I've repaired the egg crates with good results using JB Weld, small pieces of thin sheet metal and pop rivets...That one of yours could easily be fixed and a trained eye would be hard pressed to see the repair...;)

Re: Where to Get a Grill For Our 71?
 

Have your original restored. It looks to be in good shape. A local polisher can probably fix it right up for about half the cost of an ill fitting reproduction. That is the route I went and would do it again in a heartbeat.

Re: Where to Get a Grill For Our 71?
 

Bringing this back up. I need a new plastic 71/72 insert. Are there more then one manufacturer? Any one brand better or worse then the other?

Tuckers Classic parts in in town and sells the insert for $89.95 ... no brand listed...
http://www.tuckersparts.com/Grill-F-6893.html

Also, I plan to cover the grill in black Line-X to match the rest of my Blazer if anyone thinks it might change the decision...

http://www.tuckersparts.com/images/P/F-6893.jpg