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03-02-2014, 12:48 AM
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A day late and $1 short...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Northwest FL
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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.
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03-11-2014, 04:35 AM
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A day late and $1 short...
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Re: Where to Get a Grill For Our 71?
Anyone have a preference for 71-72 grill surrounds and inserts?
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03-11-2014, 10:26 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Shenandoah Iowa
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Re: Where to Get a Grill For Our 71?
I bought mine from Classic Parts of America and it is very good quality.
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03-11-2014, 10:34 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Falls City, Nebraska "100 Miles From Nowhere"
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Re: Where to Get a Grill For Our 71?
Quote:
 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...
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03-11-2014, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Southern Cal
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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.
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06-12-2014, 11:37 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Las Vegas
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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... 
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