Question about '52 Chevy pickup radio speaker grille...

[My52Chebby]

... I've noticed that Brothers are now selling (producing?) a repopped speaker grille c/w ashtray for the '47 to '53 Chevy pickup dashboards.

Can anyone tell me (preferably someone who has purchased one of these) if the grille portion/ashtray is made of stainless steel. I know that the upper name plate and lower trim are stainless steel but I'm not sure about the grille portion/ashtray.

I'd like to purchase one of these units and have the grille portion/ashtray polished.

Thank you all for your help.

My52Chebby

[Bruce Dorsi]

If you don't get an answer here, you could try asking the vendor.  

They should know what they are selling.  ...Well, if not, they SHOULD!

[My52Chebby]

... At least I asked them on their message board. A Brothers staff person did answer me. Here is what I asked there followed by the answer.

Is the new repopped '47 Chevy speaker grille/ash tray ALL stainless steel or just the upper and lower speaker grille trim? The reason I ask is, will the grille portion have to be chromed? Obviously, if it's stainless steel I would just polish it to match the rest of the unit.

And this is the answer I got...

Yes they are made of stainless .

The ambiguity arises from my not knowing whether he was just acknowledging that the upper and lower grille trim were stainless steel. What I would have liked to have read is : "Yes, the grille portion is also stainless steel (...but painted black in the picture for marketing purposes.)"

[My52Chebby]

... At least I asked them on their message board. A Brothers staff person did answer me. Here is what I asked there followed by the answer.

Is the new repopped '47 Chevy speaker grille/ash tray ALL stainless steel or just the upper and lower speaker grille trim? The reason I ask is, will the grille portion have to be chromed? Obviously, if it's stainless steel I would just polish it to match the rest of the unit.

And this is the answer I got...

Yes they are made of stainless .

The ambiguity arises from my not knowing whether he was just acknowledging that the upper and lower grille trim were stainless steel. What I would have liked to have read is : "Yes, the grille portion is also stainless steel (...but painted black in the picture for marketing purposes.)"

Hi all,

I have since purchased one of these repopped speaker grilles and as I suspected, only the upper and lower trim pieces are stainless, the actual grille is plain steel.

A very nice product, but definitely NOT stainless. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't GM actually produce these in stainless for certain years?

My52Chebby

[enjenjo]

Yes, some of them are all stainless, with most of it painted. My 53 is all steel, with the top and bottom chrome.