So I had this gaping hole...

[Dodge 330]

..in the middle of my dash where the speaker grille goes. The original was crystalized and broken to the point of not being repairable.

Anyway, I didn't really want to pony up for a reproduction as my work situation is hit and miss here lately and my hobby has taken a backseat to paying bills.

I was visiting my parents this weekend in a small town about 150 miles from where I live and as I was leaving town I noticed a '63 Dodge 330 parts car sitting at a machine shop that I use.

Long story short it had a really nice speaker grille sitting in the seat so I asked dad to go down this morning and see if he could buy it. The guy sold it to me for $5!

It's the little things like this that bring a smile to my face. I'd been searching for a good usable grille for the past 10 years!:glasses2:

...and I thought the radio delete plate that I found for $25 was a bargain!

 

[Cranky]

If you got a RDP for 25 bucks, you did get a bargain but you got a steal on the grille!!

 

[Polara Pat]

Good score. A buddy of mine put a cd player behind his speaker grill in his '63. It's completely hidden and he just uses a remote to control his ipod or whatever through it. I thought that was pretty sneaky and clean.

 

[Dodge 330]

If you got a RDP for 25 bucks, you did get a bargain but you got a steal on the grille!!

No pics yet but I'll post them after it's painted and installed.

Here is a close-up of the RDP:

 

[moparsteve636]

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[crossram 426]

......NOS ones are out there.......but not for $5

or do what Bill "Maverick" Golden did with his 63, a plate that housed gauges in it was put in that area.

Sounds like a bargain for $5..................AWESOME............