I thought I would let everyone know (who doesn't already) my observations of the quality of the reproduction speaker grille and glove box door for the '47-'54 trucks.
I purchased both grilles from the same supplier in hopes that the paint finish would match on both parts. When I started researching the parts, I was curious why the glove box door was available in either painted or all stainless finishes, but the grille was only available painted. I now know why: The grille is a painted sheet metal stamping (with separate top and bottom stainless trim pieces). The glove box door is all stainless construction (hence either finish is possible).
The grille was packed in a box with a GM restoration part label. The glove box door did not have such a label.
The quality of the paint work on both parts was very amateurish and unacceptable for any type of quality restoration. The grille paint work was better than the door. The grille strips were masked off individually whereas it appears the door stripes were painted with a template and thus the less than crisp definition between colors. None had good straight lines. The color match between the two was decent, but not even close to any color I painted my interior (not surprised here). I was hoping for a close match, but no cigar.
Finally, the glove box door requires a metric fastener (probably 6mm fine, but not sure on that yet). This leads me to believe a Chinese part for sure (even the box the part was packed in had Chinese quality written all over it. The GM restoration part (grille) seems it might be manufactured someplace other than China.
So, bottom line: I have to repaint both pieces both to improve quality and get a perfect color match to the rest of the interior. My plan: Low strips will be typical interior color and high stripes will be steering column color unless someone else can tell me the proper color. It seems the coloring on the part attempted to mimic these two colors. What should the minor color be?
