Horn grills - Plastic and Chrome?

[kenikh]

I just removed my horn grills today for surgery to mount my driving lights. I also have an old pitted set lying around and have handled them enough to know what metal ones weigh. I was surprised when I removed my chrome grills becasue the were so light. Looking more closely, they have to be plastic. They look just like the metal ones, but have some additional details in the back, including a "Huf" logo near one of the screw holes, as well as an "L" and "R" to denote which side they go on.

I never knew there were plastic ones in chrome. Am I the only one that missed the boat in knowing these exist?

[hgo]

I had two cars of 72 with "plastic" chome grils
No idea if these where original on a 72
the earlier cars i got were 2.2's and they had metal ones (indeed very heavy)

So I missed that boat also

[RickS]

Ah one of the great mysteries of life - horn grills.

My '73 came with the original cut-out horn grills, which are made from pot-metal which are chromed. They do weigh a bit. I have seen some outrageous prices for the same on EvilBay.

[BAPhotowerks]

Kenik,

Any interest in unloading those REALLY HEAVY & ugly pitted ones? I need a driver's side... for modification.

Let me know, I'll even take care of shipping.

BA

[kenikh]

Brad,

I am using the pitted ones to fill the holes on my car until I modify the plastic set for driving lights (being plastic, should I even do it?). After that, they are all yours. They ARE pretty nasty and probably not worth using if you have rechroming in mind; they'd take too much work.

[BAPhotowerks]

Thanks Kenik,

I would wait to find out if you have something that is indeed rare on your hands before surgery; before this I had never heard of chrome plastic grills, but I haven't heard of a lot of things...

When you no longer have a need for the metal ones, lets talk!

BA

[joe912]

I have a set of the Metal Ones that I could handle to someone in the need, I tried to metal polish them but the result was not what I expected so I bought the Plastic ones which looks great ! However I do not know the durability of the paint let see what happens. Also the metal ones are to heavy.

If anybody is interested send me a PM , mines are from a 1968 911/912

[Bobs 67S]

The plastic horn grilles are aftermarket (Performance Products) fitting 1969-73. They come in chrome or black. With sun exposure the chrome tend to fade to gray/purple/milky. $36 each. Do a search on Pelican.

Too bad they don't offer the same grilles for the short wheel based cars. I'm sittin with 4 lbs of chromed brass on the front of my 65 car. The pot metal 66/67/68 are not much better. Light weight and replace every few years? Light weight=go fast. I'd be partial to plastic on this part.

[bob tilton]

They do make repro SWB 2 screw chrome plated plastic grills.

[Paul Schooley]

My metal ones on the 71 were pitted badly, so I simply filed them down to a nice smooth surface, primed and used a lil bondo to fill in the pits and then painted them satin black to match the rest of the front...looks great.