The eBay ad does say "or best offer". You can offer $200 and see if the seller takes it. (That is the amount I paid for a used one, in great shape around 1990.)
I saw an NOS grill for series 1 thru 3 Alpines sell on E Bay for $5000.00. That was back in 2011. It's all about what folks can and will do.
Agreed. Some folks can and do a checkbook restoration. However even with my limited fabrication skills you could probably make one for a quarter of the asking price. But each to their own!
I totally agree that someone with the right tools could easily fabricate the grill. All they would need is an original. Is there someone still reproducing the MK 2 grill ? The grill in this car is a reproduction of the one created originally by Harrington when they were converting Alpines to build the LeMans. It is similar to the MK 2 but was made in the early 60's. It's been so many years since they were reproduced I don't remember who reproduced these. There are several of these here in the states and in the U.K. and other areas. Doug at Tiger Auto as well as my wife thought it should set back in the grill opening of her car instead of slightly sticking out past the eye brow moulding as it did when Harrington installed it in a car.. Li Brandi's in Pennsylvania did mods to set it back in the opening as well as polishing it and they said it would be an easy job for them to reproduce the parts. Doug made a lower grill finisher. This grill is 13 pieces that slide together. It could be tack welded together but since the pieces fit together tightly there isn't a need. The grill was with the car when the wife bought the car from Altalla in California.
