I finally got around to cutting the 4' x 10' sheet of perforated metal that I acquired 4 months ago.
The full sheet was just over $200.00 (half of that price was freight cost since it involved shipping a 40 square foot piece of sheet metal stapled to a wooden frame, and wrapped in cardboard).
Anyways, my plan, is to recover the entire engine lid grill with one piece of new grill material, instead of using a stock piece of grill from another lid and modifying it to fit the back half of the GT-style lid.
Here is the cut piece on top of the stock engine lid...
Here is a closeup of the material. It is pretty darn close. The diamond pattern is a smidgin larger, but I think it will look good. It took me a while to locate something this close. The metal is perforated, like the OEM material, instead of being expanded-flattened metal as is more commonly available.
Next, I will cut the stock lid to prepare for the fitting of the new material. Stay tuned!
By the way, I have two extra pieces of material available for sale at $65 each, plus S/H.
The material available will be slightly oversized from what is needed(about 17.5" x 50") and will need to be cut, bent, folded, and trimmed to conform to the engine lid grill.
PM or e-mail if interested.