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19Fordy · 02-09-2019, 07:30 PM

Yes, there is a black out material. It's called radio speaker grille cloth.
C and G Parts sells it. Part # 40-18806
https://cgfordparts.com/wwwsectionfi...o_speaker.html When I bought a piece from Drake back in the early 1970's it had the same part # as C and G does today. The color was black. Make sure C and G has the black color as they use the same part # as DRAKE did but it may be a different color as it isn't specifically listed for a 1940 Ford. If you are not building a concourse car you can use black window screening material.
Go to Ebay and look for "Radio speaker cloth material". Most vendors will sell you a smaller piece for your speaker. When it's installed you can't really see the pattern.

Ebay has this speaker cloth which looks like mine.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Rad...YAAOSw-0xYcSyj
this also:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Rad...8AAOSwttVaIqmT

Folks who restore 40 Fords to OEM specs probably know exactly which cloth is correct.

02-09-2019, 07:30 PM	#2
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 10,936	Re: 40 standard speaker grille question Yes, there is a black out material. It's called radio speaker grille cloth. C and G Parts sells it. Part # 40-18806 https://cgfordparts.com/wwwsectionfi...o_speaker.html When I bought a piece from Drake back in the early 1970's it had the same part # as C and G does today. The color was black. Make sure C and G has the black color as they use the same part # as DRAKE did but it may be a different color as it isn't specifically listed for a 1940 Ford. If you are not building a concourse car you can use black window screening material. Go to Ebay and look for "Radio speaker cloth material". Most vendors will sell you a smaller piece for your speaker. When it's installed you can't really see the pattern. Ebay has this speaker cloth which looks like mine. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Rad...YAAOSw-0xYcSyj this also: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Rad...8AAOSwttVaIqmT Folks who restore 40 Fords to OEM specs probably know exactly which cloth is correct. Last edited by 19Fordy; 02-09-2019 at 07:53 PM.