I'm looking for a square foot or so of the thin, black speaker cover fabric seen on the front and rear speakers from the factory. I'm not sure if it has a specific name or description, but I can't seem to find it with the terms I've used to search. Any leads are appreciated as well!

 

Have you tried turnswitch.com ?
I don’t see it for sale on their site, but they do make classic car speakers.

http://www.turnswitch.com/speakers.htm

 

just a thought , do you have any old home speakers you are not planning to use any longer, the materiel on the front of the home speakers(covers) may be similar
or Jo ann fabrics

 

Bob, if your speakers are original, you could consider having them reconed; the paper deteriorates with time.

I did that for mine and they came back with the proper black fabric cover.

Gary

 

I used a black material from Walmart. It is a little softer than original but when installed you can't tell through the grill of the upper dash

 

Years ago I went to an upholstery shop. The material they staple onto the underside of upholstered chairs, to give them a finished look, matched the original sample of the speaker cloth I brought with me. Somewhere I still have a bit left but who knows where. I would imagine the material is still used.

 

Bob:
I just fab'd up a stereo dash speaker for my '72 convertible project: I bought some grille cloth from PartsExpress to cover the speaker so you can't see the tweeters when you look down on the dash. I have some extra material that i would gladly send you for the cost of the postage, just PM me your shipping address.

Rodney

 

Thanks everyone for the great suggestions. Rodney, I'll take you up on your offer - I'll PM you. I have a freshly reconed speaker and an NOS speaker that both need new dust covers/black fabric. One is just missing, and the other I damaged myself. As soon as the USPS gets itself caught up with package delivery, I should have my restored radio back and ready to be installed - can't wait to hear how the original stereo sounded when it was new!