Bravo
That's an excellent write up of your restoration project and will be a great help for my 8T241.
I see we're using the same technique of restuffing - dremel, stuff, j.b. weld
I've been searching for 'sparkly' golden grille cloth for several months with no luck
Some decent NOS/used stuff shows up on eBay now and then, but none so far with sparkles or metallic threads.
Bob