DAYTONA ragtop best ragtop to start with???

[djcarguy]

     REad lots of threads here with differing opionions, so asking for info on best year an make ragtop to start a     Daytona ragtop project???   
i found a 67 & a 66 belvedere ragtops for sale,someone talked of doing a topless wing car with a 67,iirc??

   superbird ragtop seems very clear as too use a 70 ply sat,or rr?  or 68-69 for a custom look?

   seems few different ideas as to coronet or satillite ragtop for a daytona ragtop???


       Well  not having any luck buying a charger an with so much repop parts thinking of going with a different car too start a custom Daytona ragtop project.. thanks all good info helpful,thanks again.DJ  

[pettybird]

you have lots of crazy ideas.  crazy ideas require one of two things:  crazy talent or crazy money.  If you're loaded, start with a damn Rolls Royce if you want.  If you're talented like Stevarino, get to work.  Assuming that you're nowhere near those extremes, think smaller.

[moparstuart]

you have lots of crazy ideas.  crazy ideas require one of two things:  crazy talent or crazy money.  If you're loaded, start with a damn Rolls Royce if you want.  If you're talented like Stevarino, get to work.  Assuming that you're nowhere near those extremes, think smaller.

i dont have either , but i push on ward    

[hemi68charger]

similar thread.....

Pete V. here has a ragtop Daytona...

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?topic=97357.0

[Old Moparz]

It won't matter whether you use a Coronet or Satellite as the base car since the entire rear clip will need to be custom fabricated. The Charger doors & the entire nose will bolt right onto either convertible.

[nascarxx29]

Pete used a 68 satelitte conv.And had to widen door jambs splice to trunk lids together change tail panel etc etc.Find a converted charger and daytona it


http://bodyworks.bluestarperformance.com/gallery24.htm

[nascarxx29]

http://www.superbirdbob.com/topless-charger/darren-paulas-1969-charger-rt-ragtop/
http://www.superbirdbob.com/topless-charger/1968-charger-ragtop/

[Daytona R/T SE]

you have lots of crazy ideas.  crazy ideas require one of two things:  crazy talent or crazy money.  If you're loaded, start with a damn Rolls Royce if you want.  If you're talented like Stevarino, get to work.  Assuming that you're nowhere near those extremes, think smaller.

[A383Wing]

I won't matter whether you use a Coronet or Satellite as the base car since the entire rear clip will need to be custom fabricated. The Charger doors & the entire nose will bolt right onto either convertible.

I got a decent set of doors for sale up here if ya need 'em

[Baldwinvette77]

you have lots of crazy ideas.  crazy ideas require one of two things:  crazy talent or crazy money.  If you're loaded, start with a damn Rolls Royce if you want.  If you're talented like Stevarino, get to work.  Assuming that you're nowhere near those extremes, think smaller.

i dont have either , but i push on ward    

that makes 2 of us 

[richRTSE]

..think smaller...

Do you mean smaller like A-body?!?! 

         

[pettybird]

..think smaller...

Do you mean smaller like A-body?!?! 

         

Omni.

[held1823]

almost an onmi ... it would be cool looking without the horrid exhaust tips, or that silly wing slapped on the back.

[Mike DC]

 

Take a good look at some existing Charger convertible buildups before you assume this is a good idea.  

Simply swapping the Charger outer skin panels onto a '68-70 B-body convertible won't come out looking as good as you probably think it will.  The convertible Coronets & Plymouths have taller windshield frames and much different cloth rooflines from the 2dr hardtop B-bodies.
 
And then there is the issue of what a wing does to the appearance.    Even if you use a hardtop B-body's lower windshield frame and create a cloth top that recreates the C500/Daytona roofline, the wing is still probably gonna look too tall sticking up in back when the top is down.  

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IMHO the only way the Daytona convertible idea stands a chance at looking good, is maybe if you shortened the Daytona nose & lowered the wing a bit (similar to the Fast & Furious #6 Daytona) and created a removable hardtop based on the stock C500/Daytona's roof shape.  That might have a chance at looking good in person.

[petercharger]

What about a 3 rd generation charger...we have seen them here with pics and would be better and cheaper...chop,the top

[djcarguy]

Any one with experience building a charger or daytona convertable using another b body ragtop,that can share some direct info an help??

     dont think a omni came in a ragtop ,an i sure wood not start with a RR as it wood cost alot an iam not into furrin cars like a rolls royce  ,funny bit of advice ,thanks .


    it seems to me a coronet ragtop with the curved top on quarters wood adapt better to charger quarts ??an what about chargers having a longer wheel base than ply b bodies??  thanks  info helpful.latter    DJ

[Daytona R/T SE]

Any one with experience building a charger or daytona convertable using another b body ragtop,that can share some direct info an help??

     dont think a omni came in a ragtop ,an i sure wood not start with a RR as it wood cost alot an iam not into furrin cars like a rolls royce  ,funny bit of advice ,thanks .


   it seems to me a coronet ragtop with the curved top on quarters wood adapt better to charger quarts ??an what about chargers having a longer wheel base than ply b bodies??  thanks  info helpful.latter    DJ

Aren't you already building a flip-top-six-door-Dart-Daytona-stretch-limo-ice-cream-truck-

hovercraft-station-wagon-lunar-module-atmospheric-re-entry-vehicle or something ?



How's that coming ?

Have you ever posted any pictures of it ?

I think there are several of us that would like to see it.


A custom convertible is a BIG undertaking.

You need to be a skilled fabricator, or be able to pay for another man's skills.

You have to ask yourself :

AM I up to it ?

Do I have deep enough pockets to pay a custom shop ?

Post pictures of your current project.

[A383Wing]

Aren't you already building a flip-top-six-door-Dart-Daytona-stretch-limo-ice-cream-truck-

hovercraft-station-wagon-lunar-module-atmospheric-re-entry-vehicle or something ?

How's that coming ?

Post pictures of your current project.

Found what he's working on 

[Old Moparz]

I'd drive that orange wagon thing.  

[Daytona R/T SE]

Aren't you already building a flip-top-six-door-Dart-Daytona-stretch-limo-ice-cream-truck-

hovercraft-station-wagon-lunar-module-atmospheric-re-entry-vehicle or something ?

How's that coming ?

Post pictures of your current project.

Found what he's working on 

[A383Wing]

It's right hand drive also

[Mike DC]

Converts again -

As far as I know the Dodge/Plymouth wheelbase difference is in front leaf spring eye brackets.  Chrysler wanted the Dodge brand to have a longer wheelbase than Plymouth just on principle.  The unibodies/subframes weren't different. 

(The E-body wheelbases were structurally different though.  Challys have 2 more inches of floor behind the front seats compared to Cudas.)



As for the quarter panels . . . you're gonna be fabricating & swapping so much Charger metal onto the car that I don't think it matters much about which you start with.  I could be wrong but just look at the donor cars.  Pretty much everything on the outer skin besides the front cowl panel has to change. 

[pettybird]

dont think a omni came in a ragtop ,an i sure wood not start with a RR as it wood cost alot an iam not into furrin cars like a rolls royce  ,funny bit of advice ,thanks .

You said "wood" twice.  Either you meant a) "would" or b) this:

[Stevearino]

You said "wood" twice.  Either you meant a) "would" or b) this:


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Looking at this car screams "Hey Japan! Come take our car building business. We are too damn lazy to do it anymore."

[pettybird]

You said "wood" twice.  Either you meant a) "would" or b) this:

Looking at this car screams "Hey Japan! Come take our car building business. We are too damn lazy to do it anymore."
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