anyone use a vega hatchback for window plug???

[pandamarie]

Has anyone used a vega hatchback for a window plug for thier Daytona?? I heard that it would work and bought one for a future project but would like to see some pics of someones car that used it.

[BigBlockSam]

Howdy.   

[pandamarie]

Howdy to you too.
I was a member of the old charger.com site and was sorry to see it go. Glad to find this site. Love my 69 charger but would really love a daytona even if it was a clone, Black with a sassy grass wing and stripe. My son had some shirts embroidered with the Daytona on the back in those colors for me while he was in Korea about 7 years ago. I would even trade my 70 challenger R/T for a good clone, at least as good of shape as my challenger is in.

[hotrod98]

anyone use a vega hatchback for window plug???

Not since last weekend. 

[BigBlockSam]

hey hotrod . why is there a space between the trunk lid and the bottom of the hatch ?

[BigBlockSam]

i have  a space between the roof line and hatch . not at the bottom. Rene

[UFO]

Many have, like this(not my car)

[UFO]

When finished

[Howie]

  UFO,  What was used as the closeout for the decklid on that charger?  I cutout that part from a 3rd gen charger. That is what looks like the space at the bottom of the vega plug.

[hotrod98]

Howie's right. That area that looks like a space at the bottom of the plug is the black 3rd gen dutchman panel. The one that he had was cut a little narrower than I would have liked, but it should work. I still haven't made the filler that goes between the top of the plug and the roof. I'm setting the plug down in flush for a nicer fit. I was originally going to leave a lip all of the way around the plug but that creates the necessity for more filler. Here's a pic of how it looks now. Almost ready to weld in permanently.

[BigBlockSam]

That area that looks like a space at the bottom of the plug is the black 3rd gen dutchman panel 

oooooooooooooooh , thats how mine is too. except the dutchman panel is narrower. I'm going to the shop Friday . I'll take the camera with me. Rene

[hotrod98]

Cool. That's exactly what we've been needing around here lately is more clone pics. Everyone's been a little quiet lately.
Rene, I haven't figured out whether it would be better to have the dutchman panel narrower or wider. I guess that I would have to do one both ways to figure it out for sure. That 3rd gen panel is not the best solution for the front drip trough. You have to cut around a little in the corners to make the steps line up enough to both work and look right. Even then, I'll have to use a little sealant to make it look acceptable. What we need is for someone to step up and have one made that has both the correct steps and the correct radius to match the daytona trunk lid. I can see why some of the guys just make the front of the deck lid straight.

"There's more than one way to skin a cat, but none that the cat would like."

[onemintcaddy]

What do you do for the shorter deck lid?

[UFO]

If your asking about the rail for the weatherstrip,that part was from a challenger.Not as nice a fit as the 3rd gen as posted before.What about the shorter decklid?Thats all it is a cut and shortened charger lid.

[hotrod98]

And, if you're asking about how to shorten the deck lid...here's the short story. We cut the deck lid, bend the front lip and install a steel cap.

[Daytona R/T SE]

No Vega hatch for me. I made my own steel plug.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,10669.0.html


And I made my own rear window trim:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,21596.0.html

[Howie]

 :yesnod:Make me one too. I need one for my other charger.

[Daytona R/T SE]

:yesnod:Make me one too. I need one for my other charger.

Gotta get my car done first!

[Howie]

Ya have any new pictures to post. I am still not sure what color to paint mine yet.

[Charger1973]

Man you guys have some serious talent.

[Winga]

No Vega hatch for me. I made my own steel plug.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,10669.0.html


And I made my own rear window trim:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,21596.0.html

Nice to see someone, ....................doing it correctly,.................no "shivy" parts on your mope! ...............very professional

[Daytona R/T SE]

No Vega hatch for me. I made my own steel plug.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,10669.0.html


And I made my own rear window trim:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,21596.0.html

Nice to see someone, ....................doing it correctly,.................no "shivy" parts on your mope! ...............very professional

Thank You!

[hotrod98]

No Chevy parts, but the steel that he used was made from melted down Hondas.

[Charger-Bodie]

i know of a very clean hatchback vega what is the hatch worth?

[Howie]

   I gave a guy $100 for mine. That was hatch, trim, and glass. A guy I work with found it and went to get it for me. The salvage yard was 60 miles away and it was delivered. I couldn`t beat that.

[Charger-Bodie]

   I gave a guy $100 for mine. That was hatch, trim, and glass. A guy I work with found it and went to get it for me. The salvage yard was 60 miles away and it was delivered. I couldn`t beat that.

the sad part about this deal is that the car is real clean , it would make someone a real nice start to a drag car [with a mopar gine of coarse] and the guy wants like 400.00 for but it runs and drives good and everthing its even orig paint

[Howie]

Find a hatch with the fins below the glass and trade him. I know where a couple of them are.

[hotrod98]

I raced with a few guys that built racecars using vegas. Those cars were death traps. Have you ever looked at the suspension under one of those things? I hated chasing those guys down in my dragster because I never knew when one of them might end up in my lane.  I forfeited a race in Tulsa one time because I had a feeling that the guy in the other lane was going to lose it and he did. He had been loose all day and was getting worse every round.
Anyway, the hatchbacks are good for something. 

[pandamarie]

I picked up my hatchback for 10 bucks, hard to beat thatfor a cheap plug. now to find some 70 fenders and hood.

[BigBlockSam]

it took me 6 months to get a hatch . it cost me $200. and i had it shipped from texas to nj . Rene

[Daytona R/T SE]

No Chevy parts, but the steel that he used was made from melted down Hondas.

[hotrod98]

Here in the south the problem with finding vega hatchbacks is that most of the time the glass is scratched up so bad from people using kitchen utensils to scrape the ice off of them in the winter. We don't get that much ice or snow down here so no one has an ice scraper. I know where 3 or 4 are located in a salvage yard but I wouldn't buy them because the glass looked so bad.

[70daytonaclone]

anybody closer to having a complete clone kit? Like hotrod98 how are your kit ideas coming along maybe a instruction video? I give 100$ just for a how to video!!! you know the old expression "Poor folks have poor ways" have a great day everybody,God bless us all,his will be done including my daytona clone! Stephen living in the eastern Bible Belt. BEAUTIFUL(turning green) CENTRAL GEORGIA

[daytonalo]

Larry , I can buy new glass for 200.00 , you did know that right ?

[hotrod98]

My glass guy checked into it and told me that there were none available nationwide. You do know for sure that they are available? 

[BigBlockSam]

my glass guy can make almost any  window for a price . Rene

[daytonalo]

They were a year ago

[hemisid]

 

[hemisid]

anyone use a vega hatchback for window plug???

Not since last weekend.