What do you get when you cross a Monza with a Truck

[kline1]

ELCAMONZA?

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[AusRs]

very interesting

[DjTy]

the link up there didn't work for me so after some playing around here's one that should work for the ones having the same problem:
click here

[v8astregt]

Very clean car... if it were a station wagon. Seriously, I like the entire car except the bed. Clean otherwise.


I just think that the Vega body was too short to properly make an El Camino out of it.

[VegaRon72]

Nicely done..... But, still ugly as hell!

[DjTy]

Nicely done..... But, still ugly as hell!

now imagine it with the 4headlight front version

[doogiediamond]

I have seen a few of these over the last couple years. This is the cleanest/well built one so far.
We came up with "Vegamino" for the Vega wagon version of it.

[HotfootGT]

I used to draw these in my mind back in the 70's. Also drew up a mini tow truck using a hatchback with dual rear axles. Wish I could render them like Chip Foose!

[cjbiagi]

Ugly??? I think it very sharp looking. I have never been a huge ElCamino fan but I think that "VegaMino" look really cool.

[tjcoyote59]

Great color choice, look like a pearl.
But that roof pillar looks wrong cause they used the wagon lid for the back.
It need more window area to make the body lines flow.
Like a real El Camino.

[starfire383]

Proportions are out of whack. Too much nose, not enough box. It also lacks a couple styling cues found on many elcaminos (for good reason). A sweeping pillar that flows into a box line that's higher than the windshield base to give it some visual "bulk" behind the cab. Also, you won't find an elcamino with the back edge of the side glass leaning back like this car, they all sweep forward to go with the pillar treatments.

Vegamino is a neat idea, unfortunately has all the styling grace of a flatbed truck.

[spencerforhire]

I agree the proportions are all wrong- the roof is too high(a hatchback might be a better starting point), the B-pillar should lean foreward(this would mean cutting the side window glass and modifying the frame) which would make the roof a lot shorter. The back window would need to be a bunch shorter as well. The bed would still be a bit short, but the car might not look quite as odd.
I thought about doing this myself years ago, but I couldn't bear to cut up 2 cars to do it- you'd need both a hatchback(Vega) and a wagon do do it right.

[Monza Madness]

How much body strength is lost with the roof being choped?
Looks like your talking about a little sectioning and streching of the box, and the wheel base, would probably require a full length subframe to keep it all sound. Any body want to photo shop it?

[EagleFish]

Very good quality of body work.

I have said this before and agree that the proportions are all wrong. Yes, the roof is too high and the bed is too short. The bed could be lengthened and that would help.

Everyone who does this modification always uses the tailgate from the wagon to seal off the back of the roof. This is a BIG mistake!

Most important, is the roof line. the styling and proportions are all wrong. That can be remedied by using the ENTIRE roof section from a Monza coupe. The roof will have to be shortened, of course.

The roof should be positioned so that the angled sail panel is mounted directly behind the door. This will lower the roof line and produce a trimmer, slimmer, cleaner look. Of course, the door glass will have to be angled, also.

The Monza coupe rear window is lower and rectangular adding to the cars visual width.

The square Monza "A" pillar windshield section will produce a cleaner line to front of the car that will carry to the rear and add to the visual widening of the front.

That pretty much should do it. I hope to build one some day. Twenty years agao I had visions of building a Vegamino/El Monza fiberglass kit for the Vega/Monza wagons. Unfortunately, it never got past the drawing stage.

John (John and Richard)