Old Moparz
Well-Known Member
Just bought a pair from Mega Parts for $125 + $10 shipping & installed them last night in my Satellite. They are pretty nice. 
The latches are listed as fitting A, B & C Body cars so anyone with a Dart will be interested.
I was in a rush to get them installed because I was running out of daylight so I didn't get side by side photos of the originals & the repros together. The chrome finish is very nice & they move freely & smoothly. The hook is not an exact match, but the rest of it looks like an original part. I do believe the old hook will fit the new latch, but I didn't try since mine were worn.
They are from Taiwan like everything is, but they are also less than half the price of what some vendors are selling them for. One vendor sells these for $149 per latch & PG Classic Parts sells them for $239 / pair, & we all know those are from China. After I bought them I see that Classic Industries sells them for $99 / pair. I assume that there aren't multiple manufacturers, but I may be wrong. I thought I got a good deal on them anyway because they were packed well, arrived on Monday after only having ordered them last Thursday.
The old ones I had in the car were cobbled together from several sets I found over the years & were a bit worn. One of the previous owners of the car must have had some serious latch issues because there are holes drilled all over the front edge of the roof frame & also on the top of the windshield frame. My guess is that they used a bunch of brackets to keep the roof attached to the windshield frame.
I forgot to look to see if Mega Parts sold the anti-rattle clips so I don't have new ones yet. Their website shows them for $19 / pair & they are going to be at Carlisle so I will get them when I am there.
I know a few of the members on here have ragtops so I thought I'd give a thumbs up on the latches from Mega Parts. If I get some time over the holiday weekend I may pop one back out to compare them side by side & get more pics.
The latches are listed as fitting A, B & C Body cars so anyone with a Dart will be interested.
I was in a rush to get them installed because I was running out of daylight so I didn't get side by side photos of the originals & the repros together. The chrome finish is very nice & they move freely & smoothly. The hook is not an exact match, but the rest of it looks like an original part. I do believe the old hook will fit the new latch, but I didn't try since mine were worn.
They are from Taiwan like everything is, but they are also less than half the price of what some vendors are selling them for. One vendor sells these for $149 per latch & PG Classic Parts sells them for $239 / pair, & we all know those are from China. After I bought them I see that Classic Industries sells them for $99 / pair. I assume that there aren't multiple manufacturers, but I may be wrong. I thought I got a good deal on them anyway because they were packed well, arrived on Monday after only having ordered them last Thursday.
The old ones I had in the car were cobbled together from several sets I found over the years & were a bit worn. One of the previous owners of the car must have had some serious latch issues because there are holes drilled all over the front edge of the roof frame & also on the top of the windshield frame. My guess is that they used a bunch of brackets to keep the roof attached to the windshield frame.
I forgot to look to see if Mega Parts sold the anti-rattle clips so I don't have new ones yet. Their website shows them for $19 / pair & they are going to be at Carlisle so I will get them when I am there.I know a few of the members on here have ragtops so I thought I'd give a thumbs up on the latches from Mega Parts. If I get some time over the holiday weekend I may pop one back out to compare them side by side & get more pics.
