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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Greenwood Indiana
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Aluminum truck cap
Couldn’t find an early cap/shell for my 48 so I built one
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Re: Aluminum truck cap
Very nice
Did you take any photos of it during the build .
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Re: Aluminum truck cap
Yes a few. Started life as a modern shell . Stripped down to frame … modified frame to fit the 48 then laid the aluminum skin on.
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Re: Aluminum truck cap
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Re: Aluminum truck cap
Very nice!!
I love campershells :-) Especially when they’re homemade! Fits the truck really well, period correct I would say.
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Re: Aluminum truck cap
yeah, nice work. now, if you were planning to actually camp in there, you may need a slide away sunroof from a modern car with power slide. a buddy of mine installed one in his houseboat (home made, more like a kids plathouse he repurposed onto a deck sitting on 45 gallon drums strapped up underneath, lol.) and would fish through the sunroof under the shade of being indoors, haha.
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Location: Ontario
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Re: Aluminum truck cap
Nice work, very creative.
Thanks for sharing, that is cool
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Re: Aluminum truck cap
that looks swell I give it a thumbs up
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