well...since i'm cheap, i decided to make my bed cover instead of buying one...here it is, just got it finished...


making a frame...



sheeted with 3/8 exterior g1s plywood..



then completed with naugahide...an actual tonneau material...

 

it looks good, right on! my uncle did pretty much just that. but he had built a ledge inside the bed somehow (cant remember) and had it sitting level with the bed rails... it was a green dodge and he used green material... looked pretty clean

 

Good show, I`ll have to get some tips on tonneau construction for my 56.

 

tips are cheap...very cheap... i had tossed around a pile of different ideas as where to have it sit...with the bed being very oddly shaped, sitting on top was the easiest...

 

That doesnt look bad at all with the black on there. Do you have a hinge type system set up on the front?

 

Ya!! It looks really good.

 

thanx for the positive remarks dudes!! yes, i hinged it at the front...

 

Yeah that looks great sherm fine craftsmen ship there

 

here's a better pic taken outside today...

 

Very nice indeed. I made one for my truck but it is just plywood painted black with aluminum angle pieces holding it up.

 

Yeah sherm that looks really good. Nice and solid too. I might have to go and make me one yet.

 

biggest thing is taking your time...do it right!!

 

Yeah I bet, did you run into anything you would do differently?

 

i'll have to think about that...i would like to try a fibreglass one, but that takes a lot ot time...which i didn't have, and i'd like to do one on a straight sided truck. these s'crews are a pig to custom make something for.

 

Yeah it looks like it would take some time. I guess you could always lay some fiberglass over the wood if you really wanted too.