Commercially produced aerodynamic pickup bed cap

[SVOboy]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Ben - here's the picture I was remembering.



Bed cover & mobile greenhouse!

That's hella sweet!

[bennelson]

yeah - that's exactly what I was thinking!

And the truck even has "pizza pan" hubcaps!

I was thinking that this style wouldn't even need to be a hatchback. just leave it on all the time and drop the tailgate to get things in and out.

Take the whole thing off if you know you are going to be moving furniture.

[Chris D.]

That greendome shell is badass!
but how do you open it? hatchback style or is it fixed position?

whats that stuff hanging off the end of it?

[Frederick]

I do wish success to Bondo.
I too was in a dilemna when I had to start a factory and borrow. Then I kept thinking of criminals on death row and thought: Gee, I'm in a MUCH better position.
Congrats on giving me back Ecomodder MetroMPG.

[Big Dave]

I like the Lexan "greendome."

My take:
Make up the "greendome" (whatever shape you like) with clear or opaque Lexan, cut out the lid, and glue back mounting blocks.

Use the Navy guy's method to make the mold and get a plastics fabricator to vacuum mold the piece on.

[Big Dave]

Anybody know if he could actually see out of that "Greendome" at night?

Back in the day, I had a regular flush canopy with a bulkhead window and of course a gate window. Couldn't see jack through it at night but I was looking through three parallel glass plates.

With the "greendome" you'd be looking through three plates as well but one is on an angle.

[MetroMPG]

bondo - I don't know if you saw the news.com photo feature on ecomodding that included the image of your Ford's aero cap: http://www.news.com/2300-13833_3-623...tag=ne.gall.pg

They credited ME for your pic - I asked for a correction, and was told it was passed on to the editors, but it didn't appear. Hope you don't mind. (If you do, let me know and I'll try again.)

[bondo]

No problem on the photo credit Darin. I am appreciative of all the exposure ecomodder has given the aerodynamic lid.

Thanks,

Bondo

[ankit]

The link is where I first saw the aero cap, and immediately I thought it was a great idea. Then I saw this thread and thought it was cooler to have the inventor as a member. All the best with getting it into production Bondo.

[s2man]

Sweet. Links on Jalopnik and C|net. You go Bondo! Viva ecomodder!