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Originally Posted by luvit

i don't think you want the truck bed fixed to the cab.
trucks normally use that small gap between cab and bed for flex?
it could be connected, but it's quite a crawl-space.

It's for modularity, actually. Trucks were designed originally with "work" in mind, so the beds get damaged, and would be replaced periodically. It helps when it's not permanently attached.

Flexing is a bonus, if you're into that sort of thing, but when's the last time you saw an off-road truck at full articulation with the cab and bed misaligned enough to even notice?

When I help guys with custom trucks, we usually put covers on the bed and cut out the cab back to make it a van-like vehicle, or I've also done a camper back for a guy with a door in the back of the cab for internal access to the camper area.