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Old 10-09-2012, 08:54 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Could you elaborate more? Perhaps a link to an image? I am struggling to follow.
Search Google with 'GMC half-tonneau pickup' and the first hit is a very helpful aerohead posting:

Modding a pickup

...and on the Gale Banks website I find:

Don't ignore aerohead's post just because I posted the picture. It maps out a lot of possibilities for a pickup truck configuration.

Wikipedia says the half-tonneau was was OEM in 1998 on the Chevrolet S-10 EV

I know none of this answers *why* it works. I'm going to stick with
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The air spills over the back of the roof and pushes on the back of the cab.
Another great permalink from sven7:

US Pat 4,573,730. 4 Mar 1986


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