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Originally Posted by lortech
I mean, it would not be so ugly to remove the bed from the truck then install aluminum frame work simular to the ribs of a aircraft to make a boat tail, then install a aluminum skin. It would look so much nicer. The last 5-8 feet of the tail could be built to slide on ball bearing rails to retract during city driving and parallel parking in the city.
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I'll let 'Bam' answer, but I remember that the premise for the project was that it allow for rapid prototyping,plus onroad disassembly in case of an unforeseen failure during testing.
After all the testing is accomplished,performance is optimized, and the design set in stone,then aesthetic considerations can come into play.
To render an OEM 'look' will require many hundreds of man-hours of work and much cost in materials.
You're only going to 'build it' one time.You need to have it 'right' before you begin.
