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I do want the large pieces to be removable out back so i can tow a 5th wheel...The cargo capacity is not that important to me. I'll be building a severely oversized stake side setup for hauling trash to the local dump. the aero setup will be for my own satisfaction, and hauling things like engines and chassis parts between cities.
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I'd like to have as long of a bed as possible on the shortest possible wheelbase.
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The COE would only add frontal area; better to chop the top. How do you plan to combine the 5th wheel hitch and the stake-side bed? Long bed/short wheelbase would allow more taper in plan.
Hinge a Gothic arch at the rear edge of the bed. It could lay forward against a partial aerocap; swing fore-and-aft for loading and unloading engine blocks; or frame a boatail addition in the aft position.
A friend of mine built a 54 Ford in the 70s that had an egg-shaped cabin on a flatbed with curved sides. Sorry I don't have a pic but it was much like this pickup camper except taller, with a cab overhang and set onto a flatbed.
