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I want a platform to build my own design and that limits my options to framed trucks with beds over 10 feet long.
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You asked for a critique of the design and the conversation has drifted to diesel engines.
I like the lift-up top. The hinge line might even overhang the windshield, like a sun visor.
I'm looking at the covers for the front edge that changes angle as it lifts. Aerodynamically you want a radius in the front edge. Actually you could pull the curve back toward the door and then taper the sides behind the rear axle. Give it a continuous curve from front to back. The joinery gets more complicated.
What are your fabrication skills? What materials will you work in? What level of surface finish?