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Old 10-20-2008, 11:36 PM   #1 (permalink)
bennelson
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Ben's S10 Aero Cap

Hey everyone,

For a while, I have been considering some sort of aerodynamic pickup truck cap for my '95 Chevy S10 Short bed.

I went so far as to experiment with construction plastic curved and taped over the top.

You can see the YouTube video of that here.


I am trying to do something similar in shape to this:


After playing around with a few materials, I think I want to make it out of fiberglass. What scared me away from that before is that I have ZERO experience with it.

My dad has been doing some work on fiberglass-covered cedar canoes, so he has some materials and experience with it.

Then I got to thinking that if I spend a lot of time to make one of these, maybe I should use a form or mold. That way, I can always make another one. Maybe other people out there would want them too?

I was thinking to keep it pretty light and simple. Just a curved wedge. Maybe something that I can cut holes in and add lexan for windows later.

Any suggestions on doing this, what materials to use for a form, etc?

Thanks in advance for your advice!

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