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Old 11-22-2008, 11:06 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by trikkonceptz View Post
Here is something I thought of on the way to work this morning ...
I think you could do this with a bar that the cap could pivot around and slide up/down on. Probably could be motorized and you would just have to have some manual clips to remove it or secure it in each position, like a convertible top or a Jeep Wrangler hood.
I added the red vertical bar to show where it would pivot around; it probably could also drop down with the cap when stored like this:
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