too excited to wait till i finish it tomorrow to share this.

Have been wanting to set my truck up for a little camping. Don't really want a fibreglass canopy (well I do, but I want a very specific design that I have seen in the past but now cant find anywhere) and always wanted a canvas cover on my comer to make it full ww2 surplus spec. A soft canopy also means I can take it off and fold it up and not be tripping over it when I need the truck for truck duties.

So todays project

Went to wreckers and got the front panel and lumber rack from a 2nd gen L200
Went to metal shop and got an assortment of steel and some alloy tube.
Had ordered an army surplus nylon tarp a week or so ago (was stolen, and returned too!)

Just a few pics, I have recorded most of it for a video il upload later.

Unstitched the welds from the rack and panel
cut the rack down to match the front and rivnutted it to the wee slot just behind the tail light area in the inner skin of the tray
drilled some holes to fit the 12mm alloy tube I got (tight fit in length so they cant vibrate and fall out at all)







work still to do - another 2 alloy tubes on each side, new eyelets in tarp + shock cord, need to figure out how im going to do the cab and tailgate end, thinking of putting some clear plastic in the front mainly for light, I don't know that I would want to drive around with this up, and a door for the back. Its kind of set back from the tailgate so will have a little bit of an angle, not sure that I like that.
In any case this is kind of a test mule for my 1st gen tray, Just wanted to get out there this summer and enjoy it (I figure I can now strap some kayaks up top too!)