[elky] Re: Bed Cover Options
- From: Chris Lindh <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 10:50:59 -0400
I see the camper tops on Craigslist, and the prices are all over the
place. Sure they are "rare" but rare does not necessarily mean
valuable. A camper top would give me more covered space for boxes I
take to be shipped (the reason I need a cover), but the ones I have
seen look odd. A camper looks right on a truck because the bed is
flat, parallel to the ground. On an El Camino the bed rails slope up
to the roof.
I think the Craftec cover is the answer, looks like a quality product
made by a good company. I'm leery of vinyl, branches fall where I
park the '80, the tailgate got smashed by a branch. I already had a
replacement tailgate, since the original also has bondo cracking off.
I'd like to put a metal car port at the end of the driveway.
I'll look for a fiberglass cover until the Volvo sells, if I haven't
found one locally I'll go for the Craftec.
I've finally bought a solution to getting my projects up and down my
steep backyard: I bought a winch and a hitch receiver mount to attach
to the back of my truck. The winch comes with a wireless remote, so
I'm hoping I can operate it from the vehicle being pulled, so if
something lets go I can hit the brakes so the car won't go rolling
down the hill.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When I was looking the craftec was the best option out
> there. Easy to remove, light and more reasonably priced. Fiberglass ones
> have more than doubled in price. Talked to a few people with them and they
> were happy with them. They did improve the design for holding the lid down
> as well.
>
> I see the camper type ones available every so often here.
> Usually way overpriced on craigslist.
> Robert Adams
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Chris Lindh <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> I'm looking at the various bed cover options (for my '80)... Ray what
>> was the tonneau you had? Fiberglass? I looked at the fiberglass
>> tonneaus, they are expensive, not necessarily water tight and maybe
>> heavy? Another idea is a camper top, but none of the ones I've seen
>> work with the lines of the El Camino (sorry if anyone has one!).
>>
>> Reading on the El Camino Central forum the recommended vinyl tonneau
>> is from Craftec:
>> http://www.craftecinc.com/Products_Information.php?SKU=252108 There
>> is also an article from El Camino magazine about this tonneau:
>>
>> http://www.elcaminocentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1271&d=1306026176
>> No snaps and the price is reasonable.
>>
>> Your thoughts?
>>
>>
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