WALLYs has just made one in aluminium, looks good to.Workin with this stuff is ezy if you have the rite gear to do it.Most sheet shops can do it.Tin sheet will do to if you dont mind a bit of weight,gas bonnet rams will make it a bit lighter to open

Im seriously looking into the alluminium solution at the moment... Is wally leaving it exposed? or painting it?

It seems alluminium isnt that hard to work with.

This may be a little off topic in this thread, but i've heard rumors of a hard top that is something like a roller door. the rolling mechanism (although it would take up a fair amount of space) would be just behind the cab, and you run two tracks along the top of the tray. then you simply roll it open or closed, so you don't have to totally remove it or have the cover hanging wide open when you have to cart something big around. (like a dirt bike )

The idea of an aluminium one sounds good. something like 2mm plate and maybe a couple reinforcements...

Ive seen the roller door variety... Never on a datsun but on a falcon or commodore once. They look... wierd in my opinion. As far as alluminium im having issues on figuring out a way to make the parts of the corners that roll over the edge.

Holeshot, Is there any way of getting a photo of wallys cover?

yea low1000 is right, I worked at a fibreglass boat place for a while, and you have to go to a little more trouble than you guys might think.

on the off chance you could get hold of a mould it would be worthwhile. especially if it was of a vacuum bagged variety where you spray gelcoat onto the mould and then position the various layers of glass on top and finally put the whole thing under vacuum via sealed plastic sheeting or 2nd mould half and infuse the resin. when the resin is finally cured you split the product away from the mould (mould is waxed to allow release) the gelcoat on the product results in a finish like a professional paintjob straight off the mould.

but making a mould would involve hours of messing around with plywood sheeting and sanding back styrofoam, filling and sanding with plaster of paris till its as smooth as a babies butt.. making sure all the angles are correct. rah rah..