Tonneau Cover?

I have seen a few pick-ups around that have very nicely done tonneau covers. Since my wife is studying upholstery right now I thought I would put her skills to good use and have her make a tuck and roll cover for my '60 F-100. Have any of you made one of these before? What type of frame do I need to make and how should it attach to the bed? Any examples are appreciated, Thanks!

 

I had this done a little while ago.
It has ****ons on the rear and the sides.
In the front nearest the cab are convertible top clips to take it off .
There are 3 pieces of flat plastic about 2 1/4 wide and the width of the bed.
hope this helps
GOOD LUCK ,
FRANK

 

That is pretty cool. I want to build one for my little roadster but wouldn't know where to start.

 

I made several lids .I start out with conduet ,bend to fit just above the top lip of the bed overlaping it a little.I weld to it several cross braces and give them a slight upward bow to give it the look of a soft lid.I get the Home Depot cabenet hinges that fold into them selves.Mount 2 or three across the front.They are adjustable also.I Mount a small bear claw latch at the rear with a selunoid or a cable release.Then cover it with taunto cover material,rolling it around the smooth round edges and gluing it on the inside.I have used rivets also as a back up on the inside to help hold it if the glue doesnt hold in the hot sun. Try it ,its cheep and fun to do.Doesnt weigh much and I use wing nuts on the hinges to remove the lid to haull tall ****.

 

Just a questions and idea, has anyone tried some rare earth magnets sandwiched between the cover, swen in. I think we are to the point with magnet technology that ou can get a few dozen of these on ebay cheap and use them instead of having to ****on heads. The magnets I'm talking about have quite few newtons of force for sticking. I have a project that might be getting a cover and think this might make it a bit more smooth and clean.

 

magnets are a cool idea but i would look more into an electro-magnet system with more hold than a rare earth magnet. Not that hard to wire in an extra switch hidden somewhere, maybe even a momentary just for release. I would have some concern of air pressure lifting that cover off and ripping the hinges out on the highway. If it can grab a strapped down cab or other body parts off an open trailer and launch them a tonneau cover isn't too far off.

 

MINE IS 1 1/4 .079 square tubing with 68 impala hood hinges so it sits flush.bearclaws hold it down in the rear with the actuater lever under the bed rail.sorry i dont have pics of the inside,not until i can fix my quick fix for the broken hinge that happened at a show last summer.it has worked fine for years until a drunk idiot grabbed the ****er and tried to slam it onto stuff in the bed.my upload keeps failing check my album out.(for exterior pics)

 

I've seen too many P/U beds ruined by snaps so I went for an internal one. No it's not water tight but that's life.




A simple 1/4" plywood over a 1x3 frame. I made a 1x3 stand for it to lay on with no mechanical fasteners to the body. Lift it off and it can still haul big stuff.

The hard construction means that it can be used as a table or work bench to hold things when working on the truck. Can you say tail gating? It hides the ugly bed that the PO painted with spatter trunk paint so I'm happy.

I'm not a seamstress so a cheap vinyl tonneau for a newer truck was cut down, stretched and stapled to the underneath of the wooden frame. I've got less than a 100 bucks in it.

 

Those are all awesome examples!

 

PM MEDDLER1.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=15459
He built a frame that uses Hood hinges and springs to lift his.

(He's going to be at the Sacramento HAMB Breakfast March 6th.)
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449162

 

there was a place in bennet ky that makes fibergl*** ones ,around 400.00 i have one on my truck ,if interested ill get you the info, they dont ship though,road trip

 

Send me the info, I might be interested. I really want to have a tuck and roll cover though.

 

I photo shopped a plan I will be doing, post 18, using the bed stakes as hangers. Makes it totally removable.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3599526#post3599526

 

This is my dad's on his '57 chevy. It was done in Tijuana along with the interior and used snaps.

 

Im gonna try to do cell phone pics for ya,but like Dave said I will be at the HAMB breakfast.Your more than welcome to take a peek!

 

I think you would get the best results by using a hard tonneau as a base and stretch, cement and staple the tuck and roll cover over the base.