Tilt and bows - anyone ever built one for a SWB stepper?

[Neatbeard]

Hi Folks.

I don't know if you call them the same thing, but over here in the UK they are called 'Tilt and bows' – basically a couple of steel hoops with supporting bars that a toneau cover/canvas can be thrown over to provide make-shift storage/camping area.

See image here for the kind of thing i'm thinking of:

http://www.pret-a-rouler.eu/img/vw_new_cover_4.jpg

I'm thinking of making something along these lines so that when I go to the car shows this summer I can throw a double air bed in the back of the truck and sleep in it. It saves messing around with a tent, etc. Plus it can all lay flat in the back for traveling and just slot into the existing holes that I have in the truck bed............... I know that you can get camper 'boxes' to attach to the back of the long bed trucks etc but I don't want something that permanent, just something to protect from the elements that's easy to put up and take down and can be stashed away.

Whatcha reckon guys?

Anyone got any pix of this kind of thing or seen it done before?