Like your rear deck. Wish I could work with metal better. I did the same thing using 1/2" plywood covered with black bedliner. Window came from a '86 Dodge D50.

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maybe someday, I can replace it with metal.

What do you have on top?? and is that a mercedes emblem on the front? Awesome.

RFnut, I like your rendition of a half cab, props.

I would retain your existing wood components and use carriage bolts to attach a thinner sheet diamond plate or sheet steel to add significant stiffness to the sheet steel, fab the sheet metal so that is bent on the edges to go out over and cover the verticle lip of the body(where the seal is).

Where did you get the small basket for over the cab? Is that a duster top or a cut down stock fabric top?

Here is a picture I found of a half cab, no info on it thouggh,

talonxracer - Thanks. Good idea about sheet metal over my existing wood cap. Mine fits between the edge lip, so a cap covering it would work well. I had to be able to fold the window section down, since I don't have AC.

The top is a bikini duster. I would prefer a hard top there. The normal straps that attach to the hand holds were removed and it is attached to the old anchors for the rear cover.

The basket was acquired off craigs List. 47X39 inch with no manufacturer markings on it. It is not permanently installed. Just sitting on foam pads and strapped to the pillars. But, it works very well for carrying camping gear.

I plan on ordering a new Rally-top front section as it's price is fairly decent without the rear section. No sense in reinventing the wheel, LOL

 I will get the Rallytops cab top for a year end gift for myself, then I will make inserts to fit the rear like yours from some 1/2" foam faced with 1/4" luan and then just seal them to the body with SolarFilm for the rest of the winter and get onto the full composite cap in the spring.

Like your rear deck. Wish I could work with metal better. 

Thanks, I wish I could work with metal better too. I had a local sheet metal shop do the bends.
I spent a great deal of time trying to conjure up a way to do it on the cheap with plywood/bedliner. I just couldn't figure out a way around the rounded section (though I have since come up with a possible solution). That's why I want to see more of Drone's half-cab. To see how it is mounted and sealed.

 I had also considered having this made from smooth aluminum so I could use it as a mold for Carbon Fiber later on but diamond plate won out...this time.

 Somebody asked about the top section. It's the same diamond plate aluminum. Just has about a 3/8" bend down on each side for stiffness.

 Yes, it's a Mercedes emblem. While waiting in line to pick up my spare wheel at the junkyard I saw a box full of misc. emblems. Grabbed this one and an Audi one for a couple bucks. This one just fit better.

On mine I wasn't impressed by the building or sealing. He used two pieces of metal and just a simple bend to make it fit.  To fill in the gaps just some rubber insulation was put down and it expands to stop things from being able to get in.  It mounted originally by just running bolts through the ridge along where the soft top mounts.



The problem with the lower section wasn't very securely mounted and wouldn't hold up to the rack.  So I added a piece of angle iron for reinforcement.  I held it in place and used it to keep the top from collapsing using a bolt and 3 nuts:



More full sized pics at the build gallery:
https://picasaweb.google.com/110543510785405548959/ProjectWhiteRabbit

I think building it out of a thin plywood would work well.  Then you could fiberglass the entire thing or build a carbon fiber version.

A shot from underneath. The wooden strip has some weather stripping on it and is used to seal the door.  You can see the angle iron running across along with the bolts coming down from mounting the rack:



Some more pictures have been added to the build gallery as well.